Stevie Wonder
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Pharrell Williams Takes a Knee During Charlottesville, Va., Concert
Pharrell Williams headlined the Concert for Charlottesville on Sunday night and joined in protests of Donald Trump’s recent comments about NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. The concert, an event hosted by Dave Matthews following the deadly protests that took place in the Virginia college town last month, gave Williams the platform he needed…
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Beyoncé, Stevie Wonder Speak Out About Climate Change and Global Warming During Hurricane-Relief Telethon
During Tuesday night’s star-studded Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Relief telethon, celebrities raised more than $44 million for hurricane survivors, including a $5 million donation from Apple Inc., and $1 million each from the Albertsons Cos. and Merck & Co. In addition, celebrities offered strong opinions about climate change and global warming. Before…
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Stevie Wonder Was All ‘Black Lives Matter’ but Then Went All ‘Black-on-Black Crime’ at Gun-Violence Rally
Stevie Wonder, the man I always wanted to sing at my wedding if one should ever happen, made an appearance at the North Minneapolis Conference on Peace on Saturday. The iconic singer spoke about Black Lives Matter but took a line out of the “All Lives Matter” playbook when he went all “You black people…
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The Black Christmas Music Debate: If ‘Santa Baby’ Isn’t on Your List, Your List Is a Fraud
I love Christmas … but I really love Christmas music. I’m the kind of guy who will start listening to the Yuletide classics immediately after Halloween—and only if I wait that long. While I love the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s “Christmas Time Is Here,” and I can appreciate Frank Sinatra’s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,”…
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Watch: Leaked Stevie Wonder Song Destroys Donald Trump
Updated Thursday, Oct. 27, 4:17 p.m. EDT: A video for the remix, produced by R. Ray Barnes and Tony Coleman, has now been released on the Hidden Beach YouTube channel. Watch it below: Earlier: Stevie Wonder—the man, the myth, the legend—is responsible for the election anthem of 2016, and he doesn’t even know it yet.…
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That Night Stevie Wonder Showed Up At Liv In DC
I’ve had the pleasure of up-close and personal meetings with several celebrities in my life, of which 90 percent are because of the many years I’ve been associated with Bohemian Caverns in DC, and particularly the few years I managed Liv (which is closing; you might have heard). But most pale in comparison to the…