Supporters include R. Kelly, Earth Wind & Fire, Three 6 Mafia, and Jennifer Hudson. Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke, and T.I. racked up a mountain of unwavering support in the ongoing legal battle over their 2013 hit, “Blurred Lines.” On Tuesday, 200 musicians, including R. Kelly, Earth Wind & Fire, Hans Zimmer, Jennifer Hudson, Three 6 Mafia, […]
Robin Thicke Got It “Back Together” By BridgetEE The awesome thing about musical artistry is it paints a picture of what is going on in your life right now. In life you have to go through things to get to things as well as get back to things. Any great musician will tell you that their […]
Jan Gaye, wife of the late soul singer Marvin Gaye, joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to talk about her new book, After the Dance: My…
*Is the verdict from the “Blurred Lines” case having an affect on royalties from the hit Mark Ronson song “Uptown Funk!?” This looks to be the case as more people stand to benefit from the tune, which credits Ronson, Bruno Mars, Phillip Martin Lawrence and Jeffrey Bhasker as songwriters. According to Billboard, “All Gold Everything” […]
By BridgetEE There’s an old saying ”fashion always repeats itself.” How many of us live by that saying? We won’t throw away those Cross Colour Jeans, because they’re coming back. The same bell bottoms and turtlenecks from the 1970s are casual wear in 2015. Let’s not forget that navy blue peacoat from the US Navy. Unless you […]
If you had any doubt that the Gaye family was just trying to get a quick buck suing Pharrell and Robin Thicke for “Blurred Lines,” you need look no further than Marvin Gaye’s sisters Zeola and Jeanne Gaye who are now upset that they won’t be seeing a dime from the $7.4 million dollar fortune […]
Pharrell is finally speaking out since a court ruled in favor of the Marvin Gaye estate in the copyright infringement case of “Blurred Lines”. The chart-topping collaborative effort with Robin Thicke cost the duo a reported $7.3 million dollars! The record was ruled to have too many similarities with Marvin Gaye’s “Gotta Give It Up”. […]
This is one of a slew of new parody releases coming up online with the first being “Tacky,” which is a take on Pharrell Williams’ hit song “Happy.” (PIX11) — “Weird Al” Yankovic released his newest parody Tuesday, this time targeting Robin Thicke and his “Blurred Lines.” “Word Crimes” cleverly covers the common grammatical […]
*This is how the organization sees itself, not how I may assume or romanticize its mission statement. Accordingly, if we can agree this is how the NAACP Image Awards bills itself, then we should be in agreement that on these merits it should be judged and measured. In 1942, NAACP Executive Director, Walter White, […]
*The backlash from Robin Thicke’s hit single “Blurred Lines” has inspired a new play due to open this month in London. Carrie Cracknell’s production, described as a “blistering journey through contemporary gender politics,” is named after the track and the director says her aim was to tackle issues raised by the controversial song and […]
*Robin Thicke will end his banner 2013 on a sour note, as his hit single “Blurred Lines” has earned him the title “Sexist of the Year” from the End Violence Against Women Coalition. The song has already been accused of being “rapey.” Tricia Romano of The Daily Beast said the title “Blurred Lines” and […]
*Two of Marvin Gaye’s children have filed a countersuit to Robin Thicke’s claim that “Blurred Lines” is not a rip-off of their father’s classic single “Got to Give it Up.” According to TMZ, the countersuit accuses Robin of changing his opinion about the origin of the song. In documents filed today (Oct. 30) Nona […]