The HBCU choir from Winston-Salem State University is taking its talents to Europe, as the Grammy-nominated WSSU Singing Rams prepare for an international tour in Austria. Led by acclaimed director Maestra D’Walla Simmons-Burke, the Singing Rams will perform June 17 in Vienna
By Eliott C. McLaughlin The real Deborah Johnson hasn’t watched the scene in “Judas and the Black Messiah” where a cop puts a gun to her pregnant belly after a predawn raid that killed Black Panther leader Fred Hampton. The 70-year-old now
By Marianne Garvey Rapper Shock G, also known as Humpty Hump of the hip-hop group Digital Underground, has died at age 57. When not using his stage name, he was known as Gregory Edward Jacobs. His Digital Underground groupmate Chopmaster J. posted
Oscar Holland | Megan C. Hills At a pandemic-era Oscars, it was never going to be business as usual on the red carpet. But with a scaled back ceremony, organizers tried their very best to recapture the glamour that the showpiece event
Analysis by Stephen Collinson After a hyper-politicized year, a crop of this year’s nominees for best picture at the Academy Awards on Sundayresonate with conflicts and divides that define modern American life. None of the nominees directly address the Donald Trump era.
By Faith Karimi On February 25, 1964, four African American icons met in a Miami hotel room for a night of revelry, bonding, arguments and ice cream. One of them, the brash and flamboyant Cassius Clay (soon to change his name to
By Leah Asmelash LeVar Burton, of “Reading Rainbow” fame, is taking on a new role this spring. “Jeopardy!” announced Wednesday that the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” actor will be one of the final guest hosts to close out Season 37 of
OZY Media, a next-generation media and entertainment company, announced it will be hosting a one-of-a-kind festival of great entertainment, interactive experiences and big conversations. “We are so excited to be bringing OZY Fest back,” said Samir Rao, CEO and co-founder, OZY. “Virtual
By Alexis Benveniste Country music singer Mickey Guyton will make history Sunday when she hosts the Academy of Country Music Awards with Keith Urban. The 37-year-old singer from Arlington, Texas, will be the first Black woman to host the awards ceremony. And
Analysis by Lisa Respers France The death of pioneering “Saturday Night Live” writer Anne Beatts last week was a reminder of the strides made by women in comedy — and the work toward equity that remains. Beatts, who died at the age
By Chloe Melas Amid a global pandemic, shuttered movie theaters and after a two-month delay, next Sunday’s 93rd Academy Awardsare already poised to feel very different than in previous years. The event will return to the Dolby Theatre, as well separate live
