N.W.A, Chaka Khan and Janet in the Rock Hall of Fame? Why not?
Recently, Chaka Khan and Janet Jackson joined N.W.A. and 12 other recording artists as nominees for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016. What’s noteworthy about…
Nicki Minaj – Lone Woman Standing
Okay music trivia and hip-hop/R&B fans, brace yourself for this one. I’m about to give you a chart statistic that will blow your mind and have you saying, “uh what?…
MTV Video Music Awards – Dying a Slow and Painful Death?
For a network that officially abandoned the “M” in MTV nearly six years ago, but which – for all intents and purposes – essentially ditched that “M” closer to two…
Black Music Renaissance is Happening Now – But Without the Women
Earlier this year, in fact in my very first article, I lamented about how black musicians were experiencing a lull in popularity – particularly on the Billboard charts. That article…
Black History: 20 Greatest Black Music Producers/Songwriters of the Past 55 Years
As Black Music Month 2015 – now formally known as African-American Music Appreciation Month – races through its home stretch, I’ve been completing the last installment of my four-part countdown…