Meanwhile, a private memorial was held at Paisley Park on Saturday where family and friends paid their respects to the 57-year-old pop icon.
Sad news coming out of Motown today. On December 24, singer William Guest, an original member of Gladys Knight and The Pips, died of congestive heart failure, his sister-in-law Dhyana Ziegler confirmed for The Associated Press. He was 74. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Guest had been a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of […]
As 2015 comes to a close, NewsOne remembers the entertainers, the influencers, the activists and the legends we lost this year.
The rap world was left shocked and saddened when news broke about the death of Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly, one-half of the rap duo Kris…
David Peaston, whose golden voice serenaded and wowed the “Showtime at the Apollo” audiences in the late ’80s, passed away Wednesday at age 54. The actual cause of death has not been officially announced. RELATED: Don Cornelius Dies At 75 Peaston, whose stratospheric tenor voice was smooth and silky, managed to bring the Apollo house […]
Legendary record producer Sylvia Robinson has passed away at age 75, in a hospital in New Jersey. Robinson played a seminal role in bringing hip-hop music into the mainstream, while forming The Sugarhill Gang, and releasing their hit, “Rapper’s Delight” in 1979. She had passed Thursday morning at Meadowlands Hospital in Secaucus, New Jersey, family […]
Legendary Motown songwriter Nick Ashford died Monday evening, but his legacy will forever live on. On Facebook status updates and Twitter feeds, commiseration and nostalgia was the order of the evening by music fans quoting old Ashford & Simpson lyrics. Part of his legacy will forever live on in the next generation. VIDEO: Ashford’s life […]
The 13-year-old investigation into the murder of rapper Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace has gained traction in recent months, as new leads are being pursued in an attempt to finally solve the case. Sources told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that a new task force of local and federal law enforcement agencies are pursuing leads related to the […]
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 […]
Former Cash Money Records’ artist Magnolia Shorty was recently shot and killed in New Orleans.
