Isaac Hayes, Janet Jackson, Patti LaBelle, L.A. Reid, Snoop Dogg, The Jacksons, Busta Rhymes, Lil Wayne, and more. Throughout his career, the crooner has received 63 BMI Awards, won Song of the ...

Isaac Hayes died in 2008 at the age of 65. He co-wrote Sam & Dave’s classic hits Soul Man and Hold On I’m Coming, and won an Academy Award in 1972 for Best Original Song for the Theme From Shaft.

Isaac Hayes’s “Theme from Shaft”—and its rat-a-tat, sixteenth-note high-hat cymbals—hung out on the pop charts for three months before winning the Academy Award for Best Song the next year.

As a TikTok ban looms, Isaac Hayes III’s social media app, Fanbase, has gained traction with over $5.2 million secured through crowdfunding. Hayes, the son of legendary R&B singer Isaac Hayes ...