Nina simone’s influence on hip hop is bigger than most people realize. Her emotional delivery, protest themes, and powerful ...

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I’m Mark Rapp, and this is Rapp on Jazz. Nina Simone was a singer, pianist, and force of nature. Born in Tryon, North Carolina, in 1933, she was classically trained but fused jazz, blues, gospel, and ...

Simone Biles was ecstatic over the Chicago Bears’ win over the Green Bay Packers on Saturday, Dec. 20. The game went into overtime, which ended with Caleb Williams throwing a 46-yard touchdown pass to ...

Nina Simone’s childhood home in Tryon, North Carolina has been restored. As of late 2025, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund announced it completed restorations of the house, helping ...

Simone Biles is facing backlash for buying her new puppy from a breeder after the dog underwent a controversial cosmetic procedure. Biles, 28, and her husband, Chicago Bears star Jonathan Owens, were ...

While Nina Simone’s legacy echoes through her music, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is preserving the physical space that helped shape the iconic singer’s life and artistry—her ...

TRYON—On Wednesday, December 10, a special presentation took place at Tryon Town Hall as artist Joey Withinarts gifted an oil pastel portrait of Nina Simone to her brother, Dr. Sam Waymon, and the ...

6 of 8 — Eunice Kathleen Waymon, a.k.a. Nina Simone, at age 8, photographed at the Tryon Cemetery in Tryon The childhood home of Nina Simone in Tryon has now been fully restored, but it is not yet ...

1 of 8 — 1. Front angle w Street Sign_crMorganForde.JPG The childhood home of Nina Simone in Tryon has now been fully restored, but it is not yet open to the public, according to a recent news release ...

Simone Biles graced her presence at many Green Bay Packers games when her husband, Jonathan Owens, was on the team for a year in 2023. The Olympic gold medalist gymnast's game day fits always earned a ...