An organization has recorded a profanity free hip-hop album at an Oakland studio. They say the Black youth of Oakland are ...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 23-29 - Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Feb. 23-March 1 include country singer Jason Aldean, actor Edward James Olmos and “Frozen” songwriter R ...

Leonard Peltier, Native American activist, is released from prison after Biden commuted his life sentence Stedman Graham says the key to success is writing down everything you want in life I’m a Busy ...

Erykah Badu, GloRilla and Muni Long are among the stars to be honored at Billboard's annual 'Women In Music' awards in 2025.

Erykah Badu has put out just four studio albums and two interstitial projects since 1997, but they’re all canonical. Her spaced-out hippie persona conceals a razor-sharp wit, and though the kicker on ...

Welcome to the (re)launch of Mercury Music Picks! Every week we’ll sift through the sea of concerts, gigs, and shows to let you know what’s really good in Portland. This week we’ve got three(!) local ...

During the NBA COVID bubble in 2020, Jimmy Butler used his espresso machine to open a coffee shop in his hotel room for other players, charging them $20 a cup. Once he was outside of the bubble, he ...

While both members of a marriage can feel disheartened by what has happened, men are particularly vulnerable. Women have ...

Here is a list of ten Black albums to listen to during Black History Month (or whenever you want). These albums, I feel, ...

British songbird Shaé Universe isn’t playing around when it comes to the long-awaited visual for her sultry ballad, “OOTW.” Meaning “order on the way,” the record itself is for the real yearners who ...

Life expectancy for men lags five years behind life expectancy for women in the U.S. Some researchers and doctors say greater attention to men's health could bridge the gap.

Ollie had an impact. We pushed and pushed. If we're going to lose a game, I'd rather lose it in the second half the way we played than the way we played in the first half, because it's nowhere near ...