The R&B/Soul Group Bloodstone has been around since the early 60’s, but has been an important part of R&B and Pop Music history since the release...
Soul, funk and blues performer Syl Johnson, whose work became among the most-sampled in hip-hop history, died Feb 6 at the age of 85. “He lived...
Miler got the weekly Black music trade magazine, BRE off the ground in 1976. The publication tracked radio play and retail sales of Black music across the...
Almost everyone of age in the R&B Multiverse knows Roberta Flack and Donnie Hathaway's venerable classic, "The Closer I Get To You"... Not many knew it...
A few media outlets are now reporting the death, at age 79, of Calvin Simon – one of the founding singers with the Parliament – Funkadelic...
Daniels co-founded Force MDs in Staten Island, New York in 1981, alongside his nephews Stevie D, Antoine “T.C.D.” Lundy and Rodney “Khalil” Lundy, with “Trisco” Pearson...
Smooth Jazz artist Nick Colionne, known for his guitar skills and even more for his colorful suits and matching hats, died unexpectedly Saturday, according to his publicist. He...
According to published reports Californian hip-hop producer Traxamillion has died aged 42. According to reports in the San Francisco Chronicle. The producer, who was influential in popularizing...
West Coast rapper J $tash allegedly fatally shot a 27-year-old woman in front of her three kids before turning the gun on himself. The tragedy reportedly...