Many assume that a fierce rivalry with Michael Jackson kept His Royal Badness from participating in the star-studded charity single — but the truth is more complicated.

From Thriller to Bad, the late Quincy Jones proved an integral driving force behind some of Michael ... and Ray Charles. Arguably the most famous of his collaborations, however, was with Jackson ...

Prince famously didn’t appear in the star-studded 1985 charity single We Are the World. It featured some of Hollywood’s A-listers like Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, Billy ...

Michael Ray Charles is a contemporary American painter. His work explores historic African American stereotypes from the Antebellum South, appropriating images from advertising and pop culture to ...

Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles, as well as his creation of iconic works like “We Are the World,” there was no mention of Michael Jackson. “When we talk about Black excellence, we’re tal ...