As he took in a recent screening of a new documentary on the making of “We Are the World,” Lionel Richie found himself — even now, four decades after the all-star charity single was released — gripped ...

"I always used to tease Michael and Prince and Whitney," says Lionel Richie. "'You guys are the hares, I'm the tortoise.'" (Erik Carter / For The Times) Late-COVID, late-winter Las Vegas. The Strip, ...

Lionel Richie has been very emotional lately, but he wants to reassure everyone that he’s okay. According to Richie, it’s just been a heady experience to look back nearly 40 years and relive all the ...

Lionel Richie first got into music in the late 1960s when he was a student at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama where he grew up. He played in several R&B bands before joining the group The Commodores ...

Lionel Richie has serenaded people for decades with his timeless music and entertained them with his electrifying presence both on and off stage. Before he became the Grammy-winning musician that fans ...

"In Tuskegee, if you met someone at a party, all you had to say was, 'I’m married,' and the woman would be, 'Oh, sorry, I didn’t know', and back away," he describes in his memoir "When I was getting ...

Men’s Journal aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. In a music career that has spanned nearly 60 years, Lionel ...

The singer recalled longing to be part of the civil rights movement in his youth. Richie's parents forbade him from participating in the movement because they didn't want him to become "stuck in our ...

“American Idol” contestant, Sam Finelli never thought he would land himself a spot auditioning for the show, as he told judges “I kind of shy away from singing with people.” But Finelli, who was ...

"How do you physically move a tragedy that is exploding in front of you?" Richie said of the incident between his then-wife Brenda Harvey and the woman he was dating at the time, Diane Alexander -- ...