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 ...

The life of the late, great Aretha Franklin is featured in the latest installment of the Nat Geo limited series, "Genius." Cynthia Erivo takes on the role of the singer known as The Queen of Soul.

*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, ...

*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 ...

Cynthia Erivo’s long-teased portrayal of Aretha Franklin will finally hit your TV screen in March. NatGeo has announced a Sunday, March 21 premiere date for Genius: Aretha, with episodes airing at 9 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — National Geographic has ...

The first image of Cynthia Erivo as musical phenomenon Aretha Franklin has arrived. The Harriet star, 32, completes her transformation as the Queen of Soul in the first look for National Geographic’s ...

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 ...