Fake gangsta culture in hip-hop has real consequences…Ja Morant and others will learn
(May 18, 2023). As anyone with an eye on current events knows, NBA star and 2020 Rookie of the Year Ja Morant was suspended by the league on Sunday (May…
Ed Sheeran narrowly dodged a bullet with ‘Thinking Out Loud’ and a ‘classically simple chord change’ used in Marvin Gaye’s classic
(May 6, 2023). Theft or Influence? On Thursday, May 4, 2023, a Manhattan jury rendered its verdict in the highly publicized case of Ed Sheeran vs. Ed Townsend, a co-writer…
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Better late than never: Chaka Khan’s ‘side door’ Rock Hall of Fame entry is another indicator of how flawed the system is.
(May 5, 2023). At long last, R&B/soul singing icon Chaka Khan is (deservedly) getting into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. After seven prior failed nominations to the esteemed…
In the 1950s, Harry Belafonte broke down barriers; Carolyn Bryant’s Emmett Till testimony kept them up. This week, both died the same day.
(April 29, 2023). In August 1955, Carolyn Bryant falsely accused Emmett Till, a Black teenager from Chicago, of verbally threatening, grabbing and whistling at her while in her family’s store…
Black folks had a beef with Budweiser, too—exactly 40 years ago—but a deal was cut, and all was good.
(April 24, 2023). At a time when we were pushing—with Stevie Wonder among those leading the charge—to have Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday recognized as a national holiday, and when…