Chuck Brown, a.k.a. The "Godfather of Go Go," died today at age 75.
According to the Washington Post, Brown died from complications from sepsis - he had been hospitalized with pneumonia.
Brown, famous around Washington D.C. as a performer, singer, guitarist and songwriter, developed his brand of funk in the mid-1970s. He's best known for his track "Bustin' Loose," the hook from which was used on Nelly's 2002 hit "Hot in Herre."
“No single type of music has been more identified with Washington than go-go, and no one has loomed so large within it as Chuck Brown,” former Washington Post pop music critic Richard Harrington wrote in 2001.
Young Jaden Smith, 13-year-old son of Jada and Will, has released a solo track titled "Give It To Em."
The kid, who starred in movies The Pursuit of Happyness with his dad and The Karate Kid with Jackie Chan, already collaborated with his buddy Justin Bieber on the track “Never Say Never,” which served as the theme song for the latter, as well as on a New Year’s Eve song released at the start of this year.
According to Ryan Seacrest's website, Jaden wrote this one himself .
Sample lyric: "Young, black with accessories / And i’m doing well, never seen a penitentiary ‘Cause they can’t sentence the greatest MC they’ve ever seen — no i’m not, but if you’re going to bother me, then you better be."
Jaden is also starring in M. Night Shyamalan's next film After Earth.
That's the claim, according to CNN's Marquee blog, which reports that New York rapper Yitz “Y-Love” Jordan has just come out of the closet "as a gay man of colour."
The move, he says, could work against him because, you know, the hip hop world is pretty homophobic.
While every other female pop star du jour is shedding her pants - which remains the quickest route to grabbing some desperately desired attention - Adele is piling them on, literally. (And it's especially cute when you consider that she's British and in Britain they call underpants just "pants.")
In a pre-taped interview with Matt Lauer, set to air on NBC on June 12, the singer shared her slimming secrets, explaining that she layered on several pairs of Spanx - a popular slimming garment for those who don't know - under her dress at this year's Grammys, where she took home six awards.
OneRepublic's drummer has reportedly been arrested.
TMZ is reporting that beatkeeper Edward Ray "Eddie" Fisher was arrested in Denver, CO, this morning (Tuesday). Police reportedly say he went on a destructive rage.
This is an awesome tribute to Beastie Boy Adam "MCA" Yauch, who died of cancer on May 4th at age 47.
Portland filmmaker James Winters shot a remake of the Beasties' Spike Jonze-directed classic 1994 video for "Sabotage," in which MCA, Ad Rock, Mike D and DJ Hurricane parodied 1970s crime dramas.
Paul McCartney has retroactively joined the new trend of celebrities saving lives!
Pop music producer Mark Ronson says the ex Beatle saved him from drowning when he was just a wee lad. And not metaphorically, like from drowning under the weight of his celebrity or something.
Ronson, who most famously produced the late Amy Winehouse's Back to Black album and has also worked with Adele, Nas, Lily Allen, Duran Duran and, most recenty, Rufus Wainwright, tells Britain's Live Magazine - according to express.co.uk - that Sir Paul saved his life by pulling him from the waters off Long Island, New York, all those years ago.
So, this is Justin Bieber at 102.7 KIIS FM's Wango Tango at The Home Depot Center on May 12, 2012 in Carson, California.
I don't understand the sagging thing. "Sagging" by the way, is its name. The fashion statement that won't die - I'm not sure you can call something that's been around for about 20 years a "trend" (though, I'm certain there's a "drop in the bucket of time" argument to be made here). It's called "sagging."
You’ve probably heard that the horse puppets used in the stage adaptation of War Horse are amazing.
War Horse - also a movie directed by Steven Spielberg - is Nick Stafford’s adaptation of a 1982 children's novel by British author Michael Morpurgo. First brought to the stage by the National Theatre of Great Britain, it’s been re-staged here with a Canadian cast.
Bassist Donald “Duck” Dunn of Stax Records’ house band Booker T. and the MGs has died at age 70.
The Associated Press reports that Dunn died Sunday in his sleep while on tour in Tokyo.
The news was posted by friend and fellow musician, MG’s guitarist Steve Cropper on Cropper’s Facebook page. The message read: “Today I lost my best friend, the World has lost the best guy and bass player to ever live. Duck Dunn died in his sleep Sunday morning May 13 in Tokyo Japan after finishing 2 shows at the Blue Note Night Club.”
