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Will Michael Jackson's new music be a thriller for fans?
9:00 AM on 03/17/2010
OPINION - Would he have done something different? Did he mean for that note to be there? Would he have approved this final mix?...
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Jackson estate lands largest recording deal ever
8:16 AM on 03/16/2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Even in death, Michael Jackson is breaking records...
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Prison shouldn't be a publicity stunt for Lil Wayne
8:22 AM on 03/12/2010
OPINION - If Lil Wayne regards his cell as an extension of his studio or his label's offices, he will suffer...
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D'Angelo accused of soliciting sex in NYC
2:29 PM on 03/08/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities say D'Angelo was caught in New York City trying to pay $40 for sex with an undercover cop posing as a prostitute...
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Wonder 'breathless' as he gets French honor
8:37 AM on 03/08/2010
PARIS (AP) - It's taken nearly 30 years, but Stevie Wonder has finally received his medal for being named into France's prestigious National Order of Arts and Letters...
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Sade fends off Lady Antebellum to rule the albums chart again
3:36 PM on 02/24/2010
It was a close match, but in the end Sade took the No. 1 spot again, selling 190,000 copies of their 'Soldier of Love'...
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Fire at famed Philly music company is ruled arson
8:39 AM on 02/24/2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A two-alarm fire that damaged the building where the "Sound of Philadelphia" was born has been ruled an arson...
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Legendary Gamble and Huff studio spared in office fire
3:45 PM on 02/23/2010
The studio, where Patti LaBelle, Teddy Pendergrass, and other stars once recorded their hits, was undamaged despite having walls covered in the original orange shag carpet..
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Jay-Z: I created the 'Single Ladies' dance
3:14 PM on 02/23/2010
Jay-Z is known for being extremely tight-lipped about his relationship with wife Beyonce Knowles, but he took some time to joke about it on BBC's 'Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.'...
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Fan gets jail time for text-stalking Ashanti's mother
11:16 AM on 02/19/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - A delusional fan who unleashed his crude fantasies about Ashanti in a battery of text messages to her mother was sentenced to two years in jail...
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New Sade album goes gold in first week
5:29 PM on 02/17/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - An army of fans -- more than 500,000 of them -- went out to support Sade's latest CD, "Soldier of Love," giving the group their first No. 1 disc in 20 years...
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Rihanna: 'Rated R' was 'venting' against Brown
10:06 AM on 02/17/2010
LOS ANGELES - Rihanna says going into the studio just weeks after being assaulted on Feb. 8, 2009, by then-boyfriend Chris Brown was cathartic...
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Slideshow: The 25 most influential albums by African-Americans
11:14 AM on 02/16/2010
These albums introduced new textures and ideas into pop culture...
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Black music without borders: Five artists you need to hear
8:13 AM on 02/16/2010
OPINION - Over the past month, a handful of international artists have released albums that speak to the varied experiences within the African Diaspora...
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Jamie Foxx delivers music, instruments to kids
10:20 AM on 02/12/2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jamie Foxx wanted to entertain a group of musically inclined high school students with a few bars from his Grammy winning hit, "Blame It"...
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Quincy Jones and Will.i.am on the importance of black history
10:20 AM on 02/11/2010
VIDEO - It's hard to amass a musical resume as diverse as Quincy Jones'. The famed music producer has worked with everyone from Miles Davis to Michael Jackson...
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John Mayer is tone deaf when it comes to black people
9:05 AM on 02/11/2010
OPINION - Maybe Mayer should get up to speed on black history, as well as get some psychotherapy...
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John Mayer: My penis is 'a white supremacist' - but black people love me
6:20 PM on 02/10/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - In an interview with Playboy, musician John Mayer tosses out the N-word and has a curious explanation for not dating black women -- comparing his genitals to 'a white supremacist.'
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John Mayer slammed for 'racist' remarks in Playboy
2:53 PM on 02/10/2010
Nevermind his crass remarks on Jessica Simpson...
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Obama welcomes crowd to White House to honor civil rights music
9:46 AM on 02/10/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama welcomed an all-star lineup of performers to the East Room of the White House yesterday to pay tribute to the music of the civil rights era...
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'All black people' asked to leave Wal-Mart
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - On Sunday evening at the store, a male voice calmly announced: "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now."...
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