What is Vy Higginsen’s most famous contribution to musical theater? Vy Higginsen co-wrote “Mama, I Want to Sing!”, which became the longest-running black off-Broadway musical in American history, ...

One this special edition of Encore! we speak with jazz historian Dr. Richard Birkemeier, the producer and director of a ...

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Lovers of hip-hop, coming-of-age stories or grief memoirs will be swept away by the lyricism of Willie Perdomo’s “The Crazy ...

ASAP Rocky has been in Los Angeles battling some highly publicized legal issues, and he’s largely remained quiet when ...

Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites ...

A$AP Rocky's accuser testified at his trial that changes in his story and his memory in the three years since don't change ...

LiAngelo Ball still refuses to bow down to Cam’ron amid their ongoing back and forth, and instead, has decided to boot the ...

Harlem rapper Jim Jones says he’s sober and living a clean life after more than 30 years of living the party life. “I been around here bouncing like a kid like I’m in high school. I definitely got ...