arts-entertainment

The rapper Shyne is singing a new tune: After serving eight years in prison for a nightclub shooting, the former...

Some of Michael Jackson’s family members are unhappy with the release of the posthumous single “Breaking News.” But the late...

The author of a book about the late Afrobeat Nigerian superstar Fela Kuti sued the producers of the award-winning Broadway...

Toni Morrison is “beloved” in France, the country’s culture minister said Wednesday, as he inducted the celebrated U.S. novelist into...

Tina Knowles has been inching her way into the fashion world. First the mother of singer Beyonce began designing the...

In her low husky voice, Maya Angelou came out singing about her love of books and libraries in an African...

Gregory?Isaacs, the Jamaican reggae singer whose smooth style earned him the nickname “Cool Ruler,” has died. He was 59. Isaacs‘...

The Walkman, the Sony cassette device that forever changed music listening before becoming outdated by digital MP3 players and iPods,...

Hugh?Tracey came to southern Africa in the 1920s to become a tobacco farmer but ended up compiling the largest known...