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Last.fm Trends: Ne-Yo Prepares For Landing
Ne-Yo, often seen as the Mr. Smooth of R&B, is readying himself for the release of his fourth album Libra Scale. With this in mind we asked the Last.fm Trends team to see what listeners of Ne-Yo...
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Prince Announces ‘Welcome 2 America’ Tour
NEW YORK (Entertainment Tonight) - Music icon Prince announced Thursday that he’ll be heading out on a new tour. The tour will be titled “Welcome 2 America” and he’ll be joined on the road by Janelle...
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R&B Singer Teena Marie Dies
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) – Teena Marie, who made history as Motown’s first white act but developed a lasting legacy with her silky soul pipes and with hits like “Lovergirl,” ”Square Biz,” and “Fire and...
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Beyoncé Releases New Album ’4′; Listen Now
SAN FRANCISCO (CBSSF) – Each Tuesday our friends at Street Date bring us the low down on the hottest albums the very day they drop. Today they bring us a review AND the full stream of Beyoncé’s latest...
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Singer Trey Songz Serves Lunch At Oakland Homeless Shelter
Trey Songz (Photo by Henry S. Dziekan III/Getty Images) OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Singer Trey Songz stopped by an East Oakland homeless shelter Friday afternoon. Songz lent his celebrity to help out the...
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Getting To Know Frank Ocean, Fresh Off His Six GRAMMY Noms
Maybe you know Frank Ocean from his hooks on Kanye West and Jay-Z’s Watch the Throne, or through his card-carrying membership in Odd Future, or his performance at the VMAs and Saturday Night Live. It...
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Jay-Z & Justin Timberlake’s ‘Legends’ Concert Tour Coming To San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake will be hitting the stage together for the “Legends of the Summer Stadium Tour” that will kick off in Toronto in July and bring the heat to twelve...
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Concert Review: Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z
99.7 Now's Mary Diaz gives her take on the "Legends of Summer Tour" w/ Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z at Candlestick Park...
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Jazz Keyboardist George Duke Dies At 67
(1946-2013) (CBS SF/AP) – A representative said Grammy-winning jazz keyboardist and producer George Duke, whose sound infused acoustic jazz, electronic jazz, funk, R&B and soul, has died. He was...
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D’Angelo Cancels Outside Lands Appearance Over Illness
D’Angelo (credit: Last.FM) SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/AP) – D’Angelo has added the Outside Lands Music Festival to his list of cancellations due to an unspecified medical emergency. The soul singer had been...
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Keyshia Cole Arrested On Suspicion Of Battery
LOS ANGELES, CA (CBS SF/AP) – Police say Grammy-nominated R&B singer Keyshia Cole has been arrested on suspicion of battery after an altercation early Friday morning in Los Angeles. Los Angeles...
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Oakland R&B Singer Claims United Flight Attendant Used Racial Slur Before...
Kehlani's Twitter account, which initially made the claims, has since been deleted.
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‘Me & Mrs. Jones’ Singer Billy Paul Dead At 80
NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Paul, a jazz and soul singer best known for the No. 1 hit ballad and “Philadelphia Soul” classic “Me and Mrs. Jones,” died Sunday. Paul, whose career spanned for more than 60...
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‘Kashif’, Grammy-Nominated R&B Artist & Producer Dead At Age 56
LOS ANGELES (CBS SF/AP) — Kashif Saleem, the singer, songwriter and producer who crafted dance-funk hits in the 1980s and also produced Whitney Houston’s first big hit, died Sunday from undetermined...
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Scammers Selling Tickets For Phony New Year’s Eve ‘I Love the 90’s’ Concert...
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — A concert being promoted in Berkeley on New Year’s Eve that purports to benefit the Alameda County Food Bank is a scam, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday....
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Remy Ma Beats Nicki Minaj At BET Awards; ’90s R&B Shines
VIDEO: Remy Ma, Chance the Rapper win big at BET Awards LOS ANGELES (AP) – Remy Ma has ended rival Nicki Minaj’s seven-year winning streak at the 2017 BET Awards, a show highlighted by ’90s R&B and...
View ArticleRising Above Challenges, Oakland Native Kehlani Goes for Grammys Gold
OAKLAND (KPIX) — Just a few years ago, she was couch surfing and homeless. But now, young Oakland native Kehlani has a huge contract with Atlantic Records millions of social media followers and two new...
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LL Cool J: From Radio To The Big Screen (And Everywhere In Between)
When 17-year-old James Todd Smith mailed a freestyle tape to a white college student named Rick Rubin, few could have predicted the success they would achieve. But “Ladies Love Cool James,” or LL Cool...
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