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Details: Written by By MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer; Published: 30 September 2019

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Norman was one of the rare Black singers to attain worldwide stardom in the opera world

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 16 September 2019

Annual Event Presented by ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Department Honors Female Leaders in Entertainmen

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 15 September 2019

Choir leaders say travelling as part of a choir helps the children develop confidence and broadens their worldview

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 15 September 2019

Thirty years after Ethiopian student Mulgeta Seraw was killed in a racist hate crime, the Portland-based chamber group reflects on his legacy

Details: Written by AP Music Writer; Published: 29 August 2019

Lizzo performs a medley at the MTV Video Music Awards (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

"I've worked diligently for over two decades and I never thought I would be standing up here receiving this award”

Details: Written by By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press; Published: 27 August 2019

Meek Mill (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Rapper Meek Mill pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge Tuesday in a deal that resolves a 2007 arrest that has kept him on probation or in prison for most of his adult life

Details: Written by Mark Clague Associate Professor of Musicology, University of Michigan; Published: 15 August 2019

Jimi Hendrix

Hendrix played for more than an hour that Monday morning before introducing his regular concert-closer, “Voodoo Child"

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Details: Written by By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer; Published: 29 July 2019

Lil Nas X performing "Old Town Road" (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

It's one sweet day for Lil Nas X: The breakthrough rapper's viral "Old Town Road" has broken the Billboard record set by Mariah Carey's "One Sweet Day" for most weeks at No. 1