Jimi Hendrix Honored With NY Street After Five-Decade Fight
Jimi Hendrix in 1970 (Getty Images) New York City’s W. 8th Street has a new name in honor of one of the city’s myriad musical luminaries: Jimi Hendrix Way. An unveiling ceremony was held, June 10. The newly minted street is located in Greenwich...
Damion Hall Joins JaroGO For ‘Perfect Designer’
Damion Hall Signals a New Creative Chapter Damion Hall is preparing a new chapter, and JaroGO Media appears to be part of the movement. The celebrated vocalist, known to R&B fans as a member of the era-defining group Guy, recently took to social...
‘Hair Love’ director wants to win Oscar in honor of Kobe
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Matthew A. Cherry became an Oscar nominee, that was initially good enough for him, until he heard about the death of Kobe Bryant, a former professional athlete — just like himself — who was nominated in the same...
Jerry Craft, Kadir Nelson win honors for children’s books
NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Craft’s “New Kid,” a graphic novel about a 7th grader’s struggle to adjust to a private school with little diversity, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year’s best children’s book....