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Aretha Franklin, monikered the Queen of Soul and one of the most revered singers in the history of pop music, has died at the age of 76, according to a statement from her publicist. She died Thursday at her Detroit home while under hospice care. The official cause of death was advanced pancreatic cancer. She was 76. One of the most prolific and successful female hitmakers of all time, Franklin...
In the beginning was the Voice, and the Voice was with God, and the Voice was God. My edition of the Book of John says this. At the start of her career, Aretha Franklin had a talent for singing and playing piano that was nurtured in New Bethel Church in Detroit, where she cut her teeth performing “Jesus, Be a Fence Around Me” under her father’s shrewd eye. The problem—what a problem!—of her...
Kitti Jones met R. Kelly after a show in Dallas in 2011, while she was working as a DJ for 97.9 The Beat, a local radio station that was sponsoring the afterparty. She’d been a fan of the R&B icon since his 1993 debut album 12Play, and was thrilled to talk to him---even more so when he gave her his phone number and asked for hers in return. Things moved quickly after that. Within five months,...
