It was a star studded event as the best of the best were recognized last night at the 2016 Grammy Awards. One of my favorite highlights was Stevie Wonder and Pentatonix performance of  “That’s the Way of The World” as a tribute to Maurice White. RECORD OF THE YEAR Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk” […]

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During Thursday evening's NAACP Pre-Show Awards dinner in Pasadena, CA, Roland Martin, host of NewsOne Now, caught up with some of our best and brightest stars and asked for their reactions to the passing of Earth, Wind and Fire's founder, Maurice White.

Maurice White, the founder and leader of Earth, Wind & Fire, died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 74. Mark Young the band’s publicist said White died late Wednesday or early Thursday. Young did not say what was the cause of death. In 2000 White announced that he had Parkinson’s disease. Our thought […]

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Ben E. King, best known for the sweet soulful anthem to fidelity, “Stand By Me,” died on Thursday at age 76, his publicist confirmed to…