Don’t Be So Hard on Yourself, the fourth single from English recording artist Jess Glynne’s debut album I Cry When I Laugh released on 14 August 2015. Written by Jess Glynne, Wayne Hector and TMS who also produced the song the song tells about moving on from hard times and ‘not being hard on oneself’. Continue reading
David Bowie died yesterday after an eighteen month battle with cancer. His latest single Lazarus, which released on January – his 69th Birthday from the album Blackstar has already received critical acclaim. Bowie chose to make Backstar his final artistic statement. He died surrounded by his family. Continue reading
David Bowie died yesterday after an eighteen month battle with cancer. His latest single Lazarus, which was released on January – his 69th Birthday from the album Blackstar has already received critic acclaim. Bowie chose to make Backstar his final artistic statement. Bowie died surrounded by his family.
David Bowie – Lazarus
Jennifer Hudson sings Hallelujah at RaiseAChild.US. The organization educates and encourages the LGBT community to build families through fostering and adoption to answer the needs of the 400,000 children in our nation’s foster care system. Jennifer Hudson also performed Hallelujah before Pope Francis at the Madison Square Garden Mass, New York City. Continue reading
Enigmatic R&B recluse D’Angelo made good on his promise to headline the 2014 Afropunk festival in Brooklyn on the evening of Sunday, August 24. Continue reading
Prince Royce’s music video for “Back It Up” features two of today’s biggest names in music: Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull. In the video released on VEVO, Royce (né Geoffrey Royce Rojas) becomes infatuated with the curvaceous Latina when they make eye contact while poolside in Miami. From the looks of it, she’s interested in him, too. Pitbull is seen having a great time dancing with beautiful women, finding time to donate a verse with advice to the lovestruck Romeo. Continue reading
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, the R&B classic, written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson in 1966. The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by Motown recording artists Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. The Gaye/Terrell version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, and is regarded today as one of the most important records ever released by Motown. Continue reading
Kendrick Lamar has shared a new 7-minute short film titled God Is Gangsta, featuring To Pimp a Butterfly tracks u and For Sale? (Interlude). The u segment, directed by Jack Begert, features Lamar heavily drinking and rapping, while the For Sale? part, directed by PANAMÆRA, and filmed at Silencio, David Lynch’s nightclub in Paris. Continue reading
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Freedom, Pharrell has now dropped the accompanying music video to the catchy tune of the same name. As the track name suggests, the song looks to delve into the issues surrounding certain racial matters, as well as the numerous injustices in the world we live in. Continue reading
By Walter Rutledge
Natalie Cole, chart-topping R&B singer, winner of nine Grammy Awards and daughter of the legendary singer, bandleader and television groundbreaker Nat (King) Cole died Thursday night at age 65. Cole, who had struggled with a variety of health issues in recent years, was forced to cancel a string of concert performances over the last three months after a recurrence of hepatitis C linked to her earlier drug abuse. The cause of death was reportedly congestive heart failure. Continue reading
The Dance of the Village Elders are back ! This time we exercise, dance and just have fun through the zoom platform or in-person at R.A.I.N. Nereid 
The Dance of the Village Elders are back ! This time we exercise, dance and just have fun through the zoom platform or in-person at R.A.I.N. Nereid The Dance of the Village Elders are back ! This time we exercise, dance and just have fun through the zoom platform or in-person at R.A.I.N. Nereid 