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18/01/2025

🏈 Former Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick was gifted $75k from American rapper T.I. after bankruptcy and his prison sentence.

He lost almost all belongings to repay his debts.

Once T.I. called Vick to ask how he was doing and whether he needed any help. Vick responded by asking $ 50,000 to get back on his feet.

T.I. did one better and gave him $75K instead, giving Vick a second chance to restructure his life.

I knew it was a reason why I loved me some T.I. ❤️❤️❤️

16/01/2025

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13/01/2025

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13/01/2025

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Motown Records, Founded on This Day in 1959, Broke Racial Barriers in Pop Music With Its Beloved Hits.

On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started Tamla Records with the help of an $800 loan from his family, starting a journey that would forever change the music industry. The following year, it merged into Motown Record Corporation.

For Gordy, starting his own label was the product of a longtime love of music. When he returned from Army service in 1953, he opened a short-lived record store in Detroit. Later, to amuse himself on the Ford assembly line, Gordy would make up songs. Eventually, he found himself writing for singer Jackie Wilson and helping young singer William “Smokey” Robinson and his band, best known as the Miracles, sell records.

The limited returns—one royalty check Gordy received is said to have been for just $3.19—are part of what motivated him to start Motown. “Back in those days, especially if you were Black, nobody was paying you what you should be paid, if they paid you at all. So Berry decided to start his own record company and gave us that outlet,” Robinson told AARP Magazine in 2018.

In an industry dominated by just a handful of major labels, success was no small feat. The industry tended to market music by Black artists—usually all lumped under the umbrella of “rhythm and blues”—solely to Black audiences. Those R&B tunes often only reached a white audience if a white artist like Pat Boone or Elvis Presley decided to cover them.

To succeed, Gordy needed to appeal to the majority-Black R&B market and the broader, majority-white “pop” audience. Indeed, an early analysis of Motown’s success from Fortune magazine credits Gordy’s financial success to his ability to attract talented Black artists and “recognize those tunes, lyrics and audio effects” that would appeal to Black and white listeners alike.

12/01/2025

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11/01/2025

Sam Moore, the famed soul singer who was one half of the duo Sam & Dave, has died at the age of 89.

The news was broken by entertainment reporter Roger Friedman, who noted that “the cause of death was complications recovering from surgery.”

Born in Miami in 1935, Moore began his career as a gospel singer. A chance encounter with fellow vocalist Dave Prater led the two to form Sam & Dave in 1961.

Four years later, the duo scored their first hit single, “You Don’t Know Like I Know.” So began a string of chart successes, including hugely popular songs like “Hold On! I’m Comin'” (1966), “You Got Me Hummin’ (1966), “When Something Is Wrong with My Baby” (1967), “Soul Man” (1967) and “I Thank You” (1968).

Despite their popularity, Moore and Prater had a volatile relationship. The duo broke up in 1970 and each pursued solo careers. Moore was slated to release an LP produced by King Curtis in 1971, but the R&B legend was murdered and the project was shelved.

Moore struggled with he**in addiction throughout his career, once admitting he would be “in my apartment putting a needle into my arm” when it was time to record.

Sam & Dave’s material received renewed attention later in the ‘70s thanks to the Blues Brothers. In October 1978, the characters – played by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd – performed “Soul Man” during an episode of Saturday Night Live. The moment quickly became part of pop culture history, rocketing Sam & Dave back to the spotlight. ZZ Top covered the song “I Thank You” on their ‘79 album Degüello, furthering the resurgence.

10/01/2025

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