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Nothing Can Stop Eminem’s Relapse

Eminem just discovered a 13th step to recovery.
Nearly five years since his last studio album, the rehabbed rapper has returned to No. 1 as Relapse sold 608,000 copies, per Nielsen SoundScan, for his fifth straight chart-topper.
The Motown MC last crowned the charts with 2004’s Encore and his retrospective Curtain Call: The Hits in 2005.
Eminem also lowered the [...]

Boyz II Men Extends 2009 Tour, Nab Summer/Fall Spots

Boyz II Men will continue to hit stages across the world through December, due to a series of new dates added to their 2009 World Tour.
The group’s post-Grammy tour will pick up March 7th in West Wendover, NV and run through over 30 dates before wrapping up December 31st in Richmond, British Columbia.
Touring in support [...]

The Ladies Love Usher At His Detroit Concert

He woos. He seduces. And then he celebrates — but with sincerity. That was the equation when Usher’s One Night Stand Ladies Only tour rolled in for a Wednesday “hump day” — appropriately enough — performance in Detroit, where the multi-platinum R&B singer, actor and activist had both the Motown and some dudes on his [...]

Janet Lacks “Discipline” in Detroit, May Join Jackson 5 Reunion

Apparently Detroit didn’t want a repeat of Boobgate.
Facing pressure from officials at the Palace of Auburn Hills arena—and not wanting to be a scofflaw—Janet Jackson nixed a racy segment of her oh-so-troubled Rock Witchu tour Tuesday.
Because of a Michigan law that forbids simulated sex acts in a public performing space, the Control diva nixed her [...]

Michael Jackson Opts Out of Jackson 5 Reunion

A reunion of the Jackson 5 is not quite as easy as “ABC.”
Michael Jackson denied on Thursday that he would take part in a reunion of the famed Motown singing group, a day after elder brother Jermaine said the faded pop star was on board.
“My brothers and sisters have my full love and support, and [...]

Four Tops Vocalist Levi Stubbs Dies At 72

Arguably the most powerful voice in Motown’s storied history has been silenced. Four Tops lead singer Levi Stubbs Jr. died Friday at his home in Detroit after a long series of health problems, including cancer and a stroke, that forced him to stop performing in 2000. He was 72.
Funeral arrangements were pending for Stubbs, who [...]

Motown Hitmaker Norman Whitfield Dies in L.A

Motown producer and songwriter Norman Whitfield, who helped create some of the legendary label’s most important anthems, including Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” and the Temptations’ “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” has died in Los Angeles, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
The hitmaker died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Tuesday, said Motown [...]