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Author: Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press

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Surprise! Ed Sheeran brings out Eminem to perform ‘Lose Yourself,’ ‘Stan’ in Detroit

July 16, 2023 Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press Comments Off on Surprise! Ed Sheeran brings out Eminem to perform ‘Lose Yourself,’ ‘Stan’ in Detroit

Eminem joins Ed Sheeran onstage at Ford Field in Detroit as a surprise guest on the rapper’s “Lose Yourself” and “Stan” Saturday night.

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Stevie Wonder asks Biden for ‘Truth Commission’ to address inequality in open letter to MLK

January 18, 2021 Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press Comments Off on Stevie Wonder asks Biden for ‘Truth Commission’ to address inequality in open letter to MLK

On MLK Day, Stevie Wonder asks the Biden administration to launch a formal investigation “to establish the truth of inequality in this country.”

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Deaf Detroit rapper set to make chart history, debuting amid Eminem, Royce da 5’9″

February 28, 2020 Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press Comments Off on Deaf Detroit rapper set to make chart history, debuting amid Eminem, Royce da 5’9″

A grassroots effort in the deaf community has Sean Forbes on track for a Billboard album debut — what would be a first by a profoundly deaf musician.

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Aretha Franklin’s son Kecalf Franklin blasts Jennifer Hudson’s Queen of Soul movie ‘Respect’

January 7, 2020 Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press Comments Off on Aretha Franklin’s son Kecalf Franklin blasts Jennifer Hudson’s Queen of Soul movie ‘Respect’

As a battle for control of Aretha Franklin’s estate continues, her youngest son complains that he hasn’t been asked for input on the film “Respect.”

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Stevie Wonder will have kidney transplant surgery in September

July 6, 2019 Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press Comments Off on Stevie Wonder will have kidney transplant surgery in September

The Motown star broke his silence about about his health status, announcing at a Saturday festival that he’ll be taking a break.

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Eminem tape reels were backed up digitally just months before devastating Universal fire

June 11, 2019 Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press Comments Off on Eminem tape reels were backed up digitally just months before devastating Universal fire

The Detroit rapper’s session tapes may have been destroyed in a fire that claimed some of history’s biggest music, but his team got copies.

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Aretha Franklin’s handwritten wills reveal window into her private world: Read them here

May 21, 2019May 22, 2019 Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press Comments Off on Aretha Franklin’s handwritten wills reveal window into her private world: Read them here

Though Aretha Franklin was thought to have left no will when died in 2018, she apparently put extensive thought into a series of handwritten wills.

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Aretha Franklin’s ‘Amazing Grace’ film: Detroit premiere is ‘back to ground zero’

March 26, 2019 Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press Comments Off on Aretha Franklin’s ‘Amazing Grace’ film: Detroit premiere is ‘back to ground zero’

It was a movie premiere with meaning – and lots of hometown heart – Monday night as Aretha Franklin’s “Amazing Grace” at last made its Detroit premiere.

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Aretha Franklin’s ‘Amazing Grace’ movie premieres in Detroit on her 77th birthday

March 25, 2019 Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press Comments Off on Aretha Franklin’s ‘Amazing Grace’ movie premieres in Detroit on her 77th birthday

Al Sharpton and others will be on hand as “Amazing Grace” premieres at the DIA on Monday — what would have been the Queen of Soul’s 77th birthday.

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New Motown exhibit curated by the Grammy Museum headed to LBJ Presidential Library

March 21, 2019March 21, 2019 Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press Comments Off on New Motown exhibit curated by the Grammy Museum headed to LBJ Presidential Library

Vintage Motown fashion, instruments and interactive displays will be part of “Motown: The Sound of Young America,” opening in April in Austin, Texas.

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