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(August 19, 2021).  The late Aaliyah Haughton – known by millions of adoring fans simply as Aaliyah – is still perhaps the most significant R&B artist of her era to pass away while in the prime of her c […]

(August 15, 2021).  Some musicians are so iconic that when they leave us, the news hits us like a ton of bricks and we may never forget where we were or what we were doing when we first heard it.

When three o […]

(August 10, 2021).  It’s not really news that Billie Eilish’s highly anticipated official followup to her Grammy-winning, megasmash 2019 album (When We All Fall Asleep , Where Do We Go?) has just debuted on the l […]

(August 7, 2021).  They were masked-up, vaccinated and ready to go!  Seven lovely ladies, whose knowledge of Bruno Mars ranged from zero to Silk Sonic, accompanied me to see the pop/R&B superstar perform at the […]

(August 3, 2021).  Inappropriate statements originating from two current superstars of the country and hip-hop worlds went viral and caused a huge backlash this year – the first involving the N-word, the other a […]

(July 31, 2021).  Ever notice how a well-meaning, innocent little tune could go from being largely embraced by the public to being the equivalent of a persona non grata in the blink of an eye…through no fault or […]

(July 28, 2021).  Some articles just write themselves, they’re so easy.

By now many folks have heard about the anti-gay rant that rapper DaBaby went on during a performance at Rolling Loud Miami this past wee […]

(July 24, 2021).  Tickets are ranging from $52 to $82 (for the good seats) to see Whitney Houston – that is, the late Whitney Houston – perform in hologram form beginning the week of Halloween and going through A […]

(July 23, 2021).  Last week, Billboard magazine and other news media were all abuzz over the high chart début of “Am I The Only One,” the right-wing, liberal-bashing, country ballad by Aaron Lewis, the former […]

(July 18, 2021).  Exactly one year ago today, the blog posted an article about how late rapper Pop Smoke (born Bashar Barakah Jackson) was part of chart history when he and fellow late rapper Juice WRLD c […]

(July 17, 2021). Nowadays it’s hard to imagine a world where hip-hop wasn’t the dominant music genre.  Perusing this generation’s Billboard charts is just one indicator of rap’s current ubiquitous status as […]

(July 13, 2021).  It’s funny how in the summer of 2021 where soul music fans are eagerly anticipating the long-awaited biopic about our late Queen, Aretha Franklin, comes another movie about an event during a mor […]