16 times Grammy award winner Kirk Franklin won the BET Dr Bobby Jones, Best Gospel/ Inspirational award for his latest release strong God. The awards which took place on Sunday 27th June, celebrate African Americans in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year. The awards are presented annually, and are broadcast live on BET. On
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The event took place on 25th June at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in New York. The event celebrates female song writers who have written some of the greatest songs we love. Among the inductees were multiple award winning Jekalyn Carr who as a top selling independent recording artist, earned several Billboard #1’s before the age of
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Joe Biden has become the first president to visit the site of the Black Wall Street massacre in Tulsa. It is the 100th anniversary of the tragedy which saw 300 people killed as buildings set on fire and black residents shot at by a police deputised mob. Thousands of residents were left homeless in one of the bloodiest episodes of
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FMT (Fresh Music Flavour) interviews Titus showers, who has followed up his billboard number one single “Its Gonna Be Alright” with his new single “We Need You”. Since the release the song has been nominated for song of the year at the Stellar Awards. Join Fresh Music Flavour from 5th May at 7pm, as he discussed his music life and
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UK 2020 Voice Winner Blessing Annatoria, who was mentored by Olly Murs before being voted as winner, has released a new track called “Smile” taken from her debut album “Count My Blessings”. The album is a mixture of well known songs such as “Angels” which she won her the Voice and contemporary Gospel songs such as “Smile”. Smile is currently
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Daniel Kaluuya, the Black British born actor won his first Oscar at the 2021 Academy awards. This adds to his tally of wins which include a BAFTA award and Golden Globe Awards. Since the start of his acting career Daniel has risen to stardom in a number of films and TV shows such as Get Out and Skins. His played
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Texas native Jokia is celebrating her Stellar Award nomination for “Yahweh”. The track has already topped the Billboard Gospel Airplay chart. “Yahweh” is a beautiful soulful track leading the the listener into worship of Yahweh, the Hebrew word for God. The award is the first as an independent artist. Says Jokia “Don’t give up on what God called you to
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There were tears of joy as Former Police officer, Derek Chauvin was convicted of the murder of George Floyd. The murder prompted waves of protest across the world in seeing Chauvin pinning Floyd on the ground, by kneeling on his neck for nine minutes, until he died. The chilling last words of George Floyd, “I Cant Breathe”, has become a
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The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle left a letter to the Duke of Edinburgh. Meghan was advised not to travel due to her pregnancy. The letter was left on a wreath at Windsor Castle, the location of the ceremony. The funeral of Prince Philip, who was 99, was attended by only 30 guests, which included grand children Prince Harry, Prince,
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Titus showers follows up his billboard number one single “Its Gonna Be Alright” with his new single “We Need You”. Since the release the song has been nominated for song of the year at the Stellar Awards. Titus has already received Stellar Award nominations from his previous group featuring his siblings “The Showers”. His new release is set to follow
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