Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “My biggest goal was just wanting to make sure that artists of color had a platform where they could go, where they felt ...

As the streaming industry continues to grow, many Black artists still struggle to own their music and capture its full value ...

Many of the world’s most popular music genres have their origins in black traditions. Western notation can’t always capture ...

Earlier this year, burgeoning British pop star Rachel Chinouriri shared a heartfelt and heartwrenching post with her followers on X. She’d just opened for Sabrina Carpenter’s European tour, meeting ...

Scott Strickland and Poet Hawkins perform at Black Artists Rock in September Credit: Rikki Junius Scott Strickland is the kind of person who makes the changes he wants to see. Over the last two years, ...

There is no American music without Black roots. From country-western, which draws upon banjo music from Africa, to rock 'n' roll-first electrified by a Black woman in 1938-every major American genre ...

Since its inception, the question of who, when, and where rock music originated has been a topic of debate. That cool mixture of drums, bass, and electric guitar, merging melody, uptempo beats, and ...

There would be no American music as we know it without the contributions of Black artists. Since the earliest Africans were brought to the Americas in bondage beginning in the 16th century, Black ...

Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter at the New Museum (photo by Jillian Steinhauer/Hyperallergic) Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter (#BWAforBLM) began in July. The group met at the New ...

Mon, February 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM UTC “My biggest goal was just wanting to make sure that artists of color had a platform where they could go, where they felt comfortable enough to just tell the story, ...