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There’s only one king in Paddy Harper’s eyes, and that is Thierry Henry.

Kings, queens and looted legacies

There’s an outpouring of grief north of the equator since Elizabeth II died, but no move to return the Empire’s ill-gotten gains

Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars of music group Silk Sonic perform onstage during the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards broadcast on March 14, 2021. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

The refreshing nostalgia of Silk Sonic

Silk Sonic’s adventurous nostalgia is not a testimony to older music being better but rather the artists offer a listening experience that is refreshing because it is so…

‘Generosity and genius’: For Jabba, aka Hip Hop Pantsula and HHP, music was a gateway to the world. (David Harrison)

Revisiting Planet Jabba

For a man to whom music was a mission, the local industry ultimately proved too narrow

Author Ntozake Shange speaks at the 40th anniversary of For Colored Girls. (Rob Kim/Getty Images/AFP)

Shange paid the price for her honesty

Her book gifted me a vision of myself and many black women who carried my world

Inside the church at Aretha Franklin’s funeral were family, close friends, civil rights leaders, other leaders, celebrities and stars. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)

The aunty we all never had

Aretha Franklin was special, but in Detroit she was a family member who never abandoned them

Queen: Aretha Franklin set a blueprint for future women musicians by taking charge of her sound. Photo: Express Newspapers/Getty Images

​How Aretha Franklin found her voice

Vocal juggernaut. Social activist. Artistic collaborator. Diva.

Aretha Franklin, 2012. (Reuters)

Aretha Franklin ‘glad to be back’ after undisclosed illness

Aretha Franklin says "the side effects were rough" from her treatment for a condition she has still not revealed.

Furore as woman at centre of Spitzer scandal is revealed

The sex worker at the centre of the scandal that brought down the governor of New York state, Eliot Spitzer, has become the most sought after person in the United States, with…

Grammys: Kanye West, Aretha Franklin hold court

Two years ago, Kanye West’s Grammy afterparty was a booze-filled, late-night affair with 3 000 screaming guests, bikini-clad women — and his mother, Donda, in the house. He was…