Black History Music Trivia

This Hip Hop legend and icon, Sean Carter is better known as...

James Brown is also known as this appropriate musical name

This trailblazer made AMP distortion feedback into music and politely stated..."excuse me while I kiss the sky"

This 1960s Motown Group's song "You Can't Hurry Love" was later covered in the 1980s by Phils Collins

Before he arrived here, he and his crew "started from the bottom"

Released posthumously, this Tupac song refers to issues such as racism, police brutality, drugs, and gang violence.

This 90s rap group informed us in the song C.R.E.A.M. that "Cash Rules Everything Around Me"

His 1993 debut album featured Snoop Dogg, later as a music mogul he discovered Eminem

This colossal music icon taught us how to spell "R.E.S.P.E.C.T." back in 1967

One of the most influential figures and developers of JAZZ his career spanned 5 decades

In his famous song he asked listeners to "remove yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds"

Name this GROUP

This artist let us know "he ain't no drag, papa's got a brand new bag"

Name this dance

In 1986 this hip hop group covered Aerosmith's "Walk this Way" and later joined the group in the iconic Rock Rap Video

This artist was the principal figure in the development of "The Blues" genre

This Barbadian singer is one of the best selling artists of all time with hits like "Rude Boy" and "Umbrella"

Name this famous voice

This artist asked you to party "All night long"

This famous Temptations song answered, "what makes me feel this way?"

This artist's song 'Superstition' topped charts in 1972, you should know it "the writing is on the wall"

In 2016, when asked "what it's like to be the best guitarist in the world?" Eric Clapton answered, "I don't know, ask__"

This star's greatest songs include "These Arms of Mine" and "(Sitting on) The Dock of the Bay

This song by Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five is considered to be one of the first mainstream rap songs,

Can't find this artist? You could likely find him "In da club"

This rap artist's 2018 "I Like It" topped billboards. So did her controversial 2020 song which we will NOT name.

This "Queen Bee" began as a member of the hip hop group "Destiny's Child"

This artist's song "Johnny B Goode" was performed by Michael J. Fox as he tried to get "Back to the Future"

This artist sang about "Purple Rain" and also told us what it sounds like "When Doves Cry"

Name this artist

Considered one of the best rappers in history, his debut album "Ready to Die" was the only one released in his lifetime.

This Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Inductee is best known for songs that include "Lean on Me" and "Ain't No Sunshine"

His best selling album, was #1 in the US and worldwide in 1983 and 1984

You thought you had problems? This artist rapped that he has "99 Problems"

This 90s artist song always reminds us that "This is how we do it"

His vocals entertained millions when he performed at this year's Super Bowl Halftime.

His 1960 hit "Georgia On My Mind" was the first of his three career #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

His song "Immortal" was featured in the 2018 Mortal Kombat 11 official release trailer

Pharrell Williams teamed with this electronic group in their top charting song "Get Lucky"

Her song (and album) "I will always love you" was #1 for 14 weeks and won her a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1994

His featured song "Uptown Funk" boasted "Don't believe me, just watch"