Musician and doula Domino Kirke, who shares a son with Penn Badgley, announced 'The Most Familiar Star' and single 'It's Not ...

James Weldon Johnson initially wrote it as a poem a year earlier, and his brother John Rosamond Johnson composed the music.

Before LaFace Records and So So Def Recordings, there was Black Swan Records, a record company by Georgian Harry Pace that released music by Black artists for Black listeners.