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Warner Bros has landed a new biopic, “What’s Going On,” a film about the life of iconic soul singer Marvin Gaye directed by Allen Hughes and produced by Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine, and Andrew Lazar. According to Deadline, the movie studio acquired a script by poet-playwright Marcus Gardley, who wrote …

A post office in South L.A. now boasts a new name that’s very familiar to R&B lovers all over the world. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The former Dockweiler Post Office, located at 3585 S. Vermont Ave., adjacent to USC, has been rededicated as the Marvin Gaye Post Office. According to LA times, the …

Back in June, Ed Sheeran was hit with a $100 million lawsuit for allegedly using Marvin Gaye’s 1973 smash hit “Let’s Get It On” for his 2014 song “Thinking Out Loud.”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The suit came two years after the English singer was sued by a co-writer of the same song, who …

Through the years many artists have leveraged their voice and platform to address the growing unrest of social issues in America. From Nina Simone’s timeless classic “Strange Fruit” to Childish Gambino’s “This Is America,” music has offered an antidote to embolden, enlighten and entertain disenfranchised listeners. To help carry on …

Earlier this week, we shared that Dr. Dre will be bringing Marvin Gaye’s Biopic to the big screens, after sharing with Variety that he has locked in Gaye’s song rights with Sony/ATV Music Publishing.   According to the Blast, Marvin Gaye III states that the announcement about the biopic was …

blogged by @lanaladonna In a recent interview with Vulture, Quincy Jones doesn’t hold back with the business. He revealed some things to us that no one saw coming, including the “sexual appetite” of longtime friend and actor, Marlon Brando. Qunicy made claims of Brando having sexual relations with James Baldwin, …