LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stevie Wonder said the mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, isn’t seeing the full picture a month after an unarmed black 18-year-old was killed by a white police officer. “I don’t know if the mayor has blinders on,” Wonder said in an interview Wednesday. “But to say that he didn’t know that there […]
Stevie Wonder took a moment to salute the late Bobby Womack as he closed the Calling Festival in London, Sunday night. The Motown legend sent his condolences to Womack’s grieving family following his death last Friday at the age of 70, then, covered his track “If You Think You’re Lonely Now” at the music event […]
These famous folks all have something in common . . . an imperfection, a defect or deformity. Some noticeable, some not so much. The main thing they have in common is they never let it stand in the way of success.
You know the story: Stevie Wonder was born six weeks premature. This proved to be a big problem, because the blood vessels at the back…
Well shut your mouth and keep on talking! According to Okayplayer, Daft Punk is going to run the metaphorical tables on Grammy night with a…
Stevie Wonder has ended his eight-year album drought by announcing that 2014 will bring not just one, but two brand new albums filled with plenty of original material. The 63 year-old said that recent events in his life, such as his divorce from Karen Millard-Morris, had inspired him to head back into the recording studio. […]
For nearly 50 years, Maxine Powell served as a mentor to Motown’s greatest hit music stars: The Jackson 5, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Diana Ross & the Supremes, the Four Tops and Marvin Gaye. Young artists would come to Motown and were sent to Powell at the Artists Development Department, also called the “Motown […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Stevie Wonder gave an electrifying performance at New York’s Central Park in front of thousands of fans and several world leaders Saturday, singing his hits and calling for an end to poverty worldwide at the Global Citizen Festival. Bono gave a funky, rousing introduction to Wonder, who headlined the second annual […]
It looks like Stevie Wonder is in direct opposition to the Marvin Gaye family. We are of course are referring to the “Blurred Lines” controversy. TMZ caught up with the wonder man at LAX and he says the Gaye family is getting bad advice and they can’t win in a lawsuit against Robin Thicke. He […]
The drama surrounding Robin Thicke‘s hit song “Blurred Lines” is really getting crazy. Marvin Gaye‘s family is so sure Thicke samples Marvin Gaye’s “Got…
Special K is back with News You Can’t Use and today he is filling us in on something President Obama and Oscar Pistorius have in…
Last week, I talked about the Trayvon Martin verdict. I’m not going to return to that discussion, this week—in the face of ongoing protest and outrage over the verdict—I want to speak to the role of art and its potential to spark social movements. Let me explain- It was certainly no surprise that Stevie Wonder […]
