Verzuz Begins on Instagram Live

Timbaland and Swizz Beatz turn a remote producer battle into a participatory music-history format.

Beyoncé Headlines Coachella

The festival’s first Black woman headliner stages a performance rooted in HBCU musical traditions.

A televised “Billie Jean” performance turns a dance movement into a worldwide pop image.

Don Cornelius brings Black music, dance, fashion, and style to a national weekly television audience.

A Detroit record company begins building one of popular music’s most influential creative systems.