Little Richard

Model, Alton Mason is set to star as Little Richard in director Baz Luhrmann's biopic about Elvis. The untitled film had initially been set to open on the big screen and HBO Max in November of this year, but since pushed back.

ESPN is hoping that one of the architects of rock n’ roll can bring some new energy to their “Monday Night Football” show with fewer fans in the stands this year. The new season starting Monday will feature a new version of Little Richard‘s hit “Rip It Up” featuring new instrumentals and backup vocals from the Virginia-based […]

Oakwood University is a Seventh-day Adventist HBCU where Little Richard studied theology in the 1950s. 

When They See Us director, Ava DuVernay was one of those people with fond memories of the late musician who passed away due to bone cancer on Saturday (May.9).

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Little Richard, the self-proclaimed “architect of rock ‘n’ roll” whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, has died Saturday. He was 87. Pastor Bill Minson, a close friend of Little Richard’s, told The Associated Press that Little Richard died […]

In a rare interview, the 84-year-old “Tutti Frutti” singer disavowed what he now calls an "unnatural affection."

Rock ‘n’ roll legend Little Richard is on the mend after recently suffering a heart attack while at home with his family. The singer, who turned 80 last year, reveals he was overcome with a coughing fit and started to feel a shooting pain in his arm – and it was only after self-medicating that […]

MACON, Ga. (AP) — Officials in Georgia have decided to move the boyhood home of Little Richard to spare it from a highway construction project. Macon Mayor Robert Reichert made the announcement Friday. WMAZ-TV reports that the 80-year-old singer is receiving an honorary degree on Saturday from Mercer University. Born Richard Wayne Penniman, Little Richard […]