(ThyBlackMan.com) When it comes to funk music royalty, few artists embodied the genre’s flamboyance, power, and unfiltered creativity quite like Rick James. The self-proclaimed “King of Punk Funk” ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When discussing the foundations of modern music, James Brown is a name that cannot be ignored. Known as the ...

Join Aretha Franklin and belt out “R E S P E C T” while soulful beats (aka saxophones, drums and bass guitars) play in the background. It’s one of the greatest songs of all time for a reason. We can ...

James Brown was the hardest working man in show business. Born on May 3, 1933, in Barnwell, South Carolina, Brown passed away on Christmas Day 2006 in Atlanta. In between, he changed music. Many of ...

Throughout music history, artists have created songs that featured iconic dance choreography. And no matter how old the song gets, people will still flock to the dance floor to show off their best ...

Picking a “first dance” isn’t always easy. While some couples have one song they claim as their own, others rely on popularity to decide what they will dance to on one of the most important days of ...

Disco is a music genre and a subculture born out of a dance floor and pioneered by Black musicians, DJs and producers in the 1970s and early 1980s. The word disco comes from the Italian discoteca, ...

James Preston. Photo Courtesy of LANY Entertainment and SheMogul Media. James Preston. Photo Courtesy of LANY Entertainment and SheMogul Media. Singer-songwriter and actor James Preston released his ...

Choosing the perfect song for the mother-son dance is a significant part of any wedding celebration. While planning the ceremony, some lean toward timeless classics or modern hits to capture the ...