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BLACK HISTORY MONTH: February 3, 2023 – Can you remember Janet’s first BIG movie role?
For tonight's Black History Month spotlight, we thought we'd delve into Janet Jackson BEYOND just the music; she's been a renowned ACTRESS as well! She got her…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: February 2, 2023 – Call him DOCTOR, please!
Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Billy Ocean had a meteoric rise to fame in the mid '80s with some of the BIGGEST love songs of all time. When his mother was…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: February 1, 2023 – the INCOMPARABLE Miss Ross!
Early on in her career, Diana Ross was dubbed "The First Lady of Motown," starting her success with the Supremes, and continuing in the '70s on a solo tear. …
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT: So KOOL. With a K.
As a little kid, I can VIVIDLY remember being in the back seat of my Grandma's 80s era Ford Thunderbird, when the calming sound of seagulls and waves came on…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT: Tonight in 1993, MJ and Oprah hash it out.
It's one of those moments, if you saw on TV, you'll NEVER FORGET.
Oprah Winfrey, no holds barred, all the questions you wanted to know, WITH Michael Jackson…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT: The first time we met Lauryn Hill. And it WASN’T in the…
Can you remember the first time you saw Lauryn Hill?
The Fugees? Nope.
The 1999 Grammys where she swept basically every category? Nope, not then either.…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT: 3 reasons Lionel Richie might just be the best American Idol judge…
Tonight, we salute LIONEL RICHIE for our Black History Month spotlight. And, as we've watched Lionel evolve from one of the smoothest R&B singers, to the…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT: How Marvin Gay became Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye and his father had the relationship you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy.
Since early on, Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. and Marvin Sr. didn't see eye to…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT: Bobby Brown, the real creator of the moonwalk?
Bobby Brown has gotten quite a bad rap over the years. With his tumultuous marriage to Whitney Houston, and the untimely death of their daughter Bobbi…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT: The Queen before Beyonce; Diana Ross.
It was a voice that "stopped me in my tracks," according to Motown Records founder Barry Gordy. And that voice has been a catalyst for a LOT of positivity…