Featured Artists
Hip-Hop Perspective
Pop Stuff
R&B Music Commentary
The Business of Music
Trivia You Can Use
One of these 3 men have the biggest Hot 100 hit of all time! Here’s the case for the other two.
(February 6, 2021). In August 2018, when Billboard magazine celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Hot 100 chart – the “gold-standard ranking of America’s top songs each week,” as the…
Double standard? Morgan Wallen is cancelled for slur that appears in half the albums in the Top 10 (including two on his label).
(February 4, 2021). Far be it for me as a Black man – especially during Black History Month – to make any arguments for or against cancel culture when it…
Black History: The first 13 females inducted to the Rock Hall of Fame were these African-American icons
(January 31, 2021). As the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame prepares to announce its nominees for the Class of 2021, and as we celebrate the beginning of this year’s…
Pardons and other big wins underscore hip-hop’s long, strange relationship with an unlikely president
(January 30, 2021). Mark this down. From the world of hip-hop, I’m about to give some reluctant credit – but credit nonetheless – to the unlikeliest of recipients. Reluctant because…
R.I.P. Miss Cicely Tyson – Remembering a life richly lived and a groundbreaking role that moved us all
(January 29, 2021). No one ever views a person’s death as being a timely one, whether they lived to be nine or ninety. People often go “before their time” or…