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Sep 3, 2011 at 2:51 pm

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Rock The Bells Tour Immortalizing Hip-Hop’s Golden Era

Like Woodstock, Hip-Hop’s Rock the Bells is making American music history uniting legends of Hip-Hop’s golden era and unknown newbies in a multi-city tour that’s immortalizing the genre’s greats and cementing its continued success and impact on fans young and old.

“The festival isn’t very shy about revealing its biases in terms of which era of hip-hop it thinks was king,” said Oliver Wang, the author of Classic

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Jul 23, 2011 at 11:28 pm

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Amy Winehouse, And 9 Other Blue-Eyed Soul Singers

The death of Amy Winehouse is most certainly a tragic loss to the music industry, and even greater loss to the elite group of blue-eyed singers.

Though soul music is a genre that is applicable to Black music culture, it isn’t exclusive to singers of color. White soul singers have made a tremendous impact in soul and can croon like the best of them.

Video of Amy Winehouse doing what she did best:

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Jul 15, 2011 at 5:59 pm

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R&B Community Protests Grammy Awards

The Recording Academy announced two months ago that at least 30 categories will be either eliminated or modified at next year’s Grammy Awards.

Some of those eliminations will be five R&B categories including Best R&B Female, Best R&B Male, Best Urban Alternative Performance, Best Contemporary R&B Album, and Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.

Many members of the urban music community are angered by the Academy’s decision.

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May 19, 2011 at 7:48 am

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Republican Reads Wu-Tang Clan Lyrics On State Senate Floor

ILLINOIS – Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno used lyrics from the Wu-Tang song “C.R.E.A.M.” from a letter supposedly from Wu Tang rapper, Raekwon. She used lyrics from C.R.E.A.M. to address the state’s budget crisis.

“The most precious thing in the world is the financial security and wellbeing of your family…You want to send your little ones to the best school and in the end you want to know you left them with

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May 13, 2011 at 2:43 pm

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Gospel News And Music

Happy Birthday Stevie Wonder!

Elev8 would like to send a special birthday shout out to the legendary Stevie Wonder. The talented music man celebrates his 61st born day. His accomplishments are inspiring and elev8 millions of people all over the world. He’s created an abundance of music that people of all ages can embrace everyday. What’s your favorite Stevie Wonder song? We’d love to hear back from you!
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Apr 1, 2011 at 3:16 pm

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Gospel News And Music

Marvin Gaye’s Songs Still Resonates With Modern Day

If you were a child who grew up in the 1970’s, it is likely that your mother was a huge Marvin Gaye fan. Marvin lived a tumultuous life. One of the defining things in Marvin’s life is that borne pain came some of the most prolific, inspiring songs to ever grace the airwaves. Unfortunately Marvin’s life ended in much of the tragic ways that our people die each day.

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Mar 31, 2011 at 3:59 pm

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Surviving Members Of Female Jazz Band Honored At Smithsonian

WASHINGTON, DC — Six surviving members of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, America’s first all-female integrated jazz band — were honored by the Smithsonian Institution in ceremonies and events this week.

In this exclusive video for NewsOne, Radio One founder Cathy Hughes (who is the daughter of original Sweethearts band member Helen Jones Woods) discusses the legacy of these “freedom riders and freedom fighters,” and even reveals that Beyoncé found inspiration in their example:

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Mar 30, 2011 at 10:30 am

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LIVE STREAM: First All-Female Integrated Band Speaks At Smithsonian

WASHINGTON, DC — The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, America’s first all-female racially-integrated band, are being interviewed onstage today at the Smithsonian Institution from 11 a.m. to noon ET as part of the launch of the museum’s Jazz Appreciation Month.

In this onstage conversation (and webcast), members of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm discuss the history of women in jazz and the legacy of the Sweethearts. Moderated by Frank Alkyer (publisher, Down Beat and

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Mar 27, 2011 at 11:23 am

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First All-Female Interracial Band Celebrated At Smithsonian

The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, the first all-female interracial band in America, faced down both Jim Crow and sexism in the 1930s and 1940s. Then, they faded into obscurity.

This week the Smithsonian Institution celebrates the Sweethearts’ legacy as part of the launch of the museum’s Jazz Appreciation Month.

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Mar 14, 2011 at 9:33 am

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Vashawn Mitchell Will Tour With Mary Mary and Winans

Breakthrough Gospel artist, Vashawn Mitchell , was just added to R&B and Gospel icons Bebe & Cece Winans and Mary Mary upcoming spring tour. VaShawn Mitchell will be the special guest for the ”Still Something Big” Tour, An Evening With BeBe & CeCe Winans And Mary Mary.

Mitchell, slated to open the show, will join the duos to hit a series of major market US tour dates this April 2011. Earning this coveted spot on the highly

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