"I love Fort Worth, and this is a beautiful moment to remind me that Fort Worth loves me," Franklin said.

A new wave of Christian artists from various backgrounds is drawing young audiences to faith-based rap, Afrobeats and R&B.

Pharrell Williams used a pre-Grammy celebration of Black music’s cultural power to deliver a poignant prayer for US leaders, ...

Since its launch, the Black Music Collective has worked to champion Black creators and industry leaders, previously honoring ...

Rockstar Games has banned user-created missions in its “Grant Theft Auto Online” game that recreated the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Additionally, “GTA Online” has added “Charlie Kirk” to the list ...

Jeffrey S. Solochek is an education reporter covering K-12 education policy and schools. Reach him at jsolochek@tampabay.com. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but you must be a Times ...

Grammy-Award-winning saxophone player Kirk Whalum has mark through his own music, collaborations with others and his work on film soundtracks such as “Boyz n the Hood” and “The Bodyguard.” He was a ...

Even as The Charlie Kirk Show leaves the airwaves, its podcast form continues to find heavy success months after the killing of its namesake, per Triton Digital’s November 2025 US Podcast Ranker, as ...

When conservative activist and suburban native Charlie Kirk was assassinated in September, the reaction here was swift — and strong. Thousands publicly mourned the man. Others, including some elected ...

With thousands of metal songs released in 2025, here's a ranking of the 13 best. Just trying to keep up with the dozens (sometimes hundreds) of new tracks dropping each week is a gauntlet. We all have ...

Dec. 29 (UPI) --A transcript and audio recording of a closed-door hearing in the trial of Charlie Kirk's killer will be made public, with some redactions, a Utah judge ruled on Monday. Although there ...

Before he was the guy leading stadiums full of fans through the chorus of "Sweet Caroline," Neil Diamond was a kid in Brooklyn writing song lyrics while bored in class. Diamond's expansive songwriting ...