Thursday, March 28, 2024

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Three 6 Mafia’s Koopsta Knicca Dies from Massive Stroke

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Originally posted on 2015-10-09 20:02:53 Robert Cooper Phillips, aka "Koopsta Knicca" a member of the Memphis hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, died early Friday morning after suffering a massive stroke. He was 40. "Everyone who knew Koop knew he was very funny and the coolest guy ever. He will be missed. We made classics together that'll live on." said Three 6 Mafia's DJ Paul Originally posted on 2015-10-09 20:02:53

Songwriter/Performer Nick Ashford of Ashford and Simpson Dies

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Originally posted on 2011-08-22 19:30:35 Ashford and Simpson are responsible for some of Motown record's biggest hits. One-half of the legendary Motown songwriting duo Ashford Simpson died today from complications of throat cancer, which he had been treating with radiation for some time. He was 70. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. Bio Below Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942, in Fairfield County, South Carolina) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in The Bronx, New York) are a husband and wife songwriting/production team and recording artists. [...]

Sister who Loaned Berry Gordy $800 to Start Motown Dies

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TheIndustry.biz – I was reading an article that stated that same money today would be valued at $6000.00Originally posted on 2011-08-29 00:20:07Esther Gordy Edwards (April 25, 1920 "“ August 24, 2011) was a staff member and associate of her younger brother Berry Gordy's fabled Motown label during the 1960s. Edwards created the Motown Museum, Hitsville U.S.A., by preserving the label's Detroit studio. [...]

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