{"id":2224530,"date":"2026-01-06T17:10:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2224530"},"modified":"2026-01-06T17:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:10:36","slug":"honoring-roberta-flacks-legacy-despite-bias-in-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/honoring-roberta-flacks-legacy-despite-bias-in-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring Roberta Flack\u2019s Legacy, Despite Bias in Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"site-content\">\n<div>\n<p aria-live=\"assertive\" class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">new video loaded: <!-- -->Honoring Roberta Flack\u2019s Legacy, Despite Bias in Music<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"video-header\">\n<header class=\"css-jgknzh\">\n<div class=\"css-1gn3fip\">\n<div class=\"css-vabf4\">\n<div class=\"css-1331l0f\"><nyt-betamax class=\"css-wkvudm\"><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/player-0.2.12-BFNcGY1P.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><nyt-betamax-cover><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/cover-0.2.12-eTrf0IGY.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><nyt-betamax-poster><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/poster-0.2.12-BdueiXaE.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-poster><\/nyt-betamax-cover><nyt-betamax-overlay-controls><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/overlay-controls-0.2.12-DTyJF-yz.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/scrubber-0.2.12-allGBXvP.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-overlay-controls><nyt-betamax-ads><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/ads-0.2.12-C_YVzzUG.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-ads><\/nyt-betamax><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1r2245g\"><span class=\"css-hple31\">The luminary musician Roberta Flack was not in the 2004 edition of \u201cThe Rolling Stone Album Guide.\u201d But on this episode of \u201cCannonball,\u201d Wesley Morris, the host, makes the case for why she would be in an edition released today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Cannonball With Wesley Morris<\/p>\n<p>January 6, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nytimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>new video loaded: Honoring Roberta Flack\u2019s Legacy, Despite Bias in Music The luminary musician Roberta Flack was not in the 2004 edition of \u201cThe Rolling Stone Album Guide.\u201d But on this episode of \u201cCannonball,\u201d Wesley Morris, the host, makes the case for why she would be in an edition released today. 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