The Urban Daily is reporting that the legendary R&B group the Temptations has lost another member. You may recall last week, Damon “Otis” Harris, who sang with the Temptations on many of their hits of the 19...
Writing for The Root, The Burton Wire’s editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton highlights black filmmakers that changed the game for blacks in the Hollywood film industry. Filmmakers include William Foster, Eloyce Gist, Euzhan Pal...
Written by Christopher A. Daniel The history of American popular music has definitely seen its fair share of input from African Americans. Considering hip hop and R&B continues to stretch the boundaries for crossover success, ...
Writing for SKNVibes, Precious Mills talks to members of the music community in the twin-island Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis about the legacy of Reggae superstar Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley in celebration of what wo...
Writing for the Huffington Post, Julee Wilson reports that music and fashion mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has made history yet again by producing the first-ever Instagram Fashion Show. Surely this would have gained him a l...
Writing for the Huffington Post, Julee Wilson reports that music and fashion mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has made history yet again by producing the first-ever Instagram Fashion Show. Wilson reports that the fashion icon ...
Lucy Jordan of The Rio Times is reporting that 245 people were killed at Kiss nightclub in central Rio Grande do Sul. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is on site comforting relatives of victims. In addition to the 245 people kil...
by Christopher A. Daniel Black love and relationships have been strictly heterosexual in society and pop culture. With the Patrik-Ian Polk-developed Logo dramedy Noah’s Arc, Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Frank Oce...
by Christopher A. Daniel Black love and relationships have been strictly heterosexual in society and pop culture. With the Patrik-Ian Polk-developed Logo dramedy Noah’s Arc, Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Frank Oce...
by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. If you’re familiar with the term, “Renaissance Man,” then the name Paul Robeson is not news to you. The son of an escaped United States slave, Robeson was a tremendous athlete, scholar,...