Every year, June marks the nationwide celebration of Black Music Appreciation Month - a time to commemorate, appreciate, and get educated on all of Black artists' contributions to the nation's music landscape. Black Music Month - a concept pioneered by cofounders Kenny Gamble and Dyana Williams - was officially established by former President Jimmy Carter in 1979. Since then, the month-long remembrance has grown to be a major staple in the culture observed by artists all over.
"Music is universal, it's inclusive, it's colorful, and it's all that energy that we need to feel."
"Kenny, Cleveland radio DJ Ed Wright, and myself wanted to advocate a period of time to celebrate all those involved in the creation and promotion of Black music," Williams told Billboard in 2015. Gamble added: "We picked June as the time when we could concentrate on recognizing and celebrating the economic and cultural power of Black music as...
"Music is universal, it's inclusive, it's colorful, and it's all that energy that we need to feel."
"Kenny, Cleveland radio DJ Ed Wright, and myself wanted to advocate a period of time to celebrate all those involved in the creation and promotion of Black music," Williams told Billboard in 2015. Gamble added: "We picked June as the time when we could concentrate on recognizing and celebrating the economic and cultural power of Black music as...
- 6/30/2022
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
J Balvin and Skrillex have teamed up for the new song “In Da Getto,” the latest single from the prolific Colombian reggaeton star.
The track, produced by Skrillex and Tainy, is built around an interpolation of the Nineties dance hit “In De Ghetto” by David Morales and the Bad Yard Club featuring Crystal Waters and Delta Bennett.
The Alfred Marroquín-directed video for the track finds Balvin bouncing from party to party, where guests include TikTok personality Khaby Lame and Instagram dancer Mufasa.
While Balvin hasn’t released an album since 2020’s Colores,...
The track, produced by Skrillex and Tainy, is built around an interpolation of the Nineties dance hit “In De Ghetto” by David Morales and the Bad Yard Club featuring Crystal Waters and Delta Bennett.
The Alfred Marroquín-directed video for the track finds Balvin bouncing from party to party, where guests include TikTok personality Khaby Lame and Instagram dancer Mufasa.
While Balvin hasn’t released an album since 2020’s Colores,...
- 7/2/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
It was Memorial Day weekend 2011, and Awad Bilal was twerking in front of a thousand people.
Bilal was a touring dancer for New Orleans bounce queen Big Freedia at the time, and the band had rolled into a university-organized festival in Hartford, Connecticut, where they’d be opening for Snoop Dogg. Freedia is known for putting on a fabulous spectacle of a show, surrounded by a cadre of young, athletic dancers throwing their asses to cult hits like “Gin In My System” — and as Bilal recalls, the audience of “weird...
Bilal was a touring dancer for New Orleans bounce queen Big Freedia at the time, and the band had rolled into a university-organized festival in Hartford, Connecticut, where they’d be opening for Snoop Dogg. Freedia is known for putting on a fabulous spectacle of a show, surrounded by a cadre of young, athletic dancers throwing their asses to cult hits like “Gin In My System” — and as Bilal recalls, the audience of “weird...
- 6/17/2020
- by Reed Dunlea
- Rollingstone.com
If you’ve ever lost yourself to a house banger, eyes closed on a sweaty 6 a.m. dance floor, then you know exactly the body feeling that a track like Too Free’s “Atm” elicits. If you haven’t, close your eyes with your headphones turned all the way up: Now you know.
“Atm,” short for “all the moments,” feels nostalgic, particularly in its nod to the history of Nineties house tracks made by black artists from Chicago to Detroit to London. (Aly-Us’s 1992 Jersey house anthem “Follow Me,” or...
“Atm,” short for “all the moments,” feels nostalgic, particularly in its nod to the history of Nineties house tracks made by black artists from Chicago to Detroit to London. (Aly-Us’s 1992 Jersey house anthem “Follow Me,” or...
- 1/31/2020
- by Reed Dunlea
- Rollingstone.com
At a concert honoring the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots Friday, Lady Gaga surprised the crowd with an impassioned speech dedicated to the Lgbtq community during this year’s Stonewall Day Concert. The “Born This Way” singer has long been an ally of the community, so she was a fitting choice to speak to the crowd during World Pride.
“True love is when you would take a bullet for someone,” Gaga said during her speech. “And you know I would take a bullet for you any day of the week.
“True love is when you would take a bullet for someone,” Gaga said during her speech. “And you know I would take a bullet for you any day of the week.
- 6/29/2019
- by Ilana Kaplan
- Rollingstone.com
“Back to the middle and around again,” sings Crystal Waters in “100% Pure Love” — one of my favorite radio hits of the 1990s.
And yowza, do those lyrics ever apply to this week’s installment of The Good Wife — not just because the case of the week centers on copyright infringement in popular music, either.
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Ever since the death of Will Gardner, the core characters of CBS’ Sunday-night drama have been doing their best impressions of hamsters on wheels — working themselves into sweaty lathers but winding up exactly where they started their journeys.
And yowza, do those lyrics ever apply to this week’s installment of The Good Wife — not just because the case of the week centers on copyright infringement in popular music, either.
RelatedGood Wife Creators Not Returning as Showrunners for Potential Season 8
Ever since the death of Will Gardner, the core characters of CBS’ Sunday-night drama have been doing their best impressions of hamsters on wheels — working themselves into sweaty lathers but winding up exactly where they started their journeys.
- 1/18/2016
- TVLine.com
Sam Smith is set to claim the first ever chart-topping Bond theme on Friday with 'Writing's On The Wall'.
The Spectre song currently has double the combined sales of its closest competitor, Justin Bieber's 'What Do You Mean?'.
22 best and worst (pre-Spectre) Bond theme songs ranked: Every single's here, but which are classics and which need their 00 status revoked?
To date none of the previous bond themes have claimed the number one spot in the UK, with Adele's 'Skyfall' and Duran Duran's 'A View To A Kill' narrowly missing the position and peaking at number two.
Meanwhile R City and Adam Levine's 'Locked Away' is at three, Sigala's 'Easy Love' slips two places to four and The Weeknd's 'Can't Feel My Face' completes the Top 5.
Nick Brewer is set to enter the charts at eight with 'Talk To Me', which samples...
The Spectre song currently has double the combined sales of its closest competitor, Justin Bieber's 'What Do You Mean?'.
22 best and worst (pre-Spectre) Bond theme songs ranked: Every single's here, but which are classics and which need their 00 status revoked?
To date none of the previous bond themes have claimed the number one spot in the UK, with Adele's 'Skyfall' and Duran Duran's 'A View To A Kill' narrowly missing the position and peaking at number two.
Meanwhile R City and Adam Levine's 'Locked Away' is at three, Sigala's 'Easy Love' slips two places to four and The Weeknd's 'Can't Feel My Face' completes the Top 5.
Nick Brewer is set to enter the charts at eight with 'Talk To Me', which samples...
- 9/28/2015
- Digital Spy
Birthday shoutouts go to Mario Lopez (above), who is 40!, Crystal Waters is 49, and Wendi McLendon-Covey is 44.
In ratings news, the return of American Horror Story was not only the highest rated in the show’s history, but when the dust settles, may turn out to be the highest rated show in FX history.
The Usps will issue a Harvey Milk U.S. postage stamp starting some time next year.
The College Student Behind Viral ‘God is Gay’ Poem.
Well, we knew this was coming.
Orlando Cruz will wear rainbow colors, pink gloves to support Lgbt community, breast cancer awareness
Here’s the latest Spoiler Alert, with some interesting speculation about Scandal
Mimi wants a sandwich.
Oh dear god. This is like a punch in the gut. Rachel appeared on Watch What Happens Live last night, and while playing “Politician or Pornititian,” mistook gorgeous, out Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Sims for … Nom spokesogre Brian Brown.
In ratings news, the return of American Horror Story was not only the highest rated in the show’s history, but when the dust settles, may turn out to be the highest rated show in FX history.
The Usps will issue a Harvey Milk U.S. postage stamp starting some time next year.
The College Student Behind Viral ‘God is Gay’ Poem.
Well, we knew this was coming.
Orlando Cruz will wear rainbow colors, pink gloves to support Lgbt community, breast cancer awareness
Here’s the latest Spoiler Alert, with some interesting speculation about Scandal
Mimi wants a sandwich.
Oh dear god. This is like a punch in the gut. Rachel appeared on Watch What Happens Live last night, and while playing “Politician or Pornititian,” mistook gorgeous, out Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Sims for … Nom spokesogre Brian Brown.
- 10/10/2013
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Does 2013 look like a promising one for Lgbt entertainment sensations? My answer: Who knows, honestly? That's why we need to prepare a wish list, and fast. How can we know we're disappointed if we don't know what we want?
Here are 10 wishes for entertainment in 2013. Please add your own at the bottom, whether or not they pertain specifically to gay entertainers. Let's make this year count, starting with a triumph at the Grammys.
1. Frank Ocean runs off with Album of the Year.
There've been some meaningless Grammy moments, particularly for Album of the Year. Steely Dan's 2001 triumph comes to mind, as does Herbie Hancock's peculiar tribute to Joni Mitchell that earned top honors for 2008. But an Album of the Year win for Frank Ocean's Channel Orange would give the Grammys back a modicum of much-needed credibility: He's mainstream, but not an utter juggernaut. His music is fresh and meaningful.
Here are 10 wishes for entertainment in 2013. Please add your own at the bottom, whether or not they pertain specifically to gay entertainers. Let's make this year count, starting with a triumph at the Grammys.
1. Frank Ocean runs off with Album of the Year.
There've been some meaningless Grammy moments, particularly for Album of the Year. Steely Dan's 2001 triumph comes to mind, as does Herbie Hancock's peculiar tribute to Joni Mitchell that earned top honors for 2008. But an Album of the Year win for Frank Ocean's Channel Orange would give the Grammys back a modicum of much-needed credibility: He's mainstream, but not an utter juggernaut. His music is fresh and meaningful.
- 12/31/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
Birthday shoutouts go to Mario Lopez (above), who is 39, Crystal Waters is 48, and the faboo Tanya Tucker is 54.We have the first cancellation of the fall season, and it's ... ta da! Made In Jersey, which apparently was a show on CBS. In ratings news, The New Normal was up a healthy 18%. Out thoughts are with the family of Alex Karras, who died today at the age of 77. After leaving football, he went on to a successful acting career, including memorable turns in Blazing Saddles and as gay bodyguard Squash in Victor/Victoria. And of course, he and wife Susan Clark endured five seasons on Webster. For National Coming Out Day, 30 Glbt athletes who came out in the past year. Big Bird's Gay History Revealed.Andrew Sullivan isn't feeling the concrete jungle, where dreams are made of.Jeff Davis is till looking for Teen Wolf Twins.
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- 10/10/2012
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Poor Alice. Will her epic war with the undead and the corrupt Umbrella Corporation ever end?
We kind of hope not, 'cause that would mean no more "Resident Evil" movies. Alice (Milla Jovovich) returns in the fifth(!) chapter, "Resident Evil: Retribution," in theaters this Friday. Her journey has been long, hard and more complicated than you might imagine; as such, we thought a refresher course of sorts was in order before you check out her latest battle against the victims — and creators — of that damn T-virus.
So, join us through the many levels — er, installments — of the movie series based on Capcom's iconic survival horror video games.
'Resident Evil' (2002)
A bad day at the offices (or labs, rather) of The Hive, the top-secret underground genetic research headquarters of the über-conglomerate, the Umbrella Corporation, turns into Judgment Day for the rest of us as the deadly experimental T-virus is unleashed,...
We kind of hope not, 'cause that would mean no more "Resident Evil" movies. Alice (Milla Jovovich) returns in the fifth(!) chapter, "Resident Evil: Retribution," in theaters this Friday. Her journey has been long, hard and more complicated than you might imagine; as such, we thought a refresher course of sorts was in order before you check out her latest battle against the victims — and creators — of that damn T-virus.
So, join us through the many levels — er, installments — of the movie series based on Capcom's iconic survival horror video games.
'Resident Evil' (2002)
A bad day at the offices (or labs, rather) of The Hive, the top-secret underground genetic research headquarters of the über-conglomerate, the Umbrella Corporation, turns into Judgment Day for the rest of us as the deadly experimental T-virus is unleashed,...
- 9/11/2012
- by Bryan Enk
- NextMovie
Critics call RiRi's sixth album 'often great' and 'relentlessly catchy.'
By John Mitchell
Rihanna
Photo: David Becker/Getty Images
Rihanna's much-anticipated Talk That Talk hit stores Monday on a wave of near-universal praise from critics. The album, which can already claim the #1 song in the country, "We Found Love" featuring Calvin Harris, is earning the Barbadian pop superstar the best reviews of her commercially massive career.
MTV News' James Montgomery already declared Talk That Talk "not only the best effort of her career, but arguably the best pop album of 2011," an assessment echoed by the New York Times, People, Rolling Stone and Spin.
"The best songs on this lively and often great album sound synth-perfect for that time [the early 1990s]. 'We Found Love' almost criminally recalls the swinging Crystal Waters singles, with triumphant percussion somewhere between church and seventh-inning stretch," the Times writes. " 'Where Have You Been' is even better, with hard,...
By John Mitchell
Rihanna
Photo: David Becker/Getty Images
Rihanna's much-anticipated Talk That Talk hit stores Monday on a wave of near-universal praise from critics. The album, which can already claim the #1 song in the country, "We Found Love" featuring Calvin Harris, is earning the Barbadian pop superstar the best reviews of her commercially massive career.
MTV News' James Montgomery already declared Talk That Talk "not only the best effort of her career, but arguably the best pop album of 2011," an assessment echoed by the New York Times, People, Rolling Stone and Spin.
"The best songs on this lively and often great album sound synth-perfect for that time [the early 1990s]. 'We Found Love' almost criminally recalls the swinging Crystal Waters singles, with triumphant percussion somewhere between church and seventh-inning stretch," the Times writes. " 'Where Have You Been' is even better, with hard,...
- 11/23/2011
- MTV Music News
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