The Apollo Theater and FOX today announced that SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO has been picked up as a one-hour weekly series featuring Emmy Award-winning personality Steve Harvey as host. Set to debut during the 2017-2018 season, SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO is a reimagining of the classic talent showcase series. “We all had such a blast […]

Kevin Hart returned to Saturday Night Live to bring the funny. Hart, who first hosted the long-running sketch comedy series in 2013, kicked off SNL’s first…

James Brown was a musical genius and as with most geniuses they usually have a streak of unusual, maniacal behavior. Actor, Chadwick Boseman, in the the movie, “Get On Up,” show cases Soul Brother #1’s perfections and imperfections perfectly. The movie itself plays a fine balance of past traumatic childhood memories and present flashbacks that […]

Even though James Brown had a history of domestic violence in his relationships, Jill Scott doesn’t think he was a monster. The “Golden” diva will…

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So many rappers have sampled the late, great James Brown. Let’s take a look at 10 of the best songs to have taken from the…

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Prince’s birthday was on June 7th and he doesn’t have a new album coming out, so we’re going to assume that Buzzfeed.com made this nifty…

Times are hard…The daughter of deceased music legend James Brown, Venisha Brown is accused of stealing a car on one side of the river and…

Music cleanses the soul–allowing for a therapeutic release like no other. There are so many artists out there who create music that act as certified stress relievers. Just in case your days are far too long and hectic for you to find great music to chill to, I’ve compiled a list of five albums that […]

Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) The Apollo Theater 253 W 125th Street When: October 24, 1962 What: The Godfather Of Soul records his live performance at the world famous venue, and it becomes the first Soul album to go platinum. «  PREVIOUS NEXT  » In celebration of Black Music Month, TheUrbanDaily’s “It’s All Black […]