Summary: “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin celebrates Black Music Month with exclusive interviews from the set of the James Brown biopic Get On Up. Chadwick Boesman, Aleo Blacc, and Octavia Spencer discuss the highly anticipated movie chronicling the life of the Godfather of Soul. Erica Campbell joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to talk about her new album, titled Help and addressed the controversy in the Christian community around her fashions. “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin celebrates Black Music Month with Hip Hop legends Chuck D,Monie Love and Doug E. Fresh. Can Hip Hop be used as an agent for social change in the African-American community? Our panel of Hip-Hop pioneers share their views on this subject and more. Whenever a music artist visits “NewsOne Now,” Roland Martin always challenges them to sing a little sumpin’ sumpin’. Check out the a capella musical stylings of Eric Benet, Wintley Phipps, Erica Campbell, R&B Divas Syleena Johnson, Angie Stone and Lil’ Mo. As Martin would say, it’s time to bring the funk! All that and more in this special edition of the NewsOne Now Audio Podcast. Be sure to listen to “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin, weekdays at 7 a.m. EST and watch at 9 a.m. EST on TV One.
