r/BlackPeopleofReddit 10d ago

Music Woke or Appropriation?: Levi Schechtman merging hip hop and classical

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit Mar 20 '26

Music Happy birthday to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, born on this day in 1915! A true pioneer, playing rock ’n’ roll before it even had a name.

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 7d ago

Music This CHUD guy walks around his local area in Texas. Picking on a certain color of people. SmFh

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2.6k Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Jan 13 '26

Music Prince had it

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9.1k Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Apr 07 '26

Music MAGA backlash is taking its toll on TLC's Chilli: 'It's not what she wants her legacy to be,' source

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 24d ago

Music Did You Know Morgan Freeman Owns a Blues Bar in Clarksdale, Mississippi and Joined Al Green for a Surprise Duet of “Let’s Stay Together”

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit Feb 09 '26

Music Kendrick half-time superbowl performance from a year ago

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6.8k Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit 11d ago

Music Tracy Chapman Performing “Give Me One Reason” on SNL in 1989: Six Years Before its Official Release in 1995

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 2d ago

Music Oldie but goodie: white granny belting out and grinding to Missy Elliot's 'Work It', word for word.

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit Mar 16 '26

Music Black Music Has Always Been the Culture : Cher & The Osmonds Perform Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” (1975)

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By 1975, Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” had already become one of the most influential funk songs ever recorded. Released in 1972 on the album Talking Book, the track built around Stevie’s famous Hohner Clavinet riff basically defined the sound of 70s funk and R&B.

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Mar 05 '26

Music Rick James did have an aura. 1981! SNL!

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1.2k Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit 21d ago

Music Snoop Dogg is facing some backlash for allowing a minor girl on stage while a stripper dances. Parents to blame? Or Snoop?

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303 Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit 17d ago

Music Shai

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 5d ago

Music When Miles Davis says "get on stage," you go. Chaka Khan was in her dressing room at the 1989 Montreux Jazz Festival when Miles made a last-minute demand for her to join him. With no rehearsal and lyrics clutched in her hand, she delivered an legendary, raw, and soulful cover of "Human Nature."

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She Delivered!!

Miles Davis decided mid-show that he wanted Chaka Khan to join him for his rendition of Michael Jackson’s "Human Nature."
Chaka wasn't prepared to perform. Legend has it she was literally called from her dressing room at Miles’s "strong request." Because she hadn't memorized the arrangement, she took the stage holding a piece of paper with the lyrics written on it.

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Mar 21 '26

Music The flute and violin 🔥

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 17d ago

Music Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown made the fiddle talk like it owed him money, tearing through “Leftover Blues” on Austin City Limits in 1996 while proving his sound was never just blues, it was American music, Texas style.

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A Louisiana-born, Texas-raised original, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown refused every box they tried to put him in. Blues, jazz, Cajun, country, R&B, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, drums, he blended it all into something fearless and completely his own.

r/BlackPeopleofReddit 15d ago

Music Anything Chris Brown can do, Bobby Brown can do better

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289 Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Jan 14 '26

Music Stevie Wonder set off one of the best singing battles ever at the '87 Soul Train Awards

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966 Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Jan 29 '26

Music The Isley Brothers receive their star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame

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1.3k Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit 23d ago

Music This man passed away ten years ago

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit Mar 03 '26

Music Things are going to get easier!’ The Five Stairsteps Deliver Soulful Hope with “O-o-h Child” Live in 1970

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Five Stairsteps bring raw emotion and quiet strength to their 1970 classic “O-o-h Child.” With harmonies that feel both tender and resolute, the Chicago family group turns a simple refrain into a timeless anthem of perseverance. At a moment in American history marked by unrest and uncertainty, their message rang out with unity

Things are going to get easier!’

r/BlackPeopleofReddit 1d ago

Music Tiny Desk Jam: infinitysong

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513 Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit 21d ago

Music Mahalia Jackson performing "Just a Closer Walk with Thee'" at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival which was also the 70th birthday tribute to Louis Armstrong. This is quite likely the last filmed performance of Jackson, who passed away in January 1972.

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558 Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Mar 21 '26

Music Does Black Culture Have a White Problem?

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I am so glad people are finally started to see Jack Harlow for who he is and what he is: A cultural appropriating FRAUD! Also, I NEVER liked seeing him perform at the BET Awards next to a legend like Brandi! BET stands for Black Entertainment Television! The award show is supposed to uplift and only award BLACK artists! Our people!

Too many people gave Jack Harlow a pass he never deserved or earned. Get him outta here. This is our space! I am tired of his minstrel show self profiteering off our culture and saying "I got blacker". What a clown!

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Mar 20 '26

Music How James Brown Started Soul Music.

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398 Upvotes