LOS ANGELES -- As a DJ, author, college professor, musician, producer and now Oscar nominee, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson proves that he is the quintessential multi-hyphenate with a deep love for ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, affectionately known as CAPA, has no shortage of notable alumni. From R&B group Boyz II Men to songstress Jazmine ...

HARLEM, New York City -- The musician Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is looking to restore a lost chapter of Black history with his directorial debut in a "Summer of Soul" in Harlem. The summer in ...

Assata Shakur’s daughter confirmed the news of her mother’s passing, who had been living as a fugitive in Cuba after her 1979 prison escape. 1 day ago The film stitches together more than 40 hours of ...

While star-studded, the concert was overshadowed by Woodstock, which happened the same summer, about 100 miles to the northwest, and 40 hours of footage from the event sat unwatched and forgotten ...

In the summer of 1969, the same summer as Woodstock, some of the biggest musical acts of the time, like Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Mahalia Jackson and the Fifth ...

Questlove responded with incredulous disbelief when he was first told about the footage. A landmark 1969 Harlem concert series that he hadn't heard of? With Stevie Wonder? With Nina Simone? With Sly ...