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Garry Shider, the musical director for George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic band known for wearing a diaper on stage, died June 16th at the age of 56.
Usher’s ex-wife Tameka Raymond recently sat down with Vibe.com and as we expected, the conversation steered towards Usher. Check out an excerpt of the interview here!
June 15, 2010 marks the 41st birthday of O’Shea “Ice Cube” Jackson, one of the best MCs to ever touch a microphone.
It was a great evening on Broadway for Atlanta director Kenny Leon as 'Fences' actors Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, 'Fela!'s Bill T. Jones and the musical 'Memphis' were among the big winners at the 64th Annual Tony Awards in New York City.
MoShay LaRen of Philly's 107.9 WRNB spoke with singer Raheem Devaughn at the Soul Beach Music Festival in Aruba to get some clarity on his alleged beef with Lyfe Jennings. The Atlanta-based singer admitted that he isn't sure how everything escalated but revealed that the two R&B singers will actually be touring together in the near future.
As we previously reported, Atlanta's own Monica sang the National Anthem at Game 3 of the NBA Finals in Boston Tuesday night. "I was so nervous but all the encouragement from u guys helped a ton," Monica said via her Twitter account.
Disturbing Tha Peace hosted a music showcase in Atlanta this week called Live on the Park. Several celebrities were in attendance, including Ne-Yo, Algebra and DTP's own Chaka Zulu. Check out the photos here.
Singers Maxwell and Jill Scott have a few things in common. Both were pioneers of the musical movement known as neo-soul, both later spent some time out of the spotlight, and they've even shared band members, but only recently have the two popular singers shared the stage. They perform at Philips Arena this Saturday!
Marvin Isley, legendary bassist for the R&B/funk-infused group the Isley Brothers. died Sunday night in Chicago at the age of 56.
On August 3, 1983, Prince played a benefit concert at First Avenue, the Minneapolis club he would immortalize a year later in his film Purple Rain. That same night, Prince debuted several new songs that would appear on the soundtrack to that film. When the Purple Rain album was released, three of the performances from […]
With the increasing number of films aimed towards black audiences in the early 1970s, filmmakers realized that they couldn’t turn to Henry Mancini to provide the musical backdrops for these movies.
