Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American recording artist, singer and musician Little Richard performing live, UK, 27th June 1975. (Photo by Angela Deane-Drummond ...

The world’s music pulse is changing, and its heartbeat is African. Once considered niche, African genres like Afrobeats and Amapiano have taken over global playlists. What’s exciting is that this ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. I have compiled a subjective, non-exhaustive list of 50 Black ...

Nashville’s century-long relationship with country music has made the genre inseparable from Music City. Despite country music’s deep Black origins, however, it has not traditionally been associated ...

Behind Clive Davis's roster of hitmakers is a larger story about who financed, distributed, and profited from Black music during the last half-century.

June may have been Black Music Month, but our reverence for the Black musicians who have defined and shifted American culture knows no bounds. To extend our celebration, we’ve rounded up some of the ...

Country is a broad musical category that includes elements of folk, bluegrass and blues. Love it or hate it, the genre is about as quintessentially American as apple pie. Though white men in cowboy ...

For the first time, African music will have its own category at the Grammys. The Recording Academy will showcase three new categories for this year’s awards, including “Best African Music Performance” ...

The 2024 Grammy awards will see the introduction of a new category: "best African music performance." When the category was announced last year, Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. stated that it would be ...

Once considered niche, African genres like Afrobeats and Amapiano have taken over global playlists. What’s exciting is that this movement isn’t being led by men alone. A new wave of women are not just ...