Rock'n' roll pioneer and legendary musician Jerry Lee Lewis died at the age of 87 Friday according to his representative Zach Farnum.
Left to right, Beyoncé and Megan Thee Stallion
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Beyoncé and Megan Thee Stallion made history together at the 63rd Grammy Awards on March 14. Beyoncé also made her own history.
Queen Bey and Stallion won two Grammys with their collaborative remix of “Savage” Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song.
They became the first pair of women to win in the Best Rap Performance category.
Stallion thanked her collaborator in her acceptance speech.
“I definitely want to say thank you to Beyoncé,” she said. “If you know me, you have to know that ever since I was little, I was like, ‘You know what, one day I’m going to grow up, I’m going to be like the rap Beyoncé.’ That was definitely my goal.”
Historic Grammys moments for women, from Ella Fitzgerald in 1959 to Billie Eilish’s 2020 sweep
By Elise Brisco, USA TODAY of USA TODAY |
Ella Fitzgerald truly lived up to her nickname First Lady of Song being the first woman to receive a Grammy at the inaugural 1959 awards. About a decade later, she became the first woman to be honored with the Recording Academy s Lifetime Achievement award. The first Grammy ceremony was held as a black-tie dinner before becoming the grand telecast event the awards are today. Out of the 28 awards handed out that evening in 1959, Fitzgerald walked away with two: best female vocal performance and best jazz performance. She went on to win a total of 13 Grammys in her lifetime.
Tony Bennett has been secretly battling Alzheimer’s for four years
Tony Bennett has been quietly hiding his Alzheimer’s disease for four years.
The 94-year-old Queens,New York-born crooner was diagnosed in 2016 and has been continuing to work through his symptoms, AARP Magazine reported Monday.
Bennett’s wife, Susan, said his family decided to come forward with his diagnosis without his input because he is no longer able to make such decisions.
“He would ask me, ‘What is Alzheimer’s?’” she told AARP.
“I would explain, but he wouldn’t get it. He’d tell me, ‘Susan, I feel fine.’ That’s all he could process – that physically he felt great. So, nothing changed in his life. Anything that did change, he wasn’t aware of.”