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Love, flame, light: How Bobby Caldwell’s place in Black music history was secured with just three songs

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Billy Porter Stronger; 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones - Arrivals

Billy Porter has a fan in Kelly Clarkson, who loves his version of ‘Stronger’

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Lenny Kravitz to host iHeartRadio Music Awards

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Grace Jones, Anderson .Paak, Robert Glasper to headline New York’s Blue Note Jazz Festival

The 12th annual Blue Note Jazz Festival New York will take place from May 31 to July 2, featuring Grace Jones and Robert Glasper.
/ March 15, 2023

Elijah Rhea Johnson to be new lead in Broadway’s ‘MJ The Musical,’ Myles Frost to leave show

Elijah Rhea Johnson will take over as new lead in Tony Award-winning Broadway show, “MJ The Musical” starting April 4.
/ March 14, 2023

Now, this is going to be good. TLC, Shaggy, En Vogue, Sean Kingston to tour this summer

TLC and Shaggy will hit the road this summer for the Hot Summer Nights 2023 Tour alongside special guests En Vogue and Sean Kingston. 
/ March 14, 2023
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Ruth E. Carter is the first Black woman to win two Oscars; ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ wins big

Ruth Carter makes history as the first Black American woman to win two Academy Awards after winning Best Costume Design on Sunday.
/ March 13, 2023
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Mary J. Blige announces dates, lineup for 2023 ‘Strength of a Woman’ festival

Mary J. Blige announced that the second annual Strength of a Woman Festival will take place from May 11 – 14 in Atlanta.
/ March 9, 2023

Adidas has no idea what to do with all of those Yeezy shoes

Adidas’ breakup with rapper Kanye West and the inability to sell his popular Yeezy line of shoes helped batter the company’s earnings at the end of last year.
/ March 9, 2023
Janet Jackson Celebrates Park Theater Residency Debut With "Metamorphosis" After Party At On The Record

Janet Jackson follow-up documentary coming to Lifetime, A+E Networks

Lifetime and A+E Networks has greenlit a new Janet Jackson documentary, “Janet Jackson: Family First,” a follow-up to her 2022 documentary.
/ March 8, 2023