Black Music Month
Black Music Month
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Kendrick Lamar’s ’40 Acres and a Mule’ Line at 2025 Super Bowl is Explained By Spike Lee
One of Lamar's lines might have flown over a lot of people's heads, but luckily, we're here to explain it all.
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Artists Who Could Pop Up at Kendrick Lamar’s Juneteenth Show in L.A.
With summer mere days away, the Compton rapper is about to usher in the new season and commemorate a special holiday in a big way for the culture.
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Black Music Month: The Meaning Behind Stevie Wonder’s Beautiful Song “As”
Wonder fulfilled a lifelong dream when he became a Ghanaian citizen on his 74th birthday.
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Black Music Month: The Story Behind Stevie Wonder’s ‘Isn’t She Lovely’
In honor of Black Music Month, we’re exploring some of the classic tracks that have showcased and celebrated Black culture.
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How Blonde Bombshell Farrah Fawcett Inspired Gladys Knight’s Biggest R&B Hit
The icon tune didn’t start out as an R&B song, but as a phone call.
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Shaggy Says “It Wasn’t Me” Isn’t The Song You Think it Is
The 2000 hit is an undeniable classic, but Shaggy says we're not listening to the whole song.
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The 22 Afrobeats Artists You Should Be Listening to Now
You know Tems, Burna Boy and Davido. But here are the other Afrobeats artists you should be paying attention to.
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Mike Muse Breaks Down the Intersection of Music and Artificial Intelligence
SiriusXM host Mike Muse spoke to The Root about the connection artificial intelligence has with music and how it affects Black art.
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NPR’s Black Music Month Tiny Desk Concerts Remind Us All of the Brilliance of Background Singers
With recent concerts done by Babyface, Tank, & Charlie Wilson, these musical eargasms are perfect examples of what talented ensembles are supposed to sound like
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‘The Blog Era’ Podcast Tells the Story of How the Internet Changed the Hip-Hop Industry
With Pharrell William's co-sign, Eric and Jeff Rosenthal take a nostalgic look back at a time when blogs ran hip-hop.