Category : Performance

Matilda Sissieretta Jones, née Joyner, byname Black Patti, or Madame Jones, (born Jan. 5, 1869, Portsmouth, Va., U.S.—died June 24, 1933, Providence, R.I.), opera singer...

Jam and Lewis’s emergence as major record producers was kick-started by Prince’s pique. Keyboard player Jimmy Jam (James Harris III) and bassist Terry Lewis played...

The Ohio Players, American funk and pop band from Dayton, Ohio, that put an indelible stamp on black music from the urban Midwest in the...

Prince, original name Prince Rogers Nelson, later called the Artist Formerly Known as Prince, the Artist, and , (born June 7, 1958, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.—died...

Parliament-Funkadelic, also called P-Funk, a massive group of performers that greatly influenced black music in the 1970s. The original members were George Clinton (b. July...

Suge Knight is a rap industry businessman who is the co-founder of Death Row Records, has worked with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur....

On September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur was shot in Las Vegas; he died six days later. In the last days before his death, Tupac’s life...

Queen Latifah is a Grammy Award-winning rapper, record producer and actress, known for her roles in the big screen adaptation of ‘Chicago’ and the HBO...

N.W.A, in full Niggaz Wit Attitudes, an American hip-hop group from Compton, California, whose popular, controversial music included explicit references to gang life, drugs, sex,...

Dr. Dre, byname of André Romelle Young, (born February 18, 1965, Los Angeles, California, U.S.), American rapper, hip-hop producer, and entrepreneur who helped popularize the...