#sayitloudapollo

#Repost @apollotheater with @get_repost ・・・ What a night!! Moments from Saturday’s historic #SAYITLOUDAPOLLO celebrating the enduring legacy of #JamesBrown’s #SayItLoud✊🏾Our thanks to the @jamesbrownfamilyfdn @real_sharpton @chrmcbride @stokleyofficial @mrleefields @averysunshine @nonahendryx @l.i.s.a.f.i.s.c.h.e.r, original JB band members Fred Wesley, Pee Wee Ellis, Mousey Thompson and all the many musicians who made the night magical. #soul #music #musicians #history #legends #funk #rnb #civilrights @keithanthonyfluitt @tawathaagee @gabo_lugo @katbeast2012 (at Apollo Theater) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpRkNE3nUc3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=126qwa1y3fxno

Last night (I hope you checked out my IG stories) I felt like I was baptized in the sea of #BlackExcellence Pastor @chrmcbride summoned all the angels to sing. Lee Fields, Lisa Fischer, Nona Hendryx, Avery Sunshine and Stokley Williams. The other angels came with their horns Fred Wesley & Pee Wee Ellis (from James Brown band). The other angels played their instruments. Reverend Al Sharpton read from the book of James Brown. All I know is that when they were done with my baptism, I jumped up and start shouting in the temple of the @apollotheater “I’M BLACK AND I’M PROUD!!” What a night! Thank you to Christian McBride, Laura Greer and Kamilah Forbes for an amazing, empowering, uplifting, inspiring evening. I walked away reminded of who I am and what I’m made of. Thank you! This is the way you kick off a season!! Shout out to the daughters of James Brown who shared the family’s greetings and @lovejonespr Fatima Jones for just being a badass! Check out my IG Stories for clips. And keep your eye on Apollo events. #LiveEvents #Apollo #SayitloudApollo #JamesBrown #ancestorsspeak #FeedYourSoul (swipe for videos) (at Apollo Theater) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpM8I4qF7BC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1c6n8ac544yam

By 1968, Brown was an international star and box office draw that called the shots. At the Apollo, Brown and his orchestra and revue were filmed for a television special, Man to Man. His early nickname was “Mr. Dynamite” and his reputation as “The Hardest Working Man In Show Business” made him very wealthy. His entrepreneurial sense was as well developed as his performance ability. He used his money to purchase businesses that included the radio station at which he shined shoes when he was a youth. When he purchased another station in Knoxville, Tennessee, he changed the call letters from WGYW to WJBE.

African-American people expressed rage and pain over the killing of the “King of Love.” Nina Simone’s “Why the King of Love Is Dead” expressed these feelings. Like Brown, she used her music to help improve the lives of her people.

Featuring Guest DJs (L-R): DJ KS 360 , DJ LiKWUiD, and DJ MamaSoul

Kwame Ture - Black Power