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The only Native American band to reach Top Five on Billboard Hot 100, 1974.

Mos Def performing "UMI Says" with Doug Wimbish and Will Calhoun of Living Colour, Dr. Know of Bad Brains, and Bernie Worrell of Parliament-Funkadelic Bowery Ballroom, NYC 2001

Nothing hits quite like ’80s R&B done right.

30 years ago? Sheesh... Babyface did his thing on this soundtrack 🔥🔥🔥 This is my fav song from it... 🗣I have but one concern, how can I get with you....

Marvin Gaye rehearsing "I Want You" [1981] singing like this while casually lying on a couch is insane.

Andre 3000 performing "Prototype" at the MTV VMA's [2004]

Black Panther Party deputy chairman Fred Hampton was drugged by the FBI then assassinated by local police on this day 56 years ago. He was only 21 years old. Listen to his words and see if you can discern why he would be their target.

Fun Fact: Betty Davis wrote, arranged, and produced every track herself at 28 — one of the first Black women to fully self-produce a major-label funk album.

Alice Coltrane performing “A Love Supreme” live (1987)

Alice Coltrane's sister Marilyn McLeod was a Motown songwriter responsible for hits like "Love Hangover" by Diana Ross, "You Can't Turn Me Off" by High Inergy, "Let Me Tickle Your Energy" by Jermaine Jackson, and more. Her grandson is Flying Lotus.

Happy Black History Month 🥳

Happy Black History Month!

Po Pimp - Do Or Die feat. Twista & Johnny P (1996) 🔥🔥 Produced by The Legendary Traxster Classic 💯

And now I gotta share the ‘Marvin Gaye singing on a couch’ video. Them’s the rules. 😮‍💨

the way this is the best song of all time and everybody agrees

20-year-old Stevie Wonder being an absolute beast on drums.

I scream every time cause Prince was so damn extra 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

If I had been taught in primary school that Amelia Earhart died because men ignored dozens of distress calls from her, that would've been a lot more helpful to my life than growing up scared of the Bermuda Triangle. smh

D'Angelo and Femi Kuti inside Electric Lady Studios, NYC (2002). "Water Get No Enemy." Recorded for Red Hot + Riot, a tribute album to Fela Kuti, with Questlove leading the session.