A Better Place is a song created in 2020 to help raise awareness for a struggling music program in Uganda and the YMCA of the Greater Tri-Valley. Both were losing funding due to the 2020 pandemic.

It is one of the most surprising music stories of the year. While streams of new music — releases from the last 18 months — ...

During its 2025 International Conclave in Tampa, Florida, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. inducted Grammy-winning gospel legend Fred Hammond as an honorary member. Hammond now joins a select group of ...

Fred Hammond, the unmistakable voice of contemporary gospel, received the honorary membership of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. on the final night of the 2025 International Conclave in Tampa. The ...

During its 2025 International Conclave in Tampa, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. honored eight distinguished leaders with honorary membership, including rapper Special Ed, Gospel artist Fred Hammond, ...

For anyone attending a contemporary African American worship service, the experience carries “an expectation of participation,” said the Rev. Derrick Hammond, pastor of Oak Valley Baptist Church in ...

An aspiring preacher competing to win the coveted title of “American Idol” was praised for his ability to “interpret the word” and “have church on the beach” in the form of a gospel song following his ...

Acclaimed Recording Artist Steven “Spud” Howard to Perform During Noon Service Ring in the New Year with faith, reflection, and celebration at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, which will host two ...

STONECREST, Ga., Dec. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ring in the New Year with faith, reflection, and celebration at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, which will host two transformative New Year's Eve ...