Frankie Beverly and the Maze perform at the Summer Soul Concert series at Newark Symphony Hall on July 12, 2009 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images) Frankie Beverly and Maze, the band he co-founded, have provided the soundtrack to generations of lives. Summer, a season that rarely passes without the sound of…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty In 1992, a former teacher from Sumter, South Carolina stood in front of a small crowd and told the story of the day he was riding down the road with his father, a local minister, when they came upon a limb knocked down in an overnight storm blocking their…
In this June 12, 2016 file photo, James Earl Jones arrives at the Tony Awards in New York. The Cort Theatre on Broadway in New York will be renamed after Jones on Monday, becoming the second theater on the Great White Way named after a Black artist. The move comes after a wide Broadway coalition…
In the world of comedy, Richard Pryor carved out a niche with his raw humor and unfiltered language in what is known as ribaldry or blue comedy. Regarding television broadcasts, Pryor’s colorful language posed a problem under once-extremely strict FCC regulations in the 70s and 80s. To circumvent these restrictions, studios often employed actors to…
Source: David Corio / Getty Frankie Beverly, frontman for the R&B soul and funk band Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly has passed away. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Frankie Beverly And Maze -(Maze Honoring Frankie Beverly) (@frankiebeverlyandmaze) The news of his passing was confirmed by his family in a post on his official…
Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, debates Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. president Donald Trump, for the first time during the presidential election campaign at The National Constitution Center on September 10, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) OPINION: Vice President Kamala Harris was more prepared and more presidential than…
A video shows a Ross employee confront a Black shopper and accuse him of stealing shoes, contact his fellow staff members to call the police, and then later deny that he ever made the theft accusations. The video shows a loss prevention worker at a Ross Dress for Less store approaching a man sitting in…
Source: Win McNamee / Getty Roughly nine hours after the walloping Trump probably doesn’t realize (and probably can’t be convinced) he took at last night’s debate, I’m still wanting. There’s no question–or shouldn’t be–about the Vice President decisively winning. She absolutely did. But winning against a serial liar, racist, sexist narcissist whose behavior regularly has…
“Selling Tampa” star Sharelle Rosado has shocked everyone after she recently revealed on her podcast, “Humble Baddies,” that she was unfaithful at the beginning of her first marriage in starting her relationship with her current fiancé, Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson. Rosado, 33, did not shy away from discussing the complexities of her past relationship, infidelity and…
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks as Donald Trump gestures during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024. | Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty Vice President Kamala Harris clearly got under Donald Trump‘s skin with a steady stream of facts to counter his lies…
