Their profile jumped on the strength of producer 9th Wonder’s terrific work with Jay-Z (The Black Album‘s “Threat”), Jean Grae and Destiny’s Child, but emcees Big Pooh and Phonte aren’t exactly ...

Sir Lenny Henry has said he needed therapy after appearing on The Black and White Minstrel Show. The comedian admitted he “didn’t realise” what he was doing when he became the first black performer to ...

Acoustic folk singer/songwriter Phillip-Michael Scales, better known as Briar Rabbit, is a thinking person’s artist. Take his stage name, for instance. When taken at face value, it’s just a cool name ...

To say that New York City Councilman Charles Barron (D-Brooklyn) is a disgrace to the institution in which he serves would be incorrect; after last week, the City Council can no longer be disgraced.