In late 1961, Motown Records earned it’s first number one pop hit thanks to The Marvelettes’ song “Please Mr. Postman.” The song featured the fiery lead vocals of a 16-year-old girl named Gladys Horton. On January 26th, the lead singer of “Please Mr. Postman” died at the age of 65.
In 1946 Bobby Robinson opened his record store Bobby’s Happy House on 125th street in Harlem becoming the first black owned business on the famous Harlem street. The music business legend died yesterday at the age of 93. Five years after opening the shop he expanded into the music recording business working with hundreds of […]
Bobby Farrell , the lead singer of the chart topping 1970s disco group ‘Boney M’, has died at the age of 61 while on a tour in Russia. He was found dead in his hotel room in St Petersburg on Thursday , according to his agent John Sein. Though police say that an investigation into […]
Fifteen years ago on March 26th, 1995 Eric “Eazy-E” Wright died at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The founder of NWA and pioneer of West Coast Hip-Hop succumbed to complications due to AIDS. He was 31 years old.
The official artwork has now been unveiled for Michael Jackson’s posthumous simply entitled Michael.
Gregory Isaacs, the iconic singer behind hits like “Night Nurse” has died in London at the age of 59. He succumbed to cancer of the liver.
According to ESPN.com Manute Bol, a 7-foot-7 shot-blocker from Sudan who spent 10 seasons in the NBA and was dedicated to humanitarian work in Africa, died Saturday. He was 47.
When Dave Chappelle had a show everyone (mostly everyone) would agree that is was one of the funniest shows on television. He did a hilarious spoof of 2pac’s futuristic-like songs called “I Wrote This Song In 94”
Marvin Isley, bass player for the legendary Isley Brothers, died June 6th from complications of diabetes at 56.
What would Biggie be doing on his 38th Birthday? His friend Lil Cease sat down with Sway from MTV and remembered one of the late B.I.G’s funniest birthday moments. (spotted @ 2dopeboyz.com)
(AllHipHop News) New York police have arrested a suspect in the murder of popular DJ Carl Blaze, who was gunned down in the Bronx in December of 2006.
