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09/18/2024

09/18/2024

Source Entertainment Tonight: https://x.com/etnow/status/1835524693383647697?s=46
BREAKING: Tito Jackson of the Iconic band, The Jackson Five has died at the age of 70.

Steve Manning, a longtime Jackson family friend and former Jackson family manager, tells ET that Tito passed away today. While an official cause of death has not yet been determined, Manning believes that Tito suffered a heart attack while driving from New Mexico to Oklahoma. Updates are developing.
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We at the National R&B Music Society are very saddened to hear of the unexpected death of the legendary musician Tito Jackson. Our deepest condolences and prayers are with his mother, children, siblings, family, friends, peers and all who mourns his passing.

May our ancestors welcome him with open arms.

09/18/2024

I was saddened to hear of the passing of James Earl Jones. One of the greatest actors of our lifetime. My condolences to his family. RIP 🙏🏽

09/18/2024

09/18/2024

My prayers and love go out to the Jackson Family 🙏🏽
Rest in Peace Tito Jackson!

09/18/2024

What a shock to hear Tito has passed. I just did a radio interview with him, with he and Marlon and Jackie about a week ago… and then we all did the Fool in Love festival here in Los Angeles… Tito was performing there with his brothers. This is such a shock to hear that he has passed, he will surely be missed… Frankie Beverly and now Tito… such sad news. Love and condolences to the families and fans across the world.

05/24/2024

HAPPY 51st BIRTHDAY Maxwell (Gerald Maxwell Rivera, stage names Maxwell and Musze), singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. Along with fellow musicians D'Angelo and Erykah Badu, Maxwell has been credited with helping to shape what has been termed the "neo soul" movement that rose to prominence during the late 1990s.

After receiving a low-cost Casio keyboard from a friend, the Brooklyn, New York-native began composing music at age 17. Already a fan of what he described as "jheri curl soul", which was the trademark of early 1980s R&B acts such as Patrice Rushen, S.O.S. Band and Rose Royce, Maxwell began to teach himself to play a variety of instruments. According to him, the R&B of the early 1980s contained "the perfect combination of computerized instrumentation with a live feel", and that the genre's dynamics later became lost due to the influence of hip hop on R&B. Despite facing ridicule from classmates for being shy and awkward, he progressed and continued to develop his musical abilities, and he also adopted the look of a more bohemian style outwardly in his clothing, growing long sideburns and letting his hair grow out wildly and combed in an extreme style, or sometimes putting his hair in long dreads.

Initially influenced by early-1980s urban R&B, Maxwell progressed rapidly, and by 1991 he was performing on the New York City club scene. Maxwell was able to gain access to a 24-track recording studio and started to record songs for a demo tape, which he circulated among his friends. The demo engendered interest, and his official debut concert performance at Manhattan nightclub Nell's drew a crowd. During the next two years, Maxwell wrote and recorded over three hundred songs and played frequently at small venues throughout New York City. Maxwell's performances continued to draw interest and increase the buzz about him, and he was called "the next Prince" by a writer from Vibe magazine who attended one of his shows. After earning a considerable reputation, Maxwell signed a recording contract with Columbia Records in 1994. He adopted his middle name as a moniker out of respect for his family's privacy.