Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new documentary Little Richard: I Am Everything recounts the life story of the pioneering rock icon. (Photos courtesy of Getty ...

Filmmaker Lisa Cortés believes that if deacon’s-son-turned-rock-legend Little Richard had been whispering anything in her ear while she was making her documentary “Little Richard: I Am Everything,” it ...

Little Richard is a legendary rocker, who died in May 2020. He had one son Danny Jones Penniman, who he adopted with his ex-wife Ernestine Harvin. Danny continued working with his dad during the ...

Little Richard lived a vibrant life. The late rock and roll legend struggled with being a queer Black man in the Jim Crow era South and failed to earn the recognition he believed he deserved as one of ...

A documentary traces Little Richard's life and career, from his gender-bending early days on America's Chitlin' Circuit of R&B clubs to his stardom as an early rock pioneer. A music legend gets a ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The CNN Film “Little Richard: I Am Everything” tells the story of rock ‘n’ roll’s Black, queer origins. It illustrates clearly just how the revolutionary pop icon’s career laid the ...

'Little Richard: I Am Everything' is set to be directed by Lisa Cortés and produced by Dee Rees. By Abid Rahman International Editor, Digital CNN Films and HBO Max have commissioned a documentary ...

In his 1958 classic “Good Golly, Miss Molly,” Little Richard wailed about a bad girl who “sure like to ball.” But no doubt — it was the late rock legend who was a sex fiend himself. “I had all these ...

The Columbusing of Black excellence by white opportunists has long been prevalent in popular culture — never more so than in the realm of music, where everything from Elvis’ hip-shaking to Miley’s ...

(CNN) — When Little Richard performed, he didn’t just sing and dance — he howled, commanding the stage like a peacock on display. His live show became legend, as an unceasingly energetic Richard ...