Commissioner Alicia Reese creates the first-ever Black Music Walk of Fame outdoor interactive exhibit to grace Cincinnati, Ohio, and she stops by the Rickey Smiley Morning Show to discuss it! Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. (Terms and conditions). The Hamilton County Commissioner, also a […]
10 iconic collectives of Black musicians where every member was a hitmaker. The post All In The Family! 10 Black Music Cliques That Ruled The Charts appeared first on Black America Web.
To close out Black Music Month here at BAW, we put together a list of seven musicians that are new to the industry and changing the shift of African American-made music for the better.
We all know that Missy Elliott is a genius, an innovator, icon, game-changer, legend, the baddest. What we did know that she was a soldier capable of powering through intense sickness. During a recent interview with Angie Martinez, Missy revealed that she was extremely sick the night before her MTV Video Vanguard Award and even […]
Watch POTUS hilariously pop it with Usher and Janelle Monáe at "BET’s Love and Happiness: A Musical Experience" event.
Bibi Bourelly sat down with us to discuss her artistry and musical influences. “My biggest musical influence is my father, John Paul Bourelly who is a phenomenal guitar player and jazz musician,” said Bourelly. The singer/songwriter believes that black music is influential all over the world. “Black people are just generally so influential globally across […]
The music gods have blessed us. Fantasia and Anthony Hamilton two of the most soulful artists left in the game, are heading out this spring…
Every so often a so-called “blue-eyed soul” singer appears out of nowhere accelerating themselves to the top of a Black genre and pushing the music into the mainstream. With their success comes resentment from those who feel Black artists should receive the same sort of profits from their cultural capital. Despite these conversations on race and […]
