Police have a new lead in the death of BET and HOT 97 personality DJ Megatron. DJ Megatron, born Corey McGriff, was shot and killed in Staten Island, NY early Sunday morning.
According to the New York Daily News, BET host and Hot 97 DJ Megatron was shot and killed in Staten Island. Witnesses heard a single shot at about 2 a.m. in the Clifton section of Staten Island. Megatron was pronounced dead on the scene a short time later from a gun shot to his stomach. […]
Legendary DJ and producer Kid Capri (real name David Love) just announced via twitter that he lost his mother. “I just watch my moms take her last breath, I am beyond hurt,.'” he wrote. “I will always always have you in my mind and heart, I love you Ma!” Capri is a pioneer in the […]
Troy “Escalade” Jackson, the And-1 Street Ball legend and younger brother of former NBA player Mark Jackson, died in his sleep early Sunday Morning. The 6-foot-10, 400-pound Jackson, 35, was in Los Angeles for NBA All-Star Weekend. He was Tweeting about the festivities from his account @Escalade53 and appeared to be having a great time. […]
Soul-Blues singer Marvin Sease has died at age 64. Sease died on February 8th in Vicksburg, MS. The cause of death hasn’t been confirmed, but some outlets are reporting it as pneumonia.
In late 1961, Motown Records earned it’s first number one pop hit thanks to The Marvelettes’ song “Please Mr. Postman.” The song featured the fiery lead vocals of a 16-year-old girl named Gladys Horton. On January 26th, the lead singer of “Please Mr. Postman” died at the age of 65.
In 1946 Bobby Robinson opened his record store Bobby’s Happy House on 125th street in Harlem becoming the first black owned business on the famous Harlem street. The music business legend died yesterday at the age of 93. Five years after opening the shop he expanded into the music recording business working with hundreds of […]
Bobby Farrell , the lead singer of the chart topping 1970s disco group ‘Boney M’, has died at the age of 61 while on a tour in Russia. He was found dead in his hotel room in St Petersburg on Thursday , according to his agent John Sein. Though police say that an investigation into […]
The official artwork has now been unveiled for Michael Jackson’s posthumous simply entitled Michael.
Gregory Isaacs, the iconic singer behind hits like “Night Nurse” has died in London at the age of 59. He succumbed to cancer of the liver.
Marvin Isley, bass player for the legendary Isley Brothers, died June 6th from complications of diabetes at 56.
