Roberta Flack

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Robin Roberts, Roberta Flack
November 17, 2025
Legendary singer Roberta Flack is the next artist to receive the biopic and documentary treatment, courtesy of Robin Roberts.
thegrio, roberta flack, lauryn hill, wyclef jean, funeral service
March 11, 2025
Hill and her Fugees bandmate, Wyclef Jean, paid tribute to Flack during her service in New York City on Monday,…
thegrio, roberta flack, hip-hop, donny hathaway, Black music
February 24, 2025
The legendary singer, who passed away on February 24, had some songs that laid the framework for some of hip-hop's…
Roberta Flack, tribute album, poetry, women of color, thegrio.com
August 28, 2024
The featured speakers read selected poetry by June Jordan, Gwendolyn Bennett, Phillis Wheatley, Georgia Douglas Johnson and others.
November 14, 2022
A representative for Roberta Flack announced Monday that the Grammy-winning musician has ALS and can no longer sing.
Robert Flack thegrio.com
February 25, 2022
Four-time Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter Roberta Flack intends to make a comeback after suffering stroke and contracting COVID-19.
Fugees thegrio.com
September 21, 2021
The celebrated hip-hop trio released their acclaimed debut "The Score" 25 years ago. Their tour will be their first in…
March 4, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The Delta Sigma Theta sorority gathered to march along the national mall today, marking the 100th anniversary…
August 4, 2011
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Gene McDaniels, who recorded the 1961 hit "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" and later wrote Roberta…
June 9, 2011
SLIDESHOW - Some duets tell a story of friendship, romance and love, while others are tempered conversations set to music...
April 12, 2010
In an instant, Ms. Flack had joined the ranks of world-class musicians forced to grapple with a quintessential nightmare of…