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Smokey Robinson’s 50-Year Career Celebrated At Library Of Congress
Ludacris Opens Chicken & Waffles Spot In ATL Airport
Last week, a two-day cele- bration of Smokey Robin- son’s 50-year career—and his selection as the 2016 recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song—began in the nation’s capital with a touching trip down the keyboard of George Gershwin’s piano and ended with a rollicking concert of his greatest hits.
Robinson took his first tour of the Library of Con- gress’ historic Thomas Jeffer- son Building and viewed some rare and surprising items in the Library’s vast collections. Among them was Robin- son’s first song ever submit- ted for copyright, “I Cry.” Registered in 1958, the song was co-written by Berry Gordy, who joined Robin- son on a tour of the nation’s largest library.
During his visit, Robinson sat down at the Gershwin piano, housed in the Library’s ongoing exhibit, “Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin,” and talked about his work and the Gershwin legacy.
Smokey Robinson was hon- ored as the 2016 recipient of the Library of Congress Gersh- win Prize for Popular Song.
Robinson tearfully recalled how Gordy mentored him and helped him achieve his dream of becoming a singer and songwriter.
The Gershwin Prize winner was also feted at a dinner of well-wishers and a group of the nation’s lawmakers, who recognized Robinson for his contributions to popular music.
LUDACRIS
Ludacris opened his new chicken-n-waffles business and he gave followers a quick tour of the restaurant in a short video clip.
Concourse D, D-5,” Luda said reffering to the restaurants loca- tion in the busiest airport in the world, Hartsfield Jackson in At- lanta.
Chicken + Beer welcomed its first customers last Thursday (November 17), and Ludacris was on site to greet hungry fans. In the lead up to Thursday’s big launch, Ludacris also shared pictures of the menu, which fea- tures traditional Southern fa- vorites like shrimp and grits, Luda’s chicken and pecan waf- fles, battered catfish, sweet po- tato mash, and Southern fried apple pie.
Woman Involved In Wild Fight At Drake’s Memorial Day Party Charged
A fight broke out at a party at Drake’s home Memorial Day and the woman involved faces up to 1 year in jail.
One of the women who brawled at a Memorial Day party hosted by Drake is being sought for her role in as- saulting another female during a wild fight.
According to reports, police have issued an arrest warrant for Denaysha Coleman and
seek to charge her with two misdemeanors for assault and battery.
Police are still looking for Coleman, who faces up to 18 months in jail if she’s con- victed on all the charges stacked against her.
WAGS And WAGS Miami Renewed For New Seasons
Soul Singer Sharon Jones Loses Cancer Battle
Kurtis Blow Touring With Hip Hop ‘Nutcracker’
The first commercially successful rapper in Hip Hop, Kurtis Blow performs with cast of ‘Nutcracker’.
SHARON JONES
WAGS: Girlfriends and wives of professional athletes
WAGS: Girlfriends and wives of professional athletes
Legendary singer Sharon Jones passed away Friday at the age of 60 after battling pan- creatic cancer. Jones, who was part of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, was born in North August, South Carolina in 1956, and raised in Brooklyn, NY.
Jones was first diagnosed with cancer in 2012, but went into remission, and it returned in 2015.
Along with the Dap Kings, Jones released seven albums, with the most recent being 2015’s It’s a Holiday Soul Party.
Jones and the Dap Kings were the subject of the recent documentary, Miss Sharon Jones!, which covered her health and relationship with her band.
Leave the pointed shoes at home and enjoy the timeless classic The Nutcracker in a fresh new way as the New Jer- sey Performing Arts Center has created The Hip Hop Nut- cracker.
The project features per- formances from Kurtis Blow (who is recovering from hav- ing a heart attack) woven with Hip Hop dance choreographed by Jennifer Weber and set to the ballet’s original score composed by Pyotr Ilyich
Tchaikovsky.
Blow’s the first commer-
cially successful rapper in Hip Hop history and the first to sign with a major record label.
The show is going on the road for stops in more than 20 cities across the United States. Already passing through Los Angeles last weekend, the show will be presented in Den- ver, Nashville, New York City, Detroit and St. Louis. The closest show to Tampa will be in Fort Lauderdale.
E! has picked up a third sea- son of its popular reality series WAGS and a second season for spinoff WAGS Miami. Both eight-episode seasons will air in 2017.
The renewal comes just ahead of the spinoff’s Season 1 finale on Sunday and reunion
special on November 27. Produced by Machete Pro- ductions, the hit franchise takes viewers into the lives of some of today’s wives and girl- friends of some of the hottest professional athletes from the perspective of the strong
women on the side lines.
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