CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Grammy Award-winning singer Rihanna finally “made it to Harvard” to be honored as the university’s 2017 Humanitarian of the Year. She received a standing ovation as she accepted the award on Tuesday. “So I made it to Harvard,” she said, flipping her long ponytail and striking a pose as the crowd […]
History was made this morning with the announcement of Jay Z as a 2017 inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The rap mogul becomes the first rapper to be chosen for the prestigious honor, leading a class that includes Max Martin, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, Motown founder Berry Gordy, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and three members of […]
Roland Hayes is considered by some music scholars as the first African-American concert performer to gain international fame. While that claim has been furiously disputed what we know is that Hayes willed himself to the artist he became by way of hard work and study. Hayes was born June 3, 1887 in Curryville, Ga. to parents […]
Singer/actress Janelle Monáe has two breakout roles in Golden Globe-nominated Moonlight and Hidden Figures, and when she appeared at an AOL Build last recently, among other things, she opened up to host Ricky Camilleri about taking time off from music to make movies this year. “I knew both of these films were bigger than Janelle […]
In a night full of tweetable moments at Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards, Beyoncé’s mass slayage seemed to resonate the most, as the end of her “Lemonade” performance was the most tweeted moment of the night, and she was the night’s most mentioned celebrity. Luciano Ibias, who works on U.S. media partnerships for Twitter, said in […]
Rihanna will take her place alongside Beyonce and Kanye West as the latest recipient of MTV’s coveted Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 28. “Honored to take the #VMAs stage as your video #VANGUARD award recipient LIVE from NYC on August 28!,” she tweeted following the announcement. Rihanna […]
The White House has released President Obama’s two Spotify playlists for the summer — one for daytime and one for after dark. When the @POTUS drops his summer mix and it’s 💯 pic.twitter.com/MM5YWwxGHr — The GRAMMYs (@TheGRAMMYs) August 11, 2016 The president’s wide variety of musical tastes are on full display through his selections, […]
A beautifully freckle-faced, au naturale Alicia Keys photo is breaking the Internet, but for the 15-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter and activist, the latest photos symbolize…
After all the news that Prince was dealing with some kind of “medical emergency” in the last couple of days, the master musician decided to show the world that he’s on the mend. He did it by coming out to a $10 dance party of sorts at his Minneapolis studio, Paisley Park. You can read […]
Rapper and reality show star Clifford “T.I.” Harris says he’s just fine with Beyoncè’s Super Bowl performance and her controversial “Formation” video. When asked how he felt about it in an airport interview, he raised a Black Power fist. He says that the idea that an anti-Beyoncè protest is planned is laughable. “How are you […]
Lenny Kravitz may have exposed himself to a whole new audience. The 51-year-old rock star, who never seems to age, split his leather pants while onstage in Sweden and revealed that 1. he wears no underwear and 2. he had piercings all over. This incident, of course, was the highlight of the Internet, and the […]
William Grant Still was a pioneering composer and songwriter who achieved several firsts, including becoming the first African-American composer to conduct a major American symphony orchestra. Still achieved that feat on this day (July 23) in 1936. Still was born on May 11, 1895 in Woodville, Miss., and raised primarily in Little Rock, Ark. […]
