Aretha Franklin said a few months ago that her current tour will be her last. But there was nothing retiring about Franklin's Thursday performance at Wolf Trap. Early in her show, Franklin, decked out ...

To Jennifer Hudson, Aretha Franklin became much more than a music legend when the talk show host was preparing to play her idol in the 2021 biopic Respect. “You know, I didn’t realize how much of an ...

YouTube masher-upper extraordinaire Bill McClintock has returned! For his latest amalgamation masterwork, McClintock has take Aerosmith’s “Sweet Emotion” and put it together with Aretha Franklin’s ...

It’s hard to believe, but 30 years ago today Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin was the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Aretha was not inducted with the original ...

Divas Live: The Aretha Franklin Playlist"Chain of Fools"In conjunction with the June issue of ESSENCE, we're presenting our favorite five divas of all time. Each week, we explore one diva's life in ...

The Queen of Soul had an affinity for classic rock, too. "I like all kinds of music," Franklin told this writer during a 1985 interview at her home in suburban Detroit. "It doesn't have to start as a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) This marks the third time I’ve written about the late, great Aretha Franklin – and for good reason. Her musical career spanned more than five decades, earning her the well-deserved ...

Aretha Franklin won countless awards in her lifetime. In 1987, she became the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall ...

Aretha Franklin is already a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but this fall, she'll be honored by the hall once again, as part of its American Music Masters series. Aretha Franklin is already ...

On this day in 1987, Aretha Franklin made history as the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock Hall has long been criticized as chauvinistic, so the Queen of ...