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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Twenty-five years after his murder, Jamaica's government on Monday honored the contributions of firebrand reggae musician and songwriter Peter Tosh, one of the Caribbean island's musical giants. Tosh's daughter Niambe, an educator from Boston, Massachusetts, received the posthumous "order of merit" – the country's third highest honor – on behalf of […]
Cee Lo Green has had a pretty unlikely career thus far. He’s gone from the vocalist for Goodie Mob, a rap group that was critically acclaimed but never a sales force, to an international superstar with several big hits to his name and a prominent judging spot on “The Voice.” Now Cee Lo’s really doing […]
Publishers of Ray Charles’ “Georgia on My Mind” won a lawsuit against LiveUniverse, Inc. for posting the lyrics of the song online. Founded by Brad Greenspan, a co-founder of Myspace, LiveUniverse has to cough up $6.6 million to Warner Chappell Music, Peermusic, and Bug Music for copyright infringement. The Hollywood Reporter says that on Tuesday, […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Hudson embodied the look of one of her idols, Whitney Houston, during a tribute to the late singer put on by Grammy organizers. Rocking a pompadour and glittery jacket reminiscent of Houston's stage costumes from the 1980s, Hudson belted out a medley of Houston's hits Thursday at the Nokia Theatre […]
With the launch of a new perfume, world tour and reality show, it is simply amazing that the pop princess better known as Rihanna, has time to breath, let alone finish an album. But, in true bad girl fashion, Rihanna has pulled it off and done so in stunning fashion. The Bajan beauty leaked her […]
Wow, who knew Kevin hart could sing? Answer: no one. But in a new YouTube video, the funny man does some belting that’ll have hearts melting from coast to coast. At least we think it’s him sounding like a real bonafide singing soul man … that is until the camera pulls back and we see […]
For the last concert of Jay-Z’s eight-night run at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, not only did the rapper allow the show to be live-streamed (via his new Life and Times YouTube channel), but he brought out the wife, Beyonce Knowles. “I’m so proud to be here,” said Beyonce as part of her “Diva”-“Crazy In Love” medley […]
Click Here to watch her performance! Angie Stone is a real soul sister, but she got her first big record as a hip-hop artist. It just goes to show you how versatile the singer/songwriter/actress really is. Stone has made several gorgeous records and despite the dearth of real singers on the charts, her career remains […]
Will you buy Alicia Keys’s next album “Girl On Fire?” Or do you resent her for dating and then marrying and having a child with Kaseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean, who when they met, was still married to Mashonda Tifrere, his first wife (and mother to his second of four children, including his son with Alicia)? […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A piano used by Stevie Wonder when he was a student in Michigan has been loaned to the Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind in Louisville, Ky., and will be on display starting next week. The 1922 Steinway grand piano was long used by students at the Michigan […]
Click here to listen to the TJMS tribute to Frank Wilson. DUARTE, Calif. (AP) — Motown record producer and songwriter Frank Wilson, who worked with the Supremes, the Temptations and Marvin Gaye, has died in Southern California at 71. Daughter Tracey Stein tells the Los Angeles Times that Wilson died of lung infection complications on […]
The huge Calabasas, Calif. mansion once used by the late Eazy-E to throw wild, all-night parties was foreclosed on earlier this year because his widow allegedly stopped making payments, reports TMZ. The property saw much action back in the early 90s as the rapper’s go-to party spot for entourage members and women, according to the […]
