NEW YORK (AP) — Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most talented songwriter who sang lead on the company’s hit single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated with Norman Whitfield on classics like “I Heard It Through” , “War” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”. He was 81 years old. The … Read more
Kanye West is reportedly under investigation after he snatched a woman’s phone from her hand and threw it away when she refused to stop filming it. According to a viral videothe rapper turned fashion designer was leaving his daughter North’s basketball game when he noticed the dots following him. Although it is unclear if the … Read more
Naomi Ishisaka of The Seattle Times Every generation worries about what a particular cultural shift is doing to the minds of our youth. When I Was a Kid in the mid-’80s, Tipper Gore and the Parents’ Music Resource Center would come after rock and rap for what they considered obscene and explicit lyrics, which led … Read more
Robert Chanick, Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — The soundtrack to the inaugural NASCAR Chicago Street Race, which is set to turn Grant Park into a pop-up racetrack over the Fourth of July weekend, will have more than screeching tires and roaring engines. In addition to 200-mile-per-hour racing cars, the two-day event will feature full-fledged concerts ranging … Read more
Editor’s note: Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu is a communications specialist and writer based in Chicago. The opinions expressed here are her own. Read more Opinion on CNN. CNN – Last week, Shakira did with former soccer star Gerard Pique what every person who has been abused and underappreciated by their partner wishes they could. … Read more
