Grammy Award for Album of the Year

When Maya Angelou was seven, she was molested by her mother’s boyfriend during a visit with her mother. He was murdered by her uncles,a few days after his release from jail . She felt like her words killed the man, so stopped talking for about five years. When Maya Angelou was about 13 she started to speak again . Bertha Flowers helped her by introducing her to authors such as Edgar Allen Poe, Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare and many more.…

As the years go by, new political dramas and landmarks seem to be a dime a dozen. New wars, scandals, controversies, and otherwise seem to find their way into the mainstream media on the daily. As newer generations find themselves in the midst of it all, gaining a platform to be heard and see the change one desires can feel impossible. Whether it be today, 20 years ago, or 50 years ago, getting your voice heard in the global sphere is troubling for younger generations. This sense of not being…

The closest one would get to know the true story of the iconic singer, Prince’s life, would be the Grammy award winning movie, ‘Purple Rain’. ‘The movie was indeed not an autobiography of Prince’s life but it was as close as the director could get. In the movie, Prince was a young, African American man, who was an up and coming musician. He was from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He meets a woman named Apolonia, she was an aspiring singer to him, she also was not just a singer to him, and he fell in…

donate money, put on free concerts and donate items needed for education. Born and raised in South Carolina, two-time winner of the Entertainer of the Year award, Luke Bryan had a strong connection with the 2015 flood victims. As a way of showing support…

Presley “performed at his last concert in June 1977, in Indianapolis, Indiana” (“Elvis Presley Biography”). Before dying on August 16 in the same year, at the age of 42, from a heart failure caused by his prescription drug abuse. Presley’s funeral was held on August 18, 1977. He was buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery, next to his…

In the years between 1940 and 1960 country music got a pretty big overhaul. In the 1950’s and 1960’s Country music brought in other genres like Rock and Soul. Country music has always been the most respected form of music due to its evolution over time. In the years leading up to it country music was starting to be played by African Americans who were starting to put their own feel, emotions…

predominantly black music. People telling me I don’t belong, your not going to succeed because your this color. Then you want to show those people that you can and you will”. Marshall Bruce Mathers is Eminem’s full name, he received 15 Grammy awards, including an award for best rap album, and best rap…

Brandy Norwood has sold over 40 million records worldwide during her career which makes her one of the bestselling female artists of all time. Her distinctive voice and elaborate riffs have earned her dozens of accolades including a Grammy Award and seven Billboard Music Award. She’s also a talented actress and appeared in films like I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and sitcoms like Moesha. She seemed to have everything going for her but back in 2006 a high publicized car accident almost…

Channel Orange One of the artists that has inspired me to produce my own music is Frank Ocean with his second album, Channel Orange. The first time that I ever listened to the album back in 2012, I remember thinking, “Holy shi*t…I have never heard anything like this before in my life.” Telling a song-by-song story, his poetic lyrics about his personal sexuality, strip clubs, pregnancy, wealth, drugs, and corruption show Frank’s slightly strange perception of it all. That is one thing that…

The fund has been very important to the success of cultural and social programmes in agricultural and urban communities throughout the south. This right here shows the power one song can do, even after so many years of the song being released, and after the sad passing of Pete Seeger in 2014, the song is continuing to help and support people across the country. Another famous song by Seeger was called 'Where have all the flowers gone' written in 1955. Seeger spoke…