Culture
Unforgettable: The Sad Day In 1965 That We Lost Nat King Cole. By Paul Sexton / Discover Music
Hip-Hop Is The Music Of Vinyl Librarians. By Dan Charmas / NYT
Media Mogul Byron Allen Places $10B Offer For Disney Networks Including ABC And FX, Report Says. By Ngozi Nwanji / Afrotech
How a Culture War Over Race Engulfed a School District. By James Ross Gardne / The New Yorker
Inside Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’, a Global Investigation With a Personal Touch. By Rebecca Ford / Vanity Fair
Black Music Sunday: Let’s vibe with Roy Ayers on his 83rd birthday. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
When Dinah Washington married her seventh husband, she finally found happiness. Sadly, her bliss ended in utter tragedy. By Factinate
Why dream hampton Won’t Give Up on Hip-Hop. By Spencer Kornhaber / The Atlantic
Bill Cosby & His Wife Learn To Move Forward Despite Their Struggles. By Simon Saunders / Family This
Little Richard documentary filmmaker talks capturing the joy and pain that was his life. By Lisa Respers France / CNN
The Enduring Meaning Behind Marvin Gaye’s Signature Hit “What’s Going On?.” By Melody Russell / American Song Writer
Asian characters with speaking roles in Hollywood jumped dramatically over the last 15 years. By Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News
The Met Announces Harlem Renaissance Exhibition for 2024. By Zachary Small / NYT
Soul Music Legend Al Green Releases Absolutely Perfect Lou Reed Cover. By Ed Mazza / HuffPost
What Kind of Artist Was Wayne Shorter? By Richard Brody / The New Yorker
How Hip-Hop Became America’s Poetry. By John McWhorter / NYT
BET Remains White-Owned As Black Bidders Fall Short Of Asking Price. By Zack Linly / Newsone
How ‘They Cloned Tyrone’ transforms racial archetypes into unlikely heroes. By Uwa Ede-Oslfo / NBC News
