105.3 R&B presents the “We Them Ones Comedy Tour” on March 22 at 7 pm at the Spectrum Center. Not only are we bringing you one hilarious night of comedy greats, we’re also giving one funny comedian from the Queen City a once in a lifetime shot to open the show live! So get ready […]
Love is in the air and 105.3 R&B is looking for the Queen City’s cutest couple. Upload a cute pic of you and your bae, your boo-thang, your forever somebody, however y’all do love. One lucky couple will be crowned the Queen City’s cutest couple. And to celebrate love we’re giving you: Love deserves to […]
Black Music Month originated in 1979. President Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the wonderful music, the achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost.
There’s an old saying, “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” and this rings so true, especially when we talk about great singers. Most often in a biography, you will see a singer’s roots bloomed in church. The part that is usually left out is that a lot of great singers also started their professional […]
Here’s a list of SOME celebrities who attended Howard University.
Howard University was founded in 1866 by missionaries as a training facility for black preachers. It was decided that the school would be named after…
Lauryn Hill blasted onto the hip-hop scene fronting the Fugees’ version of “Killing Me Softly.” For GenXers, the song hailed the arrival of a new voice and sound in hip-hop. For Baby Boomers, however, Hill reminded them of another genre-blurring black female singer — Roberta Flack. Flack is a native of Black Mountain near Asheville. […]