*TV One’s award-winning “Unsung” series will highlight R&B singer Avant on Sunday, April 8, and the Cleveland native tells EUR/Electronic Urban Report that the episode also “shines a good light on the ...

Clarence Avant, whose decades of trailblazing work as an artist manager, mentor, executive and record label owner earned him the title of “Godfather of Black Music,” died Sunday at his home in Los ...

After releasing four albums via Geffen, R&B singer Avant has signed a new deal with Capitol Records. He will release his Capitol debut next summer. By Mariel Concepcion, Billboard, The Associated ...

Clarence Avant, the influential music industry veteran and record producer known as “the Black Godfather,” was saluted Monday as a savvy dealmaker whose wisdom and compassion influenced generations of ...

Is it accurate to say that the good old days of R&B are gone? The music industry has undoubtedly undergone a transition that has affected all music genres, but R&B is feeling every jab.

The quintessential guy-behind-the-guy, Clarence Avant has spent his half-century career in the music business staying circumspectly out of the spotlight. It’s unlikely that many outside of the ...

Jacqueline Avant, the wife of legendary music executive Clarence Avant, was killed in an apparent home invasion in Beverly Hills early Wednesday Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at ...

In mid-March 2019, a rumor began to circulate on social media holding that R&B singer Myron Avant had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and had only six months to live. This unfounded gossip, ...

Clarence Avant, the executive and businessman known as "The Black Godfather" of music and entertainment, died Sunday at 92. Avant died at his Los Angeles home, his son Alex Avant, daughter Nicole ...

LOS ANGELES - Clarence Avant, known as the "Godfather of Black Music," has passed away at the age of 92. The music genius is credited for launching the careers of fellow music legends Quincy Jones, ...

NEW YORK — Clarence Avant, the judicious manager, entrepreneur, facilitator and adviser who helped launch or guide the careers of Quincy Jones, Bill Withers and many others and came to be known as ...