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  • Janet Jackson. Black woman with brown hair in black dress in front of charcoal wall with white text and man with black cell phone

    Janet Jackson, Chaka Khan Earn Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Noms

    They join LL Cool J and members of Rufus and Rage Against the Machine on the new list of prospective inductees of color.

    Sameer Rao Oct 9, 2018 11:59AM EDT
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    LL Cool J Is First Rapper Honored by Kennedy Center

    Musicians Gloria Estefan and Lionel Richie and dancer Carmen de Lavallade were also fêted at the Kennedy Center Honors celebration.

    Sameer Rao Dec 4, 2017 3:33PM EST
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    Nina Simone, Sister Rosetta Tharpe Nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

    The influential Black singer-songwriters are part of a list of nominees that spans generations.

    Sameer Rao Oct 5, 2017 12:40PM EDT

    Hip-Hop Nation Pays Respects to Big Kap

    The influential DJ died at the age of 45 from undisclosed causes. 

    Sameer Rao Feb 3, 2016 1:11PM EST

    VIDEO: Watch Jamel, 'The Time-Traveling B-Boy,' Escape Spanish Colonialism

    If you aren’t watching this hilarious web series, then you better start. 

    Sameer Rao Aug 28, 2015 2:24PM EDT

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