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Robert F. Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, Frank Baker and William Pickard Top List of Black Donors to HBCUs 

A recent Washington Post story found that Black Americans donate a higher share of their wealth than their white counterparts – to the tune of around $11 billion each year. Given their cultural and educational importance to the Black community, HBCUs are the repository of much of these donations with a number of household names – and some you may not know – making big-dollar contributions to these institutions.  

Emcee N.I.C.E. and Chani G Takes Christian Hip-Hop Global

Christian hip-hop broadcasts around the world and the credit goes to God for directing Emcee N.I.C.E. and Chantal “Chani G” Grayson to go global. As the owners of Internet radio station GH3radio, which stands for God’s House of Hip-Hop, millions of listeners across the U.S. and abroad hear scripture-based, hip-hop songs of praise, love and inspiration. The L.A.-based station’s popularity and superb production led to GH3’s 2019 Stellar Award nomination for Rap Hip-Hop Gospel Song of the Year and winning a Stellar for Internet Station of the Year. “We’re the first gospel hip-hop station in the history of the Stellars