A reefer is a marijuana cigarette. Reefer Madness is a 1936 propaganda film that labels pot as a ghastly menace. This prologue for Reefer Growing Madness explores marijuana’s foothold in the U.S. — ...

In advance of next month’s unveiling of “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume ...

Mac Miller fans worldwide are mesmerized by a Delaware artist who made his 'Balloonerism' album art. Here’s the story behind ...

Harlem's Cotton Club opened its doors to jazz from 1923 to 1940. Launching the careers of Jimmie Lunceford, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, and many others, this uptown cabaret was instrumental in ...

Philip Lique, an artist and designer based in South Florida, remembers the first time he attended the Miami Zine Fair. Originally from Connecticut, he says the independent publishing convention was ...

By the time he graduated from Cab Calloway School of the Arts in 2008, he was diagnosed with epilepsy and his mom lost her job, discouraging him from further pursuing his art education.

This year's special guests include David Howard Thornton (Art the Clown from the "Terrifier ... Billie Holiday and Cab Calloway. Hear Carlos Simon’s “Hellfighters’ Blues,” a piece co ...

Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Sarah Vaughan, Louis Jordan, The Ink Spots, the Mills Brothers, Billie Holiday and Charlie Christian. In his teens, he fell in love with Dizzy Gillespie, George Shearing ...