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[Billie Holiday, from March 23, 1949. Photographer: Carl Van Vechten. from the Yale University Archives at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library] by Lori Lakin…

by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) Today, GBN celebrates the accomplishments and legacy of NBA champion, Olympic Gold medalist, Academy Award winner and philanthropist Kobe Bryant. To read…

by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Twitter: @marlonw IG: stlmarlonwest Spotify: marlonwest) It’s Music Monday! In celebration of Easter and #JazzAppreciationMonth, here is a collection of Sacred Jazz.…

by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) On Easter Sunday, GBN celebrates Thomas A. Dorsey, who once worked as Ma Rainey‘s pianist and musical director, and wrote and…

by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) In yesterday’s daily drop we celebrated sports legend Jackie Robinson. But did you know his older brother Mack Robinson had…

by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) Seventy five years ago today, Jackie Robinson made sports and U.S. history when he took to the infield as a…

by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) Today we drop in on lauded rapper and artist Kendrick Lamar, who five years ago #onthisday dropped his last full…

According to Variety.com, Hulu has ordered from Lee Daniels’ company eight episodes of a biographical limited series about legendary entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. based on the…

by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) In continued celebration of #JazzAppreciationMonth, today we drop in on virtuoso vocalist Sarah Vaughan, who hailed from Newark, New Jersey, and…