BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Today, it was learned that the singer died in New York after a quiet battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 51. Though he...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — More than sharing my personal experiences in that two year stretch with one of the most widely recognized names in music entertainment, singing...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Williams, who transformed R&B, pop and gospel music over her extraordinary five-decade career, joined Stephanie Mills, Anthony Hamilton, Carlos Santana, and Salt-N-Pepa in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Williams, whose transformed R&B, pop, and gospel music over her extraordinary five-decade career, joins Stephanie Mills, Anthony Hamilton, Carlos Santana, and Salt-N-Pepa in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Tucker has been in and around Hollywood since college (UCLA). A chance meeting at a barbeque produced the opportunity to co-write a script...
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — After decades spent as the reigning Queen of Disco, Gloria Gaynor is announcing the release of her new gospel album, Testimony (June...
ATLANTA VOICE — elebrating 30 years of music ministry, Grammy-nominated, Stellar Award-winning gospel music artist Bryon Cage is performing a holiday extravaganza Friday, Dec. 21, 2018.
CHICAGO DEFENDER — CeCe Winans’ new Christmas album has hit the world with an uplifting sound that draws us back to the real meaning of Christmas
Jacksonville Free Press— The story of the Clark Sisters is coming to television in 2019 as a Lifetime movie will follow the gospel legends’ rise to...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — To acknowledge these unsung heroes and “sheroes,” who often go unrecognized, the Defender Network asked a group of peers from the church music community to...
By Jeffrey L. Boney (Houston Forward Times, NNPA Member) When you think of the best in the world of art, names such as John Biggers, Augusta...
By Jannah Johnson Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper J.J Hairston is the leader of a contemporary gospel choir known as Youthful Praise. The...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (The Washington Post) — Gospel singer Richard Smallwood has just deplaned from the US Airways first-class cabin. He stops to take a few quick photographs...
By Dr. Valerie Wardlaw Special to the NNPA from the Los Angeles Sentinel Andrew Gouché is all about the bass. He is the real deal –...
Christine Thomasos, THE CHRISTIAN POST (The Christian Post) — When gospel singer and pastor Marvin Sapp’s late wife, MaLinda, knew she was going to...
By Elaina Johnson Howard University News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Grammy Award-winning artist Bishop Hezekiah Walker can add the 2015 Torch Award for religion to his...
Henry Hanks, CNN LAS VEGAS (CNN)—The three best-known members of 1990s R&B group Destiny’s Child reunited onstage Saturday night in a surprise performance. Beyonce, Kelly Rowland...
Gail Mitchell, BILLBOARD LOS ANGELES (Billboard.com)—Deitrick Haddon, award-winning gospel artist and a star on Oxygen network’s popular reality series Preachers of L.A. and Fix My...
DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andrae Crouch was remembered at his funeral in Los Angeles for his dedication to spreading gospel...
Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Gospel legend Andrae Crouch has died, according to reports. Credited as “the father of modern gospel...
ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andrae Crouch, a legendary gospel performer, songwriter and choir director whose work graced songs by Michael Jackson and...
HOUSTON (KTRK) — We’ve learned new information on the Houston-area gospel singer charged with assaulting his wife in Stafford. James Fortune was charged with aggravated assault...
