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Do You Know The Tragic Story of Donny Hathaway? A Soul Legend Whose Mental Health Struggles Led to His Untimely Death
With hits like "This Christmas" and "The Ghetto" Donny Hathaway left a lasting impact on soul music.
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You’ll Never Guess Who Wrote Donny Hathaway’s Black Holiday Anthem: ‘This Christmas’
"This Christmas," you know the song we play every year about this time. Here's more intriguing details about the creation of the iconic song.
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Where to Stream Your Favorite Black Holiday Movies
‘Last Holiday,’ ‘Friday After Next’ and ‘The Best Man Holiday’ are some of the Christmas classics Black audiences are looking for.
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Lalah Hathaway’s Christmas Duet with Her Dad Has Us In Our Feelings
Modern technology made it all possible for Donny to sing his Christmas classic with his daughter.
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A Complicated Strong Black Lead and More Is Coming to Netflix in July 2020—Can Ya Dig It?
When’s the last time I’ve done one of these? Hmmm…actually, it doesn’t matter because time doesn’t exist in 2020. It’s a construct! Let’s live in the here and now and get to this Black-ass content on Netflix for July… First up, there’s John Shaft, who has been known to be a bad mother—shut yo mouth!…
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'This Christmas' and the Next: Donny Hathaway to Receive Posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
This Christmas season was a very special one for Donny Hathaway’s fans. According to Vibe, the Recording Academy will honor Hathaway with a Lifetime Achievement Award, just in time for the 40th anniversary of the late soul singer’s death. The Academy announced the recipients on Dec. 19. “Each year, the Recording Academy has the distinct…
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The Black Christmas Music Debate: If ‘Santa Baby’ Isn’t on Your List, Your List Is a Fraud
I love Christmas … but I really love Christmas music. I’m the kind of guy who will start listening to the Yuletide classics immediately after Halloween—and only if I wait that long. While I love the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s “Christmas Time Is Here,” and I can appreciate Frank Sinatra’s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,”…
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An Ode To Donny Hathaway and "This Christmas"
If you know like I know you don’t want to step to this Christmas season doesn’t officially begin until the first time I play Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas”, his 1970 single (that he wrote with Nadine McKinnor) that tanked upon release but over time has become as vital to the Christmas season as Mariah Carey’s “All I Want…