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BET has unveiled its 2016-2017 slate and announced new series pickups, including the John Singleton drama “Rebel” and “Gary Owen Family,” a half-hour reality series following the comedian and his interracial family. “Rebel” is described as a take on...

In 1994, virtually every R&B and soul singer in the industry came together under the name Black Men United to record the song “U Will Know” for the soundtrack to Jason’s Lyric. It was a collaboration that rivaled the size of Michael Jackson’s 19...

Duncan Daniels is a singer, Music Producer and Songwriter, born in Boston, Massachusetts, raised in England and Nigeria. Over the years Duncan Daniels has perfected the art of bringing to life a diverse mix of Pop, Rock, and R&B. His music combines...

I can vividly recall being a kid, standing in front of a mirror, and wishing I was someone else. Maybe I could be Christina Aguilera or Jennifer Lopez; Beyonce or Aaliyah. They were all singers who shared the one thing I coveted for the better part of...

Assata Shakur writes about her incarceration at Riker's Island in the 1970s. Shakur was a member of the Black Panther Party who went underground to evade police repression, joining the Black Liberation Army. She was captured in 1973 and held as a political...