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Music visionary Missy Elliott will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.

Pharrell Williams has teamed up with Verizon for the creation of a tech-focused music education program.

Missy Elliott will become the first woman hip-hop artist to receive an honorary doctorate degree from the Berklee College of Music.

Missy Elliott has made history as the first woman rapper to ever be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

The late legendary music artist Jimi Hendrix will have a post office named after him in his hometown.

Former President Barack Obama landed a spot on Billboard's Hot R&B Songs chart.

Rihanna is reportedly teaming up with Colin Kaepernick for a project about social injustice.

A new exhibit at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit honors the legacy of legendary songstress Aretha Franklin.

The BBQ Beckys and Permit Pattys of D.C. will be delirious with joy. 

Ifetayo Ali-Landing, 15, will perform alongside the Chicago Sinfonietta orchestra at the city’s Symphony Center in May.

Rappers, scholars, and authors are joining forces with the Smithsonian for the creation of a hip-hop anthology.

Legendary rock ‘n’ roll artist Chuck Berry has died.