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ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn From epic performances to history being made. • 10 min read Women rule night at 2021 Grammys Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa and Billie Eilish were among the big winners on musics biggest night.Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday were stacked with performances from some of the biggest artists in the industry. After a year without live concerts due to the COVID...

Anderson .Paak on the drums. .@AndersonPaak and @BrunoMars honoring the late great Little Richard "Tall Sally" / "Good Golly Miss Molly." #GRAMMYspic.twitter.com/Rb5vJOdqhF— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) March 15, 2021 Following that, R&B legend Lionel Richie, paid tribute to his close friend country singer Kenny Rogers, who died last March. Earlier in the show, Mars and .Paak delivered a throwback-flavored performance that no doubt had soul music fans tapping their feet and ...

Why Violence Goes Viral: A Thread in Six Parts 1/ THE MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES has grown during the pandemic. Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are shaping so many people’s sense of racial justice. The problem is, social media is a technology of the white gaze. It feeds off of racial violence; killings go viral. Hooked to our phones, we circulate and cycle through Black death. We need more life. Asian Americans in particular need strategies for demanding recognition beyond the schema of racia...

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I want to go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. — India.Arie, "Beautiful." PEORIA — On an otherwise unremarkable day, 17-year-old Asaiah Allen cooked breakfast for her household, chatted with relatives and watched TV with her mom. Then she went into her bedroom, locked the door and quietly killed herself. Weeks later, while trying to weave funeral plans amid the aching press of sorrow, Jennifer Raines ponders the abrupt death of her daughter. The loss seems especially shocking after A’sa...

For the last couple of years, Florida has been a hot commodity in hip-hop. While its great to see the Sunshine State get the respect it deserves, the genre has begun to overshadow the states other musical offerings, its strong R&B scene in particular. Sure, acts like Savannah Cristina and the charismatic Twelve’len are paving the way. And Florida has been home to indisputable legendary artists such as T-Pain, Pretty Ricky, Betty Wright, and, if were seriously harking back, Ray Charles. But t...

This Black History Month, as history struggles to keep up with current events, we can remember how we got here as we keep our eyes on the future.

Bob Marley 's 76th birthday on Saturday is being celebrated in all kinds of ways. A global virtual birthday celebration for the reggae icon will be ho...

Bob Marley 's 76th birthday on Saturday is being celebrated in all kinds of ways. A global virtual birthday celebration for the reggae icon will be ho...

TODAY, Bob Marley would have celebrated his 76th birthday. And, in lieu of the live birth...