Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Multi-platinum selling, Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter Ashanti is now also a Guinness World Record holder for Fastest Selling Debut Artist (for a female). Her 2002 debut album Ashanti sold over 503,000 copies in its first week, with chart-topping hits “What’s Luv,” “Baby,” “Always On Time,” and the timeless […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Original Barbershop cast member and former Ruff Ryders rapper/actress Eve is making her media rounds as she gears up for a third installment, Barbershop: The Next Cut, which hits theaters on April 15. Although Eve hasn’t released music since 2013’s Lip Lock, core fans have been extremely supportive throughout her absence. On Tuesday […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Last night [Tuesday, April 5] BET and Black Girls Rock, Inc celebrated their 10th anniversary by honoring barrier-breaking Black women at the New Jersey Performance Arts Center in Newark, NJ. Honorees including Rihanna, Shonda Rhimes, ‘Black Lives Matter’ founders Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi and Patrisse Cullors, Danai Gurira, Amandla Stenberg […]
Roc Nation’s newest signee and pop/R&B’s self-proclaimed “unicorn” Justine Skye will be holding it down for the ladies as a headliner for Hot 97’s Festival Stage at Summer Jam 2016. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Since her debut in 2013, Skye has been creating a sound of her own and climbing the charts with tracks like “Bandit,” […]
Dej Loaf has been doing her thing since the release of her debut EP, #AndSeeThatsTheThing last year. Appearing along side Lil’ Durk in the Love & Basketball inspired video for “My Beyoncé”, the “Try Me” rapper has been working hard to maintain the success of her debut hit single, and the drunk-in-love rap teaser “Me, […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information In 1994, Monica “Mimi” Doby, Charmayne Maxena “Maxee” Maxwell and Nichole “Nicci” Gilbert met while attending various audition around Los Angeles and formed the 90s soul-stirring, R&B group, Brownstone. Shortly after meeting, the trio signed a deal with Michael Jackson‘s record label, MJJ Music and released their debut album From The […]
The iconic legacy of jazz singer Sarah Vaughan will continue as the U.S. Postal Service honors “the divine one” with a commemorative Forever Stamp, created by artist Bart Forbes. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The forever stamp, which resembles an oil painting of Vaughan, references a photo of the singer’s performance taken by Hugh Bell back […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Power woman Ursula Burns began her lifelong career with Xerox in 1980 as a summer intern. Thirty years later, Xerox announced her as CEO, making Burns the first African-American female Chief Executive of a Fortune 500 company. Raised in a housing project located in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Burns […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information “Believing in Life and Achieving a Quest for Unity in Everything” In the beginning, Shamari Fears walked away from her initial R&B group Intrigue, along with a recording contract with Elektra Records, and after meeting Brandi Williams at a talent show, Fears and Williams joined classmate Natina Reed‘s R&B group […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information When Renée Neufville and Jean Norris met while attending Temple University in Philadelphia, the pair instantly discovered their duel passion for singing, and began performing together at talent shows and other showcase events around the city. In 1991 Neufville and Norris, not yet a duo, met the legendary DJ Jazzy Jeff, which […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information When it comes to breaking barriers and shattering systemic male domination, women are making their mark and claiming their stake in every industry under the sun. Amelia Earhart ignited aviation goals and aspirations for young women when she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. 80-years […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Straight outta Compton and Lynnwood CA, ground-breaking director Ava DuVernay‘s roots to Selma runs deep like the waters of Montgomery, Alabama. Summers spent in Hayneville influenced DuVernay’s Selma, as she relived experiences through the accounts witnessed at the historic Selma march by her father as young boy. After graduating with […]
Daughter of President Barack Obama, Malia Obama showed she could teach her dad a thing or two during their historic visit to Cuba. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The eldest daughter of two, Malia showed off her Spanish speaking skills as she acted as a translator for the President earlier this week [Monday, March 21]. […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information In 1995, Sean “Puffy” Combs signed New Jersey trio Kima, Keisha and Pam to his heavy hitting roaster of chart-topping artists known as the Bad Boy Family. Keepin’ it sexy, sultry and street, Total made their debut in the R&B world as a feature on the chorus of The Notorious B.I.G‘s rap classic, “Juicy.” As […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information At nine years old, Brooklyn raised Nzingha Prescod was enrolled in The Peter Westbrook Foundation—an organization founded by the first African-American Olympic fencing medalist—which sponsors lessons for minorities. A natural foilist (a fencer who fights with foil), Prescod set her goal in motion to become an Olympian, a standard The […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information When we think of women in NASCAR we often think of internationally celebrated Danica Patrick, however there’s one woman in particular we should be paying more attention to. Meet Tia Norfleet, the first African-American female NASCAR driver and daughter of legendary NASCAR driver Bobby Norfleet. Advertisement The adrenaline and […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Remember throwing your hands in the air, and turning up the volume when the 90s hit “Where My Girls At?” came on the radio? In the late 90s, Las Vegas twin sisters Irish and Orish Grinstead along with their other sister LeMisha were discovered in the popular Ceasar’s Palace lobby […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Known for her international sound and trendsetting fashion, M.I.A. has teamed up with fashion giant H&M in efforts to collect 1,000 tons of used and unwanted clothing to be recycled and turned into new garments to raise awareness of World Recycle Week (April 18-24). In collaboration, M.I.A is also set […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The early 90s ushered in a lot of hits, especially for acts based out of Atlanta, GA. Super producer and So So Def mogul Jermaine Dupri was gaining notoriety for his mentorship and success with Hip Hop duo Kris Kross, but it was only a matter of time until he […]
Janice Bryant Howroyd, Founder and CEO of ACT-1 Group, has built the largest employment agency in the United States owned by a minority, making her the first African-American woman to own a billion dollar business. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Her journey to success began in 1976 when she went on a vacation to visit […]
