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Sweetest Day

October 16, 2025

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D'Angelo performs at The Apollo Theater on February 27, 2021, in New York City.Shahar Azran/Getty Images

Use tonight to prepare for ‘the sweetest’ holiday ever on The Message!

This Saturday is ‘Sweetest Day’ and that’s why you’ll hear sweet messages and music from some of R&B’s most legendary artists. Including Moses Sumney, Mariah The Scientist, and of course D'Angelo. D’Angelo took the R&B music scene by storm in the mid 90s and we will show love and say goodbye to one of R&B brightest stars.

You’ll also learn who’s making sweetness in the studio! I’ll confirm the rumors about which hip-hop and R&B musicians you need to be watching int he coming weeks! And I have a surprise for any and everybody who’s a fan of, listened to, or supported this show in the last 8 years of existence! So you better pull up and be there at the beginning of the show or you gon’ miss the news!

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Anita Baker performing on NBC — Singer Anita Baker performs on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on June 9, 2003, at the NBC Studios, in Burbank, California.
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Moses Sumney poses at red carpet — Ghanaian-US singer and actor Moses Sumney poses during a photocall for the tv series "The Idol" on the sidelines of the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 23, 2023.
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woman on stage holding a mic out to the crowd — Mariah the Scientist performs onstage at Le Bataclan on February 14, 2024 in Paris, France.
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