21 years ago today, the music world said goodbye to Luther Vandross at his funeral in New York, where Aretha Franklin sang 'Amazing Grace' and an all-star lineup closed with 'Power of Love/Love Power.'
"I think it's a great American work that should be done everywhere." Director Whitney White shares what she hopes audiences take away from the reimagining of Whoopi Goldberg's one-woman show, 'The Whoopi Monologues.'
The former first lady made her mom's face the focal point of her outfit during the Obama Presidential Center's grand opening events in Chicago over the weekend. https://t.co/wr8JLNG2ZY
Did You Know Only Four Black Women Have Ever Won Album of the Year at the Grammys.
Natalie King Cole 1992 Unforgettable...With Love
Whitney Houston 1994 The Bodyguard
Lauryn Hill 1999 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Beyonce 2025 Cowboy Carter
33 years ago today, Luther Vandross released his eighth studio album, Never Let Me Go ✨
Take it back to 1993 and revisit the classic: https://t.co/FCIAw0k5xo
Rob Base owned the summer of 1988. The music was undeniable If there's a Mount Rushmore of early foundational Harlem recording artists, he's on there without question. The physical is temporary but the music is eternal. RIP Rob Base. 🕊️
Happy Birthday to Nat Adderley Jr! 🎊
A true musical genius and longtime collaborator of Luther Vandross, his collaborations helped define Luther’s signature sound for decades 🎹
Black American actor Paul Robeson told a BBC interviewer in 1958 that Othello is not about jealousy — it’s about a Black man’s place in a white society. Two Shakespeare scholars backed his reading.
"There were times where we didn't have a roof over our head, but we had a car. We didn't have a place to stay so we would come and sleep in this parking lot."
A South Los Angeles student is celebrating the incredible accomplishment of receiving 65 college acceptance letters.
After experiencing homelessness in his youth, he now plans to study industrial engineering at Columbia University.