Z, Blige, Faith, At Bad Boy Reunion Led By Harlem’s Combs

Before Sean Combs founded Bad Boy Records, the defining New York rap label of the 1990s, he was an intern and then an A&R executive at Uptown Records, transforming the label with a brash and forward-looking hip-hop-influenced take on R&B. PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus Samuelsson Hosts “Community Conversation” At Harlem’s Red Rooster by Glenn Hunter.

Sam Smith And Mary J Sing ‘Stay With Me’ At The Apollo

Sam Smith has been making a lot of his dreams come true. The British soul singer took over the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York, on Tuesday, June 17th, 2014, the same day his In The Lonely Hour album was released. PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus Samuelsson Hosts “Community Conversation” At Harlem’s Red Rooster by Glenn Hunter.

Interview: Apollo Theatre Employee Mary Flowers

Mary Flowers Harlem World Magazine celebrates Black Music Month with Mary Flowers, who has worked at the World Famous Apollo Theater since the mid- 1980’s. PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus Samuelsson Hosts “Community Conversation” At Harlem’s Red Rooster by Glenn Hunter.