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By David Wright – This past Sunday, the 16th annual Jacksonville Beach jazz festival opened with musician and trumpeter Isaac Byrd. Isaac has produced three CD’s with his music group Beginnings and Meek by Isaac […]
A judge in Pennsylvania has denied a last-ditch effort by Bill Cosby’s lawyers to have criminal sexual assault charges dismissed. That means Cosby will face the charges in court. Cosby’s attorneys were back in court […]
“We’ve been floating this country on credit for centuries, yo, and we’re done watching and waiting while this invention called whiteness uses and abuses us, burying black people out of sight and out of mind, while extracting our culture, our dollars, our entertainment like oil — black gold. […]
By Frederick H. Lowe Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles, an Atlanta-area restaurant chain co-founded by singer Gladys Knight and operated by her son, Shanga Ali Hankerson, has agreed to go into receivership under state supervision, […]
From left: Whitney Houston toured so much that her passport had to have pages added to it; A pair of game-worn shoes that Michael Jordan presented to Whitney Houston; and leather jacket personalized with Whitney […]
Clockwise from top left: Renée Elise Goldsberry, Daveed Diggs, Cynthia Erivo and Leslie Odom Jr. (Credit Photographs by Sara Krulwich/The New York Times) By Michael Paulson, nytimes.com “Hamilton,” an improbable hip-hop musical about America’s first […]
Kirk Franklins 20 Years in One Night Tour stop in Jacksonville was a musical odyssey of songs written and performed over the gospel artist 20 year career. Christian hip hop, contemporary gospel artist Kirk Franklin entered […]
Comedian Bruce Bruce held court at the Comedy Zone this past weekend churning out jokes and laughter to the sold out audience. The former BET Comic View host bought the house down with jokes about […]
ACTOR MALACHI KIRBY stars as Kunta Kinte in the remake of the miniseries “Roots,” which will air Memorial Day on the History channel. Alex Haley When it debuted on ABC in 1977, Alex Haley’s “Roots” […]
On April 21, 2016 the world lost another cultural icon. Prince was an unparalleled musician and artist who blurred the lines of sound and identity in way that inspired many and will not be forgotten. […]
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