George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers, Ashley Gorley, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, The Beach Boys' Mike Love and Tony Macaulay make up the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees — an inspiring mix of ...

Daniel “Danny Boy” Steward is a one-of-a-kind talent. Even though his debut album, Black Heart, was released in 2023, his voice has been timeless, as his work with Death Row Records as a teenager ...

A woman who claimed in a lawsuit that Diddy raped her with a TV remote is expounding on her accusations in a new interview.

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill' and 'Above the Rim,' dies at age 66. 'Will never be another,' his son says.

The 1991 crime thriller starred Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, and Chris Rock and became a cultural gem in cinema. Cooper continued to shape the landscape of Black storytelling with Sugar Hill (1993), starring ...

Super Bowl LIX is right around the corner. An Iowa State Fair Grandstand recordholder is among the pre-game performers.

Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind the influential “Harlem Trilogy” of films New Jack City, Sugar Hill and Above the Rim and the man who coined the term New Jack Swing, has died. He was 66.

Prosecutors have said the evidence against Davis is strong, including his own accounts of the 1996 shooting in his tell-all ...

The 67th annual Grammy Awards will still take place Sunday, Feb. 2, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles — though the ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs is facing new and shocking accusations of gang rape, violence, and threats of human trafficking in a ...

Seaside police hosted a free speaking series featuring the former head of security for Death Row Records, discussing the history of gangs in Compton and the importance of humanity in policing.

Throughout American history, images of Black women have been symbolized as the mammy, the welfare queen, the Jezebel, the Sapphire — and yes, the tragic mulatto. Meanwhile, the women themselves have ...