To paraphrase Bruno Mars, American music is black music.
To paraphrase Bruno Mars, American music is black music.
If you were planning to drop a few bills on that new Prince EP, you might want to hold up a minute.
Oregon resident Michael Garland Elliott, who passed away April 6, apparently had one dying wish: that President…
Prince Rogers Nelson was arguably the most musically gifted artist in history (and by “arguably” I mean…
At this year’s Whitney Biennial, the award for the most discussed and divisive piece of art easily goes to white…
Harriet Tubman is having a moment. Right now she is the “it” girl of history.
Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer made her debut as host of Saturday Night Live last night. I’ll confess I missed…
Stuck between the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards, the Grammys have always seemed like the red-headed stepchild…
Editor’s note: During Black History Month, the focus is usually on historical figures who loomed larger than life,…
After two straight years of #OscarsSoWhite, in which black actors were shut out of all the acting categories, this…
Even though Tuesday night didn’t give us the history-making moment we were all expecting, for Stockton Calif., City C…
Ever since Nate Parker’s film The Birth of a Nation earned a record $17.5 million distribution deal and walked away…
A federal appeals court ruled that employers who ban dreadlocks in the workplace are not engaging in racial…
The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards arrive on Sunday (8 p.m. on ABC), and while some of my favorite shows, like Game of…
Every year around this time, the big four broadcast networks—ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox (I don't count the CW, since it…
If looks could kill …
The Department of Justice’s scathing report on the Baltimore Police Department spelled out in exacting detail how…
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who seems to be plagued by a permanent case of foot-in-mouth disease,…
We’re so glad comedian Leslie Jones decided to come back to Twitter after racist trolls forced her to take a brief…
Former NFL coach Dennis Green, who led the Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals over 13 seasons, died Thursday…