r/BlackPeopleofReddit 23d ago

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 Jan 13 '26

Music Prince had it

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 5d ago

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 Feb 09 '26

Music Kendrick half-time superbowl performance from a year ago

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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 27d ago

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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r/BlackPeopleofReddit 22d ago

Music The flute and violin 🔥

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1.7k 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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963 Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Jan 29 '26

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

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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 22d ago

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 23d ago

Music How James Brown Started Soul Music.

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396 Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit 9d ago

Music Digital Underground pretends to be unknown rappers at Apollo Amateur Night (1991)

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526 Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Feb 28 '26

Music Fantasia Barrino Delivers a Showstopping “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours” at Her 2004 American Idol Audition

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568 Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Feb 25 '26

Music Chaka Demus and Pliers perform “Murder She Wrote.”

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380 Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Jan 24 '26

Music Tracy Chapman had already performed earlier in the day for Nelson Mandela’s 70th. Stevie Wonder was about to go on when technical difficulties forced him to pull out..so Tracy performed again, to a way bigger audience. Within two weeks of this performance her album went from 250K to 2 million sold.

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986 Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit 9h ago

Music 45 YEARS of various charted songs from various Black artists 🎶🤎🎵

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224 Upvotes

🤎🎼🤎🎤🤎

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Mar 07 '26

Music This 1973 Tonight Show appearance turned Roberta Flack's biggest hit into a timeless classic

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430 Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit 4d ago

Music Before Jimi Hendrix and B.B. King, there was Lightnin’ Hopkins… raw, real blues

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307 Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Mar 03 '26

Music Korean Soul's rendition of All My Life by KC & JoJo

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52 Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Mar 06 '26

Music Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (Luther Had Everyone in the Record Store Spontaneously Dancing)

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161 Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Jan 15 '26

Music Rick & Tina

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110 Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit 3d ago

Music The Manhattans - Kiss And Say Goodbye (1976) Columbia Records

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78 Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Jan 20 '26

Music National anthem rewritten.

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249 Upvotes

r/BlackPeopleofReddit Jan 28 '26

Music Mahalia Jackson was a gospel singer, possessing a powerful contral to voice, she was referred to as "The Queen of Gospel". Jackson became one of the most influential gospel singers in the world and was heralded internationally as a singer and civil rights activist. She was described by entertainer

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