Smallwood died at the age of 77 from complications of kidney failure on Tuesday, December 30, 2025.

Fans of legendary Congolese singer M’pongo Love will next week mark her 35th death anniversary. M’pongo is fondly remembered ...

In the early 1990s, long before petrol stations, supermarkets, and hardware stores reshaped the urban landscape, the area ...

In the early 1990s, long before petrol stations, supermarkets, and hardware stores reshaped the urban landscape, the area between what was then known as Rwandex and Mburabuturo pulsed with a distinct ...

Richard Smallwood, the eight-time Grammy-nominated, classically trained gospel composer and recording artist whose work reshaped contemporary gospel music, died Dec. 30 at age 77 from complications of ...

The gospel music world is mourning the loss of a giant. Richard Smallwood, the Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and composer whose music reshaped modern worship, has died at the age of 77. For ...

Eight-time Grammy-nominated gospel singer Richard Smallwood has died at 77 Richard Smallwood, a gospel singer and recording artist nominated eight times for Grammy Awards, has died. He was 77.

Richard Smallwood, the eight-time Grammy-nominated gospel singer and composer, has died. He was 77. A representative for Smallwood confirmed the "Total Praise" musician died on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at ...

Richard Smallwood, the Grammy-nominated gospel singer whose music has been covered by Destiny’s Child and Whitney Houston, has died. He was 77. A rep for Smallwood confirmed to Variety that he died of ...

Ahead of the full reveal on Dec. 9 – after the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream hosted by Druski – check out a pair of year-end Christian & gospel top 10s. By Keith Caulfield All of Billboard’s 2025 ...

There are only a handful of people alive today who participated in the formation of modern gospel music in Chicago during the 1930s and 1940s. Fewer still worked directly with the genre’s founding ...