By AFRO Staff Larry Young, former State Senator and venerable Baltimore talk show host has again been named one of the top talk radio personalities in America. The Talkers Magazine, one of the most important publications in the world of talk radio, named Young one of its “Heavy Hundred,” the 100 “Most Important Talk Show […]
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RAMBLING ROSE
By Rosa Pryor, Special to the AFRO BMA Adds a Lexington Market Branch Hey y’all, my lands of mercy! So much is going on in Baltimore that is nothing but some summer fun. I sure hope that your 4th of July holiday was as special as you wanted it to be. Hoping you had a […]
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Exceptional Director, B. Monet, Rides into History with Cadillac
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia You can call Brittany Fennell by her given name, her last name or by the moniker that has driven her to fame, “B. Monet.” However, the award-winning writer and director from Silver Spring, Maryland, who holds degrees from Spelman and New York University, will go down in history […]
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New Whitney Houston Remix by DJ-Producer Kygo Released
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — You can dance to a new-ish Whitney Houston song this weekend. Houston originally released a cover of Steve Winwood’s “Higher Love” as a Japan-only bonus track on her 1990 album “I’m Your Baby Tonight,” but the song has been given an upbeat, dance remix by Norwegian DJ-producer […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Teen Artist Tackles Female Oppression Through Art
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com If you don’t know the name Naja Elon Webb now, commit it to your memory. A recent graduate of Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Webb has boosted her resume in a major way the summer between high school and freshman year of college at Cooper Union University. From […]
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Soulful Symphony Coming to Columbia
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Venerable Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia will be the home of the world-renowned Soulful Symphony for the summer. Over the years the Soulful Symphony has re-energized American music through the prism of the essential Black American cultural experience. The Soulful Symphony, a 75-piece American symphony orchestra, was founded by Darrin […]
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LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
By Valerie Fraling, Special to the AFRO “Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was dill.” Harper Lee, To Kill […]
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Dave Chappelle Making His Broadway Debut This Summer
By Chelsea Lenora White HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — Comedian and actor Dave Chappelle will make his Broadway debut this summer. Chappelle will perform five shows at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, from July 9 through July 13. The theater has this spring become home for music acts like Morrissey, Yanni and Regina Spektor making their Broadway debuts. Comedian […]
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BET Awards Honor Mary J. Blige, Nipsey Hussle, Tyler Perry
By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer The 2019 BET Awards featured a number of contemporary pop and rap stars who are dominating the charts, from Cardi B to Lil Nas X. But the show belonged to artists viewed as icons in the black community, including singer Mary J. Blige, filmmaker Tyler Perry and the late […]
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Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us” Focuses on Falsely Accused Central Park Five
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor The painful true stories of five falsely accused young men, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, and Korey Wise, has been brought to light in excruciatingly vivid detail by director Ava DuVernay. The group known as the Central Park Five would receive 6 to 13 years […]
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Dave Bartholomew, Co-wrote ‘Ain’t That a Shame,” Dies at 100
By HILLEL ITALIE and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dave Bartholomew, a giant of New Orleans music and a rock n’ roll pioneer who with Fats Domino co-wrote and produced such classics as “Ain’t That a Shame,” ”I’m Walkin’” and “Let the Four Winds Blow,” has died. He was 100. Bartholomew, a […]
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BET Awards to Honor Nipsey Hussle; Cardi, Lil Nas to Perform
By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer Nipsey Hussle, the late rapper who was a respected and beloved community activist in South Los Angeles, will be honored at the 2019 BET Awards with the Humanitarian Award. The posthumous honor will be presented Sunday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The rapper is also nominated […]