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  (SILVER SPRING, MD) April 3, 2024  - Get ready for all new episodes of  TV One’s  original and longest-running series " UNSUNG"  and " UNCENSORED"  this   Sunday, April 7 at 9 pm ET/8 pm CT . " UNSUNG"   leads with  Blaque  at  9 p.m. ET / 8C  followed by " UNCENSORED" , which features  Christian Keyes , at  10 p.m. ET / 9C . The seven-time NAACP Image Award-winning series " UNSUNG" , spotlights entertainment’s most talented, versatile, and influential music artists. This week's episode highlights Blaque. The girl group rocked the music industry with an unstoppable wave of chart-topping hits, led by their single "808." Yet, their journey was marked by tragic setbacks that propelled them through a grueling path within the music Industry and life itself. Catch his episode the Sunday at 9 p.m. Upcoming new episodes of UNSUNG include:  “UNSUNG” 4/14 - Stetsasonic 4/21 - Chingy 4/28 - DJ Special

     Roxanne Shante (SILVER SPRING, MD) - February 27, 2020  -  TV One' s award-winning documentary series  UNSUNG  features legendary rapper  Roxanne Shante  this  Sunday, March   1  at  10 p.m. ET/9C.   At the dawn of hip hop, an unlikely star emerged as the reigning MC of the notorious Queensbridge battle rap scene – 14-year-old Shante Gooden, better known as Roxanne Shante. Born the eldest of four girls to a single mother, Shante used her fierce battle skills, honed during street battles with local MC’s for cash, and become rap’s first female star MC with the release of her 1984 hit, “Roxanne’s Revenge.” Her take-no-prisoners verbal assaults as part of the famed Juice Crew shot her to the top of the underground rap scene before an abusive relationship with an older man almost ended her career before it c...

Like m ost R&B crooners, Glenn Jones got his start in the church. But, unlike most, he was first signed to Savoy Records by the late King of Gospel, the Rev. James Cleveland. His is also one of few artists who can say he shared a duet with two legends. He sang "Ever Changing Times" with the late Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin and "Finder of Lost Loves" with Dione Warwick. He was only 5 when he asked to sing in front of their pentecostal congregation.  By the age of  8 he went on tour with a group called the Bivens Specials.  From Jacksonville, FLA where he began  to Atlanta where he now resides, there were many twists and turns in his career.   It is hard to understand how a voice of his quality did not reach the heights of many less capable singers, but he was undeniably one of the strongest male vocalists  in 80s era Black music.  Jones is opening up about his never-before-told story on TV One's UnSung this Sunday, April 7 at 9/8 Central. ...

SILVER SPRING, MD - - Season 10 of  TV One's  longest-running and award-winning series  Unsung  continues with a profile on the platinum-selling singing group  After 7  on  Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. ET . After 7  is a dynamic singing trio composed of brothers  Kevon  and  Melvin Edmonds , along with friend  Keith Mitchell . The group basically walked right into the music industry with the help of their popular brother, R&B singer/songwriter/producer,  Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds , signing with Virgin Records without even an audition.  And with '90s hits like Heat of the Moment, Ready or Not, Can't Stop, and Baby I'm For Real, it appeared that the industry hunch about the group had paid off. However, disagreements over the direction of their career led to frustrations with their label, and despite three gold albums, the group broke up at the top of their game - only to pick up where they left off two ...

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. . . Visit TVOne.tv on Feb. 1 to listen to an exclusive sneak peek  of Case's new single, "Heaven" SILVER SPRING, MD - TV One's  longest-running and award-winning series  Unsung  continues with a feature on the distinctive sounds of R&B crooner  Case  on  Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. ET.  Insights from family and friends are provided by  Ginuwine, Eddie F., Nokio, Rodney Perry, Marcus Chapman, Rea Davis  and  Steven Ivory.  Additionally,  TV One  will feature an exclusive sneak peek of  Case's  new single, "Heaven," on  TVOne.tv  beginning Feb. 1. He had the style of a rapper but the voice of soul. Rising to stardom in the mid-'90s,  Case  debuted a unique blend of hip-hop and R&B with his 1996 hit "Touch Me, Tease Me," which featured  Foxy Brown  and his female prototype  Mary J Bilge . And as the hit climbed the charts, it revealed ...

TV ONE  has announced  Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story  will premiere on  Sunday, June 12 at 7 p.m. ET  ( encore presentation at 9 p.m. ET ). Starring  Teyonah Parris  ( Chi-Raq, Survivor's Remorse ) in the title role and featuring a special cameo appearance from Grammy Award-nominated R&B songstress  Miki Howard  herself, this is the network's first-ever bio-pic inspired by  TV One's  signature series  Unsung .   As the crown jewel of  TV One's Black Music Month celebration ,  Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story  features a star-studded ensemble cast opposite  Parris , including  Darius McCrary  ( The Leftovers ,  Family Matters ) as Gerald Levert;  Vanessa Bell Calloway  ( Shameless ,  To Hell and Back ) as Miki's mother Josephine Howard;  Gary Dourdan  ( CSI ,  Being Mary Jane ) as Augie Johnson;...

buzzz worthy. . . Four Time Grammy Award nominated music legend Candi Staton is featured in a special two-hour episode of TV One’s “Unsung” cable TV series. The popular series devotes two hours to the history of the 1970s disco era with fresh interviews by its key players such as Gloria Gaynor, Nile Rodgers (Chic), K.C. & The Sunshine Band and Candi Staton, among others. Staton, who earned disco hits such as “Young Hearts Run Free”, “Run to Me”, “When You Wake Up Tomorrow” and “Victim” in the `70s, talks about the impact of disco music on culture and how her signature song “Young Hearts Run Free” was based on an abusive ex-husband. She also says in the piece that she grew tired of the disco lifestyle and became a born again Christian to save her soul. The episode airs this Sunday, March 3, 2013 @ 6:00 PM EST and Sunday, March 17, 2013 @6:45 PM EST. Meanwhile, Staton is currently promoting a new gospel rad...