Ahead of the BET Awards, a Look Back at How the Work Helped Hip-Hop Grow and Thrive
From innovative to provocative, BET has played a crucial role in creating several influential programs that helped spread hip-hop to…
A Husband and Wife Reimagine Fairy Tales with Black Children in Mind
This is Goldilocks like you’ve never seen her. Bathed in a golden light, she looks out from a photo resembling…
Pharrell brings gospel party to Paris with fashion debut
Musician-turned-designer Pharrell Williams took over the oldest bridge in Paris, packed it with celebs and turned it into a pumping…
‘The Space Race’ explores the history of the 1st Black astronauts
At least 500 astronauts have traveled to space -- yet only 18 of those have been Black astronauts, according to NASA. …
Telling our stories: how the African griot tradition continues through modern art and media
Black history is more than oppression and suffering. Throughout Black history we have seen moments of joy, liberation, and innovation.…
Africa’s content needs its distribution
Africa was the fastest-growing music market in the world last year, according to the music industry’s annual source of data. As artists…
The Out Of This World Music Festival honors the Caribbean diaspora in Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands saw a weekend full of unforgettable entertainment as it hosted the third annual Out of This World…
Olympian Allyson Felix says Tori Bowie’s death a ‘wake-up call’ about Black maternal mortality crisis
Olympic track and field star Allyson Felix called attention to the Black maternal mortality rate following the death of teammate Tori Bowie due to complications…