Maya Angelou: poet, singer, dancer, painter, Grammy winner — and now, hip-hop artist. The new album Caged Bird Songs takes its title from Angelou's 1969 book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. One of ...

The New York Choral Society, New York's pioneering symphonic chorus that explores unique collaboration and dynamic repertory, announces their latest digital collaborative project, The Caged Bird Sings ...

"What are you looking at me for? I didn't come to stay…" With these words—from a poem that she stumbled over during a church recital—Maya Angelou opens her autobiography and conveys the diminished ...

In her lifetime, Maya Angelou released the 1957 LP Miss Calypso, joined Ashford & Simpson for 1996’s Been Found and won three Grammys, all for spoken-word releases. This May, she died at age 86, but ...

Oprah Winfrey is co-producing a video for one of the tracks, “Harlem Hopscotch,” that will premiere later this month on OWN By Gail Mitchell, Billboard Maya Angelou 1996 - H 2014 Released by Smooch ...

Amanda Gorman made history during Wednesday’s inauguration ceremonies when she became the youngest poet to take the stage to recite her poem “The Hill We Climb.” King explained, “Maya [Angelou] did ...