Nina Simone’s Tragic Rise and Fall

March 03, 2010

A new book offers an incomplete map of a complex and tortured artist.

What Mariah, Beyoncé and J-Hud Owe Whitney Houston

The BET Honors recaps the diva’s accomplishments just in time for the 25th anniversary of her groundbreaking debut album. But it’s been a long road for Ms. Houston since she set the stage for today’s pop divas.

Who You Callin' ‘Grown & Sexy’?

How this marketing term for the young, black and upwardly mobile has been become shorthand for vapid, bourgie materialism.