Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul, is the voice of the African Diaspora. Independent of her shining career of hits, she has the singular ability to create mind-bending, transcendent events with her ...

GENIUS: ARETHA, the third installment of National Geographic’s Emmy-nominated anthology series, will officially air Sunday, March 21 at 9/8c. The highly-anticipated series starring Cynthia Erivo was ...

National Geographic’s forthcoming Aretha Franklin biopic is set for a multi-city world premiere this week, and of course it would be remiss to not include Franklin’s hometown. National Geographic’s ...

*The third season of National Geographic’s “Genius” focuses on the utterly talented, singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist, Aretha Franklin. Aretha will be portrayed by Emmy Award, ...

When she started preparing for the National Geographic series “Genius: Aretha,” showrunner Suzan-Lori Parks did what one often does before tackling a biographical project: She crammed. Her approach ...

The glow that comes to Cynthia Erivo's face as she discusses her new project, "Genius: Aretha," is evidence of how she feels about stepping into the shoes — and voice — of music legend Aretha Franklin ...

Audiences can rest easy knowing that Raphael Saadiq has been tapped as an executive producer of National Geographic’s Genius: Aretha. Aretha follows the late Aretha Franklin’s days as a young gifted ...

*Malcolm Barrett is speaking out about his portrayal of Aretha Franklin’s ex-husband Ted White in National Geographic’s “Genius: Aretha” series. Speaking to ESSENCE about the limited series, Barrett ...

"Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin, played by Cynthia Erivo, performing on stage in National Geographic’s GENIUS: ARETHA.

National Geographic’s “Genius” series set out to present untold stories about some of the world’s brilliant thinkers, artists and doers. Its latest subject is Aretha Franklin, one of the greatest song ...