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  • TOP 50 BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS w/ MOST GRAMMY WINS!!!

    Good Wednesday Night!!!


    Check THIS list of TOP 50 BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS with the MOST GRAMMY WINS in Grammy History:

    TOP 50 BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS GRAMMY WINNERS

    ✊🏾Beyoncé

    ✊🏾Leontyne Price

    ✊🏾Alicia Keys
    ✊🏾Minnie Riperton
    ✊🏾Ella Fitzgerald
    ✊🏾Sarah Vaughan
    ✊🏾Shirley Bassey
    ✊🏾Chaka Khan
    ✊🏾Mary J. Blige
    ✊🏾Oprah Winfrey
    ✊🏾Rihanna
    ✊🏾Tina Turner
    ✊🏾Anita Baker
    ✊🏾Lauryn Hill
    ✊🏾Toni Braxton
    ✊🏾Gladys Knight
    ✊🏾SZA
    ✊🏾Dionne Warwick
    ✊🏾Whitney Houston
    ✊🏾Donna Summer
    ✊🏾Erykah Badu
    ✊🏾H.E.R.
    ✊🏾Janet Jackson
    ✊🏾Mariah Carey
    ✊🏾Tammi Terrell
    ✊🏾Patti LaBelle
    ✊🏾Jill Scott
    ✊🏾Etta James
    ✊🏾Billie Holiday
    ✊🏾Janelle Monáe
    ✊🏾Lizzo
    ✊🏾Mahalia Jackson

    ✊🏾Phyllis Hyman
    ✊🏾Sade
    ✊🏾Dinah Washington
    ✊🏾Tracy Chapman
    ✊🏾Coco Jones
    ✊🏾Gloria Gaynor
    ✊🏾Natalie Cole
    ✊🏾Megan Thee Stallion
    ✊🏾Shirley Caesar
    ✊🏾Aretha Franklin
    ✊🏾Tems
    ✊🏾Loleatta Holloway
    ✊🏾Normani
    ✊🏾Jazmine Sullivan
    ✊🏾Jennifer Hudson
    ✊🏾Ciara
    ✊🏾Kelly Rowland
    ✊🏾Solange

    2.) TOP 50 BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS GRAMMY WINNERS

    Happy BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS and Black Music Month 2026 Hump Day.

    3.) TOP 50 BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS GRAMMY WINNERS

    Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler,  Baby!!!

    -CCG

    📸 & 📜 via XTwitter

  • DAILY PROMPT – ME Being HONEST With 20 y/o ME!!!

    What is something you wish you could tell your 20-year-old self?

    Good Monday Night, or; Tuesday Morning (depending on Time Zone, AND; how YOU feel about TIME)!!!

    Something I wish I could tell my 20 y/o self is SO D4MN MUCH.

    1. Make PRAYER an active part of your Daily Routine
    2. LOVE is BOTH Noun, and; Verb
    3. Be Quick to Forgive, Slow to Anger, but; Consistent with Boundaries
    4. Lying NEVER Solves ANY Problem, or; makes ANYTHING Less Complicated
    5. PRIORITIZE Taking Care of Your Health.  You WILL thank YOURSELF
    6. If YOU treat your WOMAN Right, I promise; She WILL Treat You even BETTER
    7. UGLY BLACK WOMEN do NOT Exist
    8. Read More, Study Harder, Learn Forever
    9. Honor your Father, your Mother, Sister,  and; Brother
    10. People often LAUGH at that which is UNFAMILIAR, or; which they CAN’T/ DON’T/ WONT Understand. DON’T be PEOPLE

    NOW; What do YOU Wish you could Tell YOUR 20 y/o Self???

    I AM curious to know.

    I Love You!!!

    – CCG

    PEXELS

  • WU-TANG At MSG For NBA Finals 2026!!!

    Good Monday Night!!!

    WU-TANG CLAN At MSG For NBA Finals 2026

    CONGRATULATIONS to New York Knicks for Saturday, June 13, defeating San Antonio Spurs w/ final score 94 – 90, defending home turf Madison Square Garden (MSG), winning Game 5 of the Best-of-7 NBA Championship Series, and; CAPTURING the NBA Finals 2026 within 5 games, 4- 1.

    Finally ending 53 YEARS of drought between World Titles, they now OFFICIALLY are the NBA World Championship 2026 New York Knicks!!!

    However; for the SECOND consecutive game, Wednesday, June 10, Commish
    Adam Silver and the NBA brought HipHop to the NBA Finals ’26.

    For the FIRST time; ALL 8 surviving ORIGINAL members RockNRollHallofFame – Class of 2026, Wu-Tang Clan, showed-up, showed-off, showed-out, at MSG
    in NYC, for TheFinals2026, Game 4.

    2.) WU-TANG CLAN At MSG For NBA Finals 2026

    The WU appearance was a part of their farewell tour, Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber. They brought the ruckus with a medley of some of their HARDEST hitters –
    Bring the Rukus, C.R.E.AM., Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nothin’ to F* With, and,  M-E-T-H-O-D MAN (CCG’s personal WU favorite).

    Happy NBA Finals WU Black Music Month 2026 Monday Night, Y’all.

    Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler,  Folks ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🎼🎵🎶🎵🎶🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯💯

    – CCG

    📸 & 📹 via XTwitter

  • CARDI B At MSG For NBA Finals 2026!!!

    Good Friday Evening!!!

    Monday,  June 8, the NBA brought HipHop to MSG for NBA Finals 2026.

    CARDI B At MSG For NBA Finals 2026

    A special halftime performance had Washington Heights, New York City, NY, native rapper-singer-songwriter Cardi B to LIGHT-UP Madison Square Garden (MSG) for Game 3 of Finals 2026 Series – New York Knicks vs San Antonio Spurs.

    Accompanied by the New York Knicks Dancers, Cardi B performed TWO of her BIGGEST Bangers, Bodak Yellow, and Bodega Baddie.

    2.) CARDI B At MSG For NBA Finals 2026

    Happy Black Music Month 2026 NBA Finals Friday, Everyone!!!

    Cardi B & son Wave, w/ NBA Commsh Adam Silver @ MSG 4 NBA Finals 2026, Gm 3

    Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler, Baby ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🎼🎵🎶🎵🎶💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯💯

    -CCG

    📸 and 📹 via XTwitter

  • WEDNESDAY NIGHT INSPIRATION!!!

    – CCG

    HOLY BIBLE

  • TIFFANY HADDISH Covers SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SWIMSUIT ISSUE 2026!!!

    Good Wednesday Evening!!!

    Los Angeles, CA born-and-raised comedian/ actor/ author Tiffany Haddish was interviewed by Bethany Heitman, and photographed by James Macari, as cover story for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 2026.

    I Love You.

    Happy SI Swim 2026, and; Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler,  my Fam!!!

    – CCG

    📸 via SISwim

  • NETFLIX – A GREAT DAY In HOLLYWOOD!!!

    Good Monday Morning!!!

    Historic color photograph, A Great Day in Hollywood AGDIHW (top and bottom photos), was curated and shot by photographer/ filmmaker Kwaku Alston, and; based on TWO previous, legendary, black-and-white photos shot at the SAME location, but; 40 YEARS apart.

    AGDIHW was released in time for BETAwards2018, and; served as launch vehicle for STRONG BLACK LEAD (SBL), a NEW initiative from NETFLIX.

    NETFLIX: SBL celebrates its BLACK creators, directors, showrunners, and and actors.

    ONE singular image captures 47 BLACK Creatives standing shoulder-to-shoulder, signifying a shift toward GREATER industry opportunities for Black Hollywood.

    Subsequently,  NETFLIX used AGDIHW as inspiration for a 1-minute TV campaign narrated by STRANGER THINGS star Caleb McLaughlin, and,  directed by Lacey Duke.

    B&W photo, A Great Day in Harlem (AGDIH), was shot April 12, 1958, for ESQUIRE Magazine, by freelance photog Art Kane.

    The Greatest Day In Hip Hop History (TGDIHHH) was taken September 1958, for XXL Magazine, by genius multihyphenate Gordon Parks.

    Both AGDIH and TGDIHHH were photographed on the front stoop at 17 East 126th Street, Harlem, NYC, NY (b&w below).

    AGDIHW (left half ⬆️, right half ⬇️) was done on a New York City-lookalike backlot at Universal Studios, Hollywood, LA, CA.

    – CCG

    📸 via XTwitter, Google

  • I LOVE 2 EAT – CUTTER’S JAMAICAN RESTAURANT!!!

    Good Sunday Evening!!!

    SundayNightDinner (05.31.2026) was CuttersVeggiePlate (choice of FOUR sides) – clockwise from top left; fried plantain, cornbread,  cabbage, and, rice and peas, + added SpinachPattie, from CuttersJamaicanRestaurant, 555 Georgia Highway 138, Riverdale, GA 30274.

    Bon Appétit,  and Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler,  Baby!!!

    – CCG

  • FLASHBACK FRIDAY- WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE BIOPIC FILM Based On A MUSICAL ARTIST???

    Good Friday Evening!!!

    POLL:

    What is your FAVORITE Biopic Film based on the TRUE LIFE experiences of a Musical Artist?

    You ONLY need mention ONE film, and; ANY biopic film(s) of your choosing.

    Here are my TOP 5 (alphabetical listing):

    1. DREAMGIRLS (2006)

    Based on true story of legendary singing trio The Supremes, and,  beginnings of Motown Records

    2. GET ON UP (2014)

    Based on life story of singer-showstopper James Brown a.k.a. “the Godfather of Soul,” a.k.a “Mr. Dynamite,” aka “the Hardest Working Man inShow Business”

    3. RAY (2004)


    Based on pianist-singer-songwriter Ray Charles, whose rendition of song”Georgia On My Mind,” written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell, is now the State of Georgia OFFICIAL State Song

    4. WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT (1993)

    Based on story of singer Anna Mae Bullock who transformed into Tina Turner a.k.a. “Queen of Rock & Roll “

    5. WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE (1998)

    Based on story of 14-year-old singer Frankie Lymon, who helped form and shot to fame as lead singer of group, “The Teenagers,” was married THREE times, and; tragically died destitute at age 25

    What’s YOUR favorite of ANY biopic based on true life of a musical artist???

    Happy Black Music Month 2026 Flashback Friday, Y’all.

    I Love You.

    Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler,  Baby!!!

    – CCG

    ALL 📸 via XTwitter

  • WEDNESDAY NIGHT INSPIRATION!!!

    -CCG