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Aretha Franklin’s granddaughter shares touching home video of the Queen of Soul

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Stevie Wonder honored with Detroit street in his name

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President Obama dropped a summer playlist and it’s fire

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Teen Choice Awards recognizes son of Alton Sterling and other family members of shooting victims

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Whites are moving back into Detroit as blacks leave

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Berry Gordy talks black music with Micheal Eric Dyson

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Diana Ross turns 70, a look at her style (SLIDESHOW)

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Marvin Gaye’s 1964 passport found in record bought for 50 cents

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Anna Gordy Gaye, Marvin Gaye’s ex-wife, dies at 92

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'Motown: The Musical' star Valisia LeKae reveals cancer battle

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Motown founder Berry Gordy recipient of Marian Anderson Award

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Jacksons perform Gordy tribute at Ebony gala

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Singer B. Smyth is ready for his shot

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Maxine Powell, Motown Records’ chief of charm, dead at 98

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Detroit housing project where Supremes lived razed

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Detroit’s bankruptcy: not a death, a re-imagining

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NYC’s Motown to Def Jam art exhibit celebrates the legacy of black music

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Martha Reeves: Artists seek just compensation from radio, Pandora

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Chrisette Michele: 'Sometimes R&B can bore me'

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Stax Records’ soul man Booker T. Jones returns to music

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