Black Music

T-Bone Walker

How Black musicians are shaping modern music

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Muni Long, Revenge album, theGrio.com

Muni Long believes ‘Revenge’ is a dish best served with success

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Rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar

The complete history of the Kendrick Lamar-Drake feud

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Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Billie Jean, Billie Jean song, Billie Jean story, Billie Jean backstory, Michael Jackson Thriller, Billie Jean Thriller, Michael Jackson songs, Black Music, Black Music Month, Black music history, theGrio.com

Ever wonder about the real father of Billie Jean’s son?

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Zendaya says she may return to music ‘one day’

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Beyoncé, Cowboy Carter, Black country music, Black country artists, Daddy Lessons, Linda Martell, Christianity, Faith and Spirituality, Religion, theGrio.com

Resurrection, our way: On Beyoncé, Linda Martell and staging our own renaissance

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The Biggie Experience, Biggie Smalls, Notorious B.I.G., Christopher Wallace, hip-hop history, museums in Brooklyn, hip-hop museums, T'yanna Wallace, Miles Marshall Lewis, theGrio.com

The Biggie Experience is ‘one more chance’ to celebrate one of hip-hop’s greatest

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Reggae Month, Reggae music, Bob Marley, Black protest music, Jamaica, Soca, Calypso, Caribbean music, Caribbean travel, theGrio.com

What do you know about the Black protest music that inspired Reggae Month?

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Rhiannon Giddens, country music, banjo music, Beyoncé, Beyoncé and country music, Black country artists, Black country music, Was country music originally Black?, Black music, Writing Black podcast, theGrio.com

Rhiannon Giddens defends the Black roots of country music: ‘We keep having to tell the story’

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Gospel music, Black church, Gospel PBS, Gospel documentary, Henry Louis Gates, Christianity, Black Christianity, Faith and spirituality, thegrio.com

Soul-stirring: What can ‘Gospel’ do for you?

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Samara Joy, 2023 Grammy Best New Artist, jazz singers, jazz music, Black music, 2024 Grammys, Grammy winners, best New Artist winners, theGrio.com

Samara Joy is walking in her purpose, one song at a time

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Jon Batiste, Black music, We Are the World, art activism, music activism, Christianity, Faith and Spirituality, Grammy Awards, Grammy winners, Worship, praise and worship, Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, theGrio.com

From ‘We Are the World’ to ‘Worship,’ let’s recognize the transformative power of Black music 

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Jean Knight, who reached the top of the charts with the R&B smash “Mr. Big Stuff,” dies at 80

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2023 LACMA Art+Film Gala, LACMA Art+Film Gala, Gucci, Red Carpet Style, Black Hollywood, Black celebrity style, Black celebrities, celebrity style, theGrio.com

Rock and roll hits the red carpets at a pair of star-studded events

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Lollapalooza Buenos Aires 2019 - Day 3

ONE Musicfest brings music legends to the heart of Atlanta (recap)

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Watch: Rapper Lola Brooke’s advice to rising artists

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Jann Wenner is an example of why Black media matters

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Busta Rhymes, 50 Cent, Common, Method Man, Ludacris, and Wiz Khalifa celebrate hip-hop’s 50th with Men’s Health

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Members of the Hip-hop group Whodini: DJ Drew 'Grandmaster Dee' Carter, Jalil Hutchins and John Fletcher

Hopefully, hip-hop’s 50th birthday celebration creates a moment for underappreciated artists

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Tracy Chapman, Jeffrey LaValley, Fast Car, Luke Combs, Revelations 19:1, Ye, Maverick City, gospel music, country music, faith and spirituality, Notes on faith, theGrio.com

Notes on Faith: What the triumphs of Tracy Chapman and Jeffrey LaValley teach us about transcendence

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