Benefit Show for Jefferson High School Junior to Attend Berklee Summer Music Program
High School Drummer, Tobias Kelly, chosen for internationally competitive spot in world-class music performance program
2013-05-16
Of The Skanner News
For the past 27 years, the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass., has hosted a five-week Summer Performance Program. Young musicians from around the world vie for the opportunity to participate and only few are chosen. Read the complete article
The Skanner News Columnist Bill Fletcher, Jr. in Oregon this Weekend
The author's latest book is, 'They’re Bankrupting US! And 20 Other Myths about Unions'
2013-05-16
Of The Skanner News
Bill Fletcher, Jr., The Skanner News columnist, author and past president of the TransAfrica Forum, speaks in Oregon and Vancouver, Wa., at multiple events this weekend. Read the complete article
Prince will be honored with the 2013 Billboard Icon Award
2013-05-16
Prince will be honored with the Icon Award at 2013 Billboard Music Awards May 19 Read the complete article
VIDEO: Come Visit Oprah on her Mauii Farm
Oprah magazine is holding contest: prize is visit to farm with Oprah
2013-05-15
The Skanner News
Oprah shows E! around her Mauii farm. She plans to eventually sell the produce. Read the complete article
VIDEO: JacksonTrial Witness Says Star Was Struggling in Rehearsals
Choreographer: AEG considered pulling the plug on Michael Jackson Show
2013-05-15
By Alan Duke CNN
AEG Live considered pulling the plug on Michael Jackson's comeback concerts 11 days before the pop icon died, the show's choreographer testified Tuesday. Travis Payne, who worked closely with Michael Jackson in his final days, earlier testified that in Jackson's last rehearsals before his death, he was not at show standards but he was rehearsing, he was processing. Read the complete article
Who Was the Real African American Heroine Behind Lois Leveen's Novel?
VIDEO: Author will speak May 15 about The Secrets of Mary Bowser
2013-05-08
The Skanner News
Author and education expert Lois Leveen will speak at Allen Temple CME Church, May 15, to lead a conversation on Learning From History. Leveen will share what she learned from the real life heroes and heroines who inspired her acclaimed historical novel “The Secrets of Mary Bowser.” Read the complete article
Autopsy Reveals Michael Jackson's Secrets
Results confirmed Jackson had ‘vitiligo’ and some facial features tattooed
2013-05-07
Alan Duke CNN
LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Jurors hearing the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial got a stark look at the dead pop icon after a lawyer showed them an autopsy photo. Read the complete article
Cool Nutz Talks New Album, Sweden, History and Growth of Local Rap Scene
The veteran Portland music mogul is releasing his new album ‘Bars’ on May 11
2013-05-06
Bruce Poinsette Of The Skanner News
The veteran MC and Portland music mogul shares his insight on everything from Portland hip-hop history to the business side of music to growing the local rap scene. He will be releasing his latest album “Bars,” on May 11, which also happens to be his birthday. Read the complete article
PepsiCo Drops Lil Wayne Over Emmett Till Lyric in Rap Song
Till, a 14-year-old black youth from Chicago, was murdered in Mississippi in 1955
2013-05-06
Lorenzo Ferrigno CNN
(CNN) -- PepsiCo is ending its relationship with rapper Lil Wayne over what the company calls an "offensive reference to a revered civil rights icon" -- 14-year-old Emmett Till, who was killed nearly 60 years ago. Read the complete article
Drug Overdose Suspected in Death of Chris Kelly of Kris Kross Duo
Duo’s 1992 song ‘Jump’ spent eight weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100
2013-05-02
Douglas Hyde and Steve Almasy CNN
(CNN) -- Atlanta-area authorities are investigating the death of Chris Kelly, half of the 1990s rap duo Kris Kross, as a possible drug overdose, Fulton County Police Cpl. Kay Lester said Thursday. Read the complete article
