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Is Hip-Hop Entering An Era of Emotional Maturity and Vulnerability?

For The Longest Time: Artists We Need a New Album From

DJ Cassidy, Crystal Waters, and more bring ' Apollo in the Hamptons'

Life Beyond Theo: A Tribute to Malcolm-Jamal Warner

As Jacked As It Sounds: 30 Years Later, 'HIStory' Proves Michael Jackson Right

Arts Education at the Apollo | Apollo Theater

Rescued Work: Michael Jackson & Hip-Hop

Mom & 'Mimi'

Stephen A. Smith's 'Fighting Irish Freestyle' Remix

Loving U is Complicated: The Mental Struggle Within 'To Pimp a Butterfly'

Producer > Artist? Why Have Producers Been Getting Co-Billing on Albums?

The Show Goes Left: The Tragedy of Lupe Fiasco's 'Lasers'

Brooklyn Vibes: What Roy Ayers Meant To Me

Angie Stone: The 1st Rappa Ternt Sanga

Rolling Stone’s Habitual Disrespect of Michael Jackson & The Bigger Issue It Represents

Look At You Foolin' You: Sly Stone Goes From Pop Star to Parable in New Doc

Stand On Business: Kendrick Lamar, Prince, Miles, and What It Means To Not Look Back

Rescued Work: Frank Ocean's 'Pyramids'

The SZA/Doechii Dynasty: The Women Lead TDE Into New Era

Rescued Work: DJ Jazzy Jeff

Can Stop Will Stop: Sean 'Diddy' Combs and the Far Reaching Effects of the East Coast West Coast Rap Feud

TikTok - Make Your Day

When You Regret Your Greatest Achievement: Kanye West's Resentment of 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'

Watch! Netflix Is Streaming A Masterpiece 1972 Black Concert Film Forgotten For 50 Years

Now, It's Personal: 'Save The Children,' 'Soul!,' and YouTube

James Baldwin At 100: His Genius Influenced Black Musicians

Why I Think Donald Trump’s Presence at NABJ 2024 Is a Mistake

‘They’ll Hurt You Every Time:’ Prince Tried To Help Us Heal 40 Years Ago With His Film ‘Purple Rain’

Kendrick vs. Drake Was Less Prince vs. MJ and More Prince vs. Morris Day

Kamala Harris Using Beyoncé’s Song “Freedom” As Her Campaign Music Is Giving Best Life Ever

Libraries Are An Essential Service For Black And Low-Income Children. So Why Does NYC Mayor Eric Adams Keep Attacking Them?

The Retirement We Weren't Ready For: Frankie Beverly And Maze Take Their Final, Well-Earned Bow

Paramount Global Joins The Ongoing Efforts To Erase Black History

July 4th's Cognitive Dissonance: For Black People, It May Be A Day Off, But Is It A Day of Independence?

The Sacred And The Secular: 40 Years Ago Today Prince Blessed Us With ‘Purple Rain’

Michael Jackson: 15 Years After His June 25, 2009 Death, Black Artists Are Still Paying Homage

Maintaining Focus: Reparations And Black Celebrity Crimes

Harlem's Renaissance: The Apollo Remix

Remembering The Time: On This Day Michael Jackson Was Acquitted Of All Charges

Cutting Music Programs Harms Black Students' Academic and Social -Emotional Development

10 Ways To Support Your LGBTQIA+ Family And Friends

Exclusive: Michael Eric Dyson Talks Duke Ellington’s Enduring Musical Influence 50 Years After Bandleader's Death

Kimberlé W. Crenshaw Breaks Down The True Essence Of Critical Race Theory

Exclusive: Kimberlé W. Crenshaw Discusses 70 Years Of Brown vs. Board Of Education

Deep Cuts - Stevie Wonder's 'Creepin''

Seven Ways Racism Harms Pregnant Black Women

Let Greg Down

Sex & Suffering – Marvin Gaye’s ‘Sanctified Lady,’ ‘Savage In The Sack,’ & ‘Masochistic Beauty’

Beyoncé Rides Into Her Country Music Era With “Cowboy Carter”

Pressure Makes Diamonds: How Usher’s 'Confessions' Became Likely The Last R&B Album To Sell 10 Million Copies

Deep Cuts - Rick James' 'Hollywood'

'Half a Mile From Heaven': Revisiting Stevie Wonder's 1980s Catalog

Jack Still Cries: How ‘Destiny’ Saved My Life

The 'Thriller' Dance: 40 Years of Choreography That ‘No Mere Mortal Can Resist’

Symphonic sampling: A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘Midnight Marauders’ and Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘Enter the Wu-Tang’

The future of fusion is funk: 50 years of Herbie Hancock’s 'Head Hunters'

Aubrey’s lament: Drake’s escalating anger toward women and the media

Tony! Toni! Toné! reunion rocks NYC despite audio hiccups

'It's code,' Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone, and the irony of Black musical articulation

Algo-RHYTHM: The effect of AI on the music industry

'We’re all sensitive people:' Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On,’ an expression of anxiety and fear disguised as sexual phantasm

The Gospel according to Lauryn: How the Scriptures influenced ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’

Apple TV+ series 'Swagger' tackles prison pipeline, with John Carlos as guest star

ESPN’s new documentary, ‘The Crossover,’ explores the 50-year synergy between sports and hip-hop

The ‘Control’ verse: 10 years since Kendrick Lamar ‘put the rap game in a crutch’

Hip-hop harmony highlights the 2023 Rock The Bells Festival

'A writer takes his pen': The poetic, apocalyptic lyricism of Stevie Wonder’s 'Innervisions'

40 years of ‘Rockit,’ how Herbie Hancock elevated hip-hop onto a new pedestal

DJ Cassidy celebrates hip-hop's 50th with star-studded 'Pass the Mic Live!' in New York City

The life aquatic, 25 years of Maxwell’s ‘Embrya’

Are Black artists sellouts when they go pop or are they taking back something that was stolen?

10 years of Kanye West’s ‘Yeezus,' a pushback against being ‘Bound 2’ musical appeasement

Prince, music estates, and the ethics of posthumously releasing music

Going Pop Is Just Going White Part 2

‘Was I what you wanted me to be?’ How Prince challenged the racial conventions of genre

Going Pop Is Just Going White Part 1

Prince and hip-hop: A complicated relationship

5 most memorable moments of Prince Paisley Park Celebration 2023

Guru's 'Jazzmatazz' gave agency to three decades of hip-hop and jazz fusion

Janet Jackson's sold-out Madison Square Garden show keeps bar high for live concerts

Unsung Presents Best in Black: Film Pioneers

Unsung Presents Best in Black: Athletes

Fans are reminded 'Who is Jill Scott' as Grammy-winner performs debut album in full in New Jersey

Love, flame, light: How Bobby Caldwell’s place in Black music history was secured with just three songs

Evening the score: How Quincy Jones opened doors for Black American film composers

25 years of 'A Rose Is Still a Rose,' Aretha Franklin's last grand statement and Lauryn Hill's first on her own

Lil' Kim gets her flowers from fans, fellow stars at Apollo Theater concert

Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’ a quiet manifesto of Black music reappropriation birthed from marginalization

Nikki Giovanni, Black Thought, Christian McBride, more shine during jazz, hip-hop, spoken word concert in Newark

Robtober 2022: a recap of Robert Glasper's 2022 Blue Note Jazz Club residency

For Marvel fans who have considered skipping ‘Wakanda Forever’ / When Ryan Coogler is enuf, theGrio

50 years of ‘Talking Book:’ How Stevie Wonder married emotions with machines, theGrio

Ten years of 'good kid, m.A.A.d. city,' the 'short film' that launched Kendrick Lamar's cinematic universe

‘Top Dawg-Underdog’ revival is an explosive display of pent-up emotion and actor chemistry, theGrio

Why DJs make great music producers (article), theGrio

Why DJs make great producers (video), theGrio

Twisted elegance: Janet Jackson’s ‘The Velvet Rope’ is a template for Black pop stars to embrace the darkness, theGrio

Solange’s debut as a New York Ballet composer was a dynamic, down-home display of drama,, theGrio

As Afropunk Fest returns to Brooklyn, the real stars are the spectators, theGrio

Jessica Couch’s Fayetteville Road firm addresses racial disparities in fashion fit tech, theGrio

Tamela Mann talks collaborating with Kirk Franklin and Yolanda Adams on deluxe album release, theGrio

‘Round Midnight Reviews: Black Thought and Danger Mouse’s ‘Cheat Codes,' theGrio

‘Round Midnight Review: Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’, theGrio

How Mary J. Blige’s ‘What’s the 411?’ showed that hip hop and soul are one in the same, theGrio

Here’s why Missy Elliott is hip-hop’s GOAT, theGrio

Folks weren’t ready: 10 albums that were ahead of their time, theGrio

Does jazz need a rebrand? Why the genre’s greatest icons resented the word ‘jazz,' theGrio

I, too, sing America: celebrating the poetry of the Black lyricist, theGrio

Broadway revival of ‘for colored girls’ highlights the power of movement and monologue, theGrio

Killer Mike talks up his new ‘Tumbleweeds’ docuseries and cannabis culture in America, theGrio

You can’t stain something that’s already tarnished: A rebuttal of Harry Lennix’s column suggesting Will Smith return his Oscar, theGrio

Somi pays homage to African icon Miriam Makeba with stage play, album, theGrio

The ‘Black Radio Effect:’ How Robert Glasper helped manifest genre fluidity in Black music, theGrio

Sound Clash to ‘Verzuz’: the history of how Caribbean music competition influenced Black American music culture, thegrio

10 best Black music producers ever, theGrio

Broadway’s ‘MJ The Musical’ analyzes Joe Jackson’s polarizing influence on the King of Pop, theGrio

10 reasons Quincy Jones was successful before 'Thriller,' theGrio

Top 10 Black Christmas albums of all time, theGrio

De La Soul’s Discography Is Better Than A Tribe Called Quest’s, Okayplayer

Maxwell on being honored with the Soul Train Legacy award and his new music, theGrio

Silk Sonic reignites soul that’s been long taken for granted, theGrio

Doug E. Fresh talks spiritual connection to Go-Go music: ‘I’m going to continue to share that celebration’, theGrio

5 of Black music's biggest 'What Is',' theGrio

BRIC Media Maker Weekend, Oct. 14 - 16, sign up here

Drake vs. Michael Jackson: How the numbers show this is a one-sided debate, theGrio

The lasting influence of Aaliyah 20 years after her death, theGrio

Chucky Thompson was the architect of hip hop soul, thGrio

The top 10 best Black artists of the MTV era, theGrio

Get Off The Fence - Marvin! I Want You vs. Here, My Dear, podcast

‘Summer of Soul’ documentary shows beauty of Black culture, cycle of Black erasure, theGrio

Get Off The Fence - New Edition/Blackstreet! Home Again vs. Another Level

Mary J. Blige recalls recording of ‘My Life’ album in new documentary

Get Off The Fence - MJB! What's The 411 vs. My Life

Get Off The Fence - Quincy! The Dude vs. Back On The Back, YouTube

Get Off The Fence - Common! Like Water For Chocolate vs. Be

Get Off The Fence - Janet! Control vs. Rhythm Nation

A Soul Prophecy: How ‘What’s Going On’ still, sadly, resonates 50 years later, TheGrio

How Paul Mooney became a legend by snubbing white Hollywood, TheGrio

Get Off The Fence - The Jacksons! Destiny vs. Triumph, YouTube

Half A Mile From Heaven: Revisiting Stevie Wonder’s 1980’s Catalog

Get Off The Fence - Stevie! Innervisions vs. Songs In The Key Of Life, YouTube

Get Off The Fence Podcast: Preview Episode, YouTube

Black Ecology: 10 songs that address the environment - TheGrio

Sex & Suffering – Marvin Gaye’s ‘Sanctified Lady,’ ‘Savage In The Sack,’ & ‘Masochistic Beauty’

Celebrating four influential Black women music producers

DC Comics releases new ‘Nubia’ graphic novel helmed by L. L. McKinney, Robyn Smith

The Five Elements of Michael Jackson

Emmy-winning composer Matthew Head scores new PBS documentary, ‘The Black Church’

PBS to premiere ‘Mr. Soul!’ doc about once forgotten, innovative Black talk show

Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis on milestone anniversaries of Janet Jackson’s ‘Control,’ Sounds of Blackness’ ‘Optimistic’

Bridging The Gap 3X3 Podcast: The Jacksons' "Triumph" - GFM Podcast Network

In Motion: Urban Bush Women - All Arts/PBS

5th Annual BRIC Media Maker Weekend: Creating in a New Reality, 10/15 - 10/17

How Chadwick Boseman became an icon of Black identity - theGrio

MLK III leads March on Washington, urges 'economic divestment' from white businesses - theGrio

Is it time to stop assimilating and form a United States of Black America - TheGrio

“The Audacity of white American Protest” - TheGrio

“Justin Timberlake isn’t a culture vulture - He’s just a dense coward; article with TheGrio

‘In Living Color,’ 30 years later, endures for the culture - TheGrio

The Enduring Power of Bill Withers’ “Simple & Profound” Lyrics

Instagram Live Battles: Which One Should Be Next?

SONIC BLACKNUSS: All About Love Live Podcast Episode On Spotify

“If Beale Street Could Talk,” Film Screening & Talk Back @ BRIC. February 29th at 4pm

DEFYNE Media Remembers J Dilla

B Scene's Black TV Matters: Reclaiming the Narrative @ Weeksville Heritage Center, February 22nd; FREE RSVP

SONIC BLACKNUSS: All About Love, Live Podcast @ BRIC, February 13;FREE RSVP

Universal Harmony: The Birth of a Son - D’Angelo’s “Africa” - 2000

Conditional Patriotism: The Hypocrisy of Olympics' Rulings Against Political Protests