<![CDATA[MMF Celebrates Black History in Music, Feb. 21]]>On February 21, 1990, Living Colour, became the first all African American band to win in the category for Best Hard Rock Performance for their song, ‘Cult of Personality’ at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards.

They also won the following year in the same category for their song, ‘Time’s Up.’

Living Colour is a NYC band made up of Vernon Reid, Corey Glover, Muzz Skillings, and Will Calhoun. Dough Wimbish would later replace Skillings. Their debut, Vivid was released in May of 1988 peaking at #6 on the Billboard 200. It’s second album, Times Up, was released in 1990 and peaked at #13 on the Billboard 200.

‘Cult of Personality’ is well known among WWE fans with wrestler CM Punk using their song for his intro since 2011. They also performed live for his Wrestlemania 29 entrance.

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