Christian rapper Lecrae gives us a glimpse into his life in the past being a hip hop rapper to now being a Christian rapper. Get…
This is my first time missing “Mothers Day” with my mom. It’s so crazy how things have changed! I’m actually on the road! Living a…
MAY 10, 1980 – “CHARLIE PRIDE” – jumped on the country charts with “You Win Again” reaching #1. Pride, the most popular black artist in country music history would go on the have an extraordinary sixty-seven hits between 1966 and 1989. Although his music was overwhelmingly country, he managed to cross to the pop charts […]
MAY 10, 1975 – “BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS” – charted with their “Natty Dread” album, reaching #92. It was the first of seventeen chart albums through 1995. The band was originally called the “Wailin’ Wailers” because they used to start out crying. Bob Marley worked alternatively as a forklift driver, a waiter, a Chrysler […]
MAY 10, 1975 – THE COMMODORES” – “Slippery When Wet” – hit the charts becoming their first Pop Top 20 hit reaching #19 and first R&B #1 hit. The group began their career playing the club circuit, but unlike most acts, it wasn’t the local club circuit; they started in French resorts like St. Tropez.
MAY 10, 1994 – “NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MADELA” – is sworn in as the first black president of South Africa. In his inaugural address, Mandela, who spent 27 years of his life as a political prisoner of the South African government, declared that “the time for the healing of the wounds has come.” Two weeks earlier, […]
MAY 10, 1944 – “SMITH v. ALLWRIGHT” ~ (The case deciding that excluding Blacks from primary voting is illegal) was decided in the Supreme Court!!
Lauryn Hill penned an open thank-you letter to Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and a host of others for sending a letter to the judge on her behalf to keep her out of prison. She reportedly posted the expression of gratitude on her website (Site maintained by Sony Music) Nevertheless, here is the way the letter […]
