::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

buzzz worthy. . . SILVER SPRING, MD - Feb. 3, 2017-  Season 10 of  TV One's  longest-running and award-winning series  Unsung  continues with a feature on group member-turned-solo R&B artist  Dave Hollister  on  Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. ET.  Family and friends, including  Tank, Teddy Riley, Chopmaster J, Money B, Tim Kelly  and  Al B. Sure  provide insights and first-hand accounts into  Hollister's  highs and lows, and the trials and tribulations he faced in private and public forums. When  Blackstreet  exploded onto the R&B scene in the early '90s, so did one of the group's most memorable lead vocalists,  Dave Hollister . Born into a musical church family who considered R&B forbidden fruit,  Hollister  spent his childhood rebelling and testing boundaries. After spending years holding down major artists as a background singer, he came into the spotlight when...

buzzz worthy. . . The award-winning urban inspirational vocalist DeWayne Woods is back in the spotlight with his first album in four years. “Life Lessons” (Soul Therapy) hits stores February 3rd. The uplifting ten-song set features contributions by Urban AC radio A-Listers such as Grammy® Award winner Anthony Hamilton, Avery* Sunshine, Dave Hollister, P.J. Morton and Larry Waddell & Stokley Williams of the legendary band Mint Condition. Best-known for the Top Ten radio smashes “Let Go” (2006) and “Living on the Top” (2010), Woods pulls out all of the stops on this collection that stretches him beyond his musical comfort zone. “I can honestly say this is the kind of creative project I’ve always wanted to record where there is enough on it to cater to everyone, but not lose my core,” Woods says of his third faith-inspired album. “It’s always great to think about building your audience as you ...

buzzz worthy. . . By Mona Austin Since it's Black Music Month, I've pulled out a previously published exclusive interview that shows a singer's rare, total  transition from R&B to Gospel. Dave Hollister, an ex- R&B singer is now  a gospel artist who vows there is no turning back to the music of his past.  Currently Hollister sings with the United Tenors, a group made up of Fred Hammond, Brian Courtney Wilson and Eric Roberson. The interview is 100% uncut as the artist bears all the details about a brush with death that re-directed his life's path. The twists and turns in his testimony awe-inspiring.   Two weeks in advance of "The Book of David: Vol. 1 The  Transition," his first gospel recording, former Blackstreet member Dave  Hollister talks about the transition to gospel.          After years of dodging his calling and encountering one negative  experience after the other, Dave...