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The music world lost a truly wonderful person in Mary Wilson. She passed away suddenly at her home in Henderson, Nevada recently at the age of 76.
Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
The former Michigan State Fairgrounds is in for an industrial transformation. In a 5-2 majority vote Tuesday, Detroit City Council officials approved plans to build an Amazon.com Inc. distribution center in place of the historic Michigan State Fairgrounds. City Council members James Tate, Janeé Ayers, André Spivey, Scott Benson, Gabe Leland and Roy McCalister were … Continued
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Berry Gordy Jr. is the founder of Motown Records, the first black owned music label in the U.S. He was born on November 28, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan to Berry Gordy, Sr. and Bertha Fuller Gordy. He had seven other siblings and was the seventh of his eight siblings. He is a descendent of a white farm owner from Georgia and his slave Esther Johnson. He is also related to the former U.S. president Jimmy Carter on his mother’s side. Berry’s siblings were all successfully established but he chose to drop out of high school in 11th grade in order to train as a professional boxer. In 1950, he was drafted by the U.S. Army to serve in the Korean War.
He returned from the war in 1953 and got married to Thelma Coleman the same year. His interest in music piqued around this time, and he opened up a record store by the name of 3-D Record Mart. He also started writing songs with his sister Gwen. The store did not take off so Gordy sought a job at an automotive plant. He then got in touch with the owner of a talent club known as the Flame Show Bar, which is where he chanced to meet the singer Jackie Wilson. In 1957, Wilson sang a track co-written by Gordy and his sister. It was called “Reet Petite” and was successful in the U.S. as well as the U.K. Over the next two years, Gordy continued to write hit songs for Wilson and others, including “Lonely Teardrops” and “All I Could Do Was Cry”.
He established his first record company, known as Tamla Records, along with another label called Motown. He discovered a fledgling young band called “The Miracles” who became hugely successful recording artists under the Motown umbrella. As songs under the label started getting more and more success, Berry Gordy’s reputation in the industry began to grow. The Miracles, for instance, recorded back to back hits such as “Bad Girl” and “Money (That’s What I Want)”. He then signed on an unknown singer by the name of Mary Wells, whom he helped to develop into a star. Gordy also signed on the acclaimed songwriter “Smokey Robinson” and a wide
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LONDON, (Reuters) - Mary Wilson, a founding member of The Supremes, has died at the age of 76, her publicist has said.
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Daniel Cormier was so successful in mixed martial arts, he made you forget that he wrestled for the U.S. in...
In the latest powerful testament to his wide-ranging coalition of support from prominent local elected officials in his re-election campaign for Assembly District 59, today California State Assemblyman and Founder of the California Progressive Caucus Reggie Jones-Sawyer earned a highly-coveted endorsement from U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters.
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The virtual event is aptly called Voters Assemble! goes down on Tuesday (Oct.19) at 3:45 PM PT / 6:45 PM ET and to attend, all you have to do is donate any amount to help the Biden/Harris presidential ticket defeat our dumb version of Thanos, aka Donald Trump.
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The Rams defense played great. That’s the only positive takeaway from the 28-17 defeat handed by the Miami Dolphins.
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His infamous face bandages also made a cameo appearance.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs, 50, began his career as a newspaper vendor at the age of 12. “Since then, I’ve always understood that if I give the customers my best and service them differently, whether music, clothing or vodka, I’ll get a return on my hard work,” he told Forbes. Today, Diddy is worth close to...
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By Marc Morial In 1996, California banned affirmative action by passing Proposition 209. Since then, the business community has struggled...
Shauwn Mkhize has bagged the Honorary Woman of the Year award at the Hollywood and African Prestigious Awards.
Calling Joe Biden his “brother,” Barack Obama on Saturday accused Donald Trump of failing to take the coronavirus pandemic and the presidency seriously as Democrats leaned on America's first Black president to energize Black voters in battleground Michigan on the final weekend of the 2020 campaign. Obama, the 44th president, and Biden, his vice president […]
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And while Ross is not a part of the community—as far as we know—as a heterosexual, cisgender Black woman she still faced some backlash for recording and eventually releasing the song.
Recently, during an interview with Yahoo Music, songwriter and producer Nile Rodgers, who was responsible for creating the song, said that Ross, who has become an icon in the LGBTQ+ community, would suffer career ruin if she allowed the song to come out.
Rodgers said he was inspired to write the song after visiting a nightclub where he saw drag queens dressed as Ross.
If I write a song for Diana Ross and talk about a disenfranchised part of her fan base and sort of make it for them, this would be an important record…No one thinks of Diana Ross necessarily on the frontlines of this, but (the gay) community and her (gay) fans love her and idolize her.
Crocker believed the songs on her album Diana were so personal that her audience might believe the song was autobiographical.
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The Atlanta City Council voted to rename the airport Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, to honor Maynard Jackson, 2003
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The 58-year-old African-American, who grew up in the …
