Born Helen Folasade Adu in Ibadan, Nigeria, about 50 miles from Lagos, Sade was the daughter of an African father and an English mother. She grew up in London while studying fashion design at St. Martin’s School of Art along with modeling. Adu grew up listening to Ray Charles, Nina Simone, Al Green, & Billie Holiday to name a few. In the 80’s she sung harmony with a Latin funk group called Arriva then joined the eight-piece funk band Pride as a background singer. The band eventually signed a deal with the U.K. division of Epic Records under her stage name, Sade. Sade has put out music over the years from 1984-2009. She is still selling out tours all over the world today.
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MISSY ELLIOTT IS IN SPACE
Missy Elliott has the honor of being the first rapper in space…sort of. Her song, “Super Dupa Fly (The Rain),” is the first rap track to be beamed into deep space. The transmission took place last week. NASA’s Deep Space Network was able to broadcast the song 158 million miles from Earth to Venus at…
DOCUMENTARY FOR PRINCE IS A NO-GO
Prince’s estate will not give approval to Netflix for a nine-hour documentary on the late superstar. The original deal was for a six-hour feature. Director Ezra Edelman’s completed version is three hours longer. Prince’s estate said the extra content violates the initial agreement made in 2018. Page Six reports that Netflix feels “confident a compromise…
CHRIS BROWN DOES IT AGAIN
Chris Brown’s success continues to impress. The singer recently hit a mark that no other singer has. Breezy became the first artist to have 50 top ten songs on Billboard’s Hot R&B Songs chart. The song that pushed Brown to the mark was Jeremih’s “Wait On It,” with features from Breezy and Bryson Tiller.
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