George Michael’s estate is suing his former best friend for charging fans to watch scenes from the recording of a lost album, ...

Rolling Stone magazine recently released its list of 200 best singers of all time. Legendary singer Aretha Franklin, lovingly ...

Lewis crashed an Aretha Franklin birthday, witnessed the Queen of Soul's legendary appetite, then walked away with a career-defining compliment.

Also in this week's quiz, which member of the British royal family won an Olympic medal in 2012? And how familiar are you ...

The World Whistlers Convention now draws hundreds of entrants to Japan every year. But its roots are in Louisburg, N.C.

Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Pastor Mike Jr. will be honored by their peers at the 41st Stellar Gospel Music Awards on August 15.

Tasha Cobbs Leonard will be presented with the Aretha Franklin Icon Award at the 2026 Stellar Gospel Music Awards, which will be taped live from the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday, ...

James “Jim” Gilstrap, the sonorous tenor heard on Stevie Wonder’s “You Are the Sunshine of My Life," has died at 79 years old ...

Aretha Franklin's gifted voice was apparent to all from a young age, and her quote of the day recognizes the help she humbly ...

Lauryn Hill took home the inaugural Living Legend Icon Award at the BET Awards on June 28, 2026. “Across every era, she has never chased the moment; she has shaped it,” said Connie Orlando, BET’s EVP ...

See which West Michigan sites were featured in the "Bible of Black travel" in the mid-1900s — and what's left standing, among them.

As the festival takes a fallow year, our journalists assemble their perfect festival bill – from Taylor Swift to the Smiths (one can dream) ...