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Black Music Collective Chats
g987fm.com Friday, 26 February 2021 20:00:15
Music fans get ready. The Recording Academy, the folks who bring you The Grammys, are holding their first Black Music Collective (BMC) event on March 10. The BMC was formed […]
Breonna Taylor
g987fm.com Friday, 26 February 2021 18:00:56
Breonna Taylor was a certified emergency medical technician in Louisville, Ky. In the early hours of March 13, 2020, she was in the apartment she shared with her partner, Kenneth […]
Honouring The Rock
g987fm.com Thursday, 25 February 2021 20:00:55
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson needs to make more space in his awards cabinet. The Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) will honour Johnson with the HCA Trailblazer Award at the fourth annual […]
Muhammad Ali
g987fm.com Thursday, 25 February 2021 18:00:27
On Feb. 25, 1964, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. fought his first bout against Sonny Liston. Liston was the Heavyweight Champion of the World. Clay was the 22-year-old underdog. Clay beat […]
Elba Drops New Music
g987fm.com Wednesday, 24 February 2021 20:00:36
People get ready, Idris Elba is dropping some new music. The actor, recording artist and DJ shared some music news recently. “So I’ve got some really cool music coming, been […]
W.E.B. Du Bois
g987fm.com Wednesday, 24 February 2021 18:00:03
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a man of many talents. He was a civil rights activist, pan-Africanist, professor, sociologist, writer, editor, and scholar to name a few. As […]
Morgan Heritage on Soundtrack
g987fm.com Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:00:46
Jamaican reggae band Morgan Heritage is featured in one track on the Rhythms of Zamunda: Music Inspired By Coming 2 America soundtrack. The album is a companion album to the […]
Ahmaud Arbery
g987fm.com Tuesday, 23 February 2021 18:00:44
On Feb. 23, 2020 Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, was killed as he jogged down a neighbourhood street in Satilla Shores, Georgia. Arbery, 25, was jogging when he was chased […]
Konshens Goes Platinum
g987fm.com Monday, 22 February 2021 20:00:46
Have a drink, Konshens! You’ve earned it! The dancehall artist’s hit track, “Succa Proof”, a collaboration with Nipsey Hussle, was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). […]
The Mighty Sparrow
g987fm.com Monday, 22 February 2021 18:00:35
Slinger Francisco, also known as The Mighty Sparrow, is a Caribbean icon. Many words can describe him: performer, songwriter, prophet, satirist, and historian. He took the purely Caribbean sound of […]
Malcolm X
g987fm.com Sunday, 21 February 2021 18:00:56
On Feb. 21, 1965, Malcom X was assassinated. He was at a speaking engagement in Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom when three gunmen rushed the stage and opened fire. He was pronounced […]
Lincoln Alexander
g987fm.com Saturday, 20 February 2021 18:00:51
When Lincoln Alexander died on Oct. 19, 2012, he was honoured with a state funeral. He deserved nothing less. As Canada’s first Black Member of Parliament, a former Lieutenant-Governor of […]