Ice Cube said he never expected to be onstage accepting a gilded gramophone with his fellow N.W.A members, but that’s what happened Saturday when he, MC-Ren, DJ Yella and the mother and son of late rapper Eazy-E received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy at the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards. “My …
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The estate of Tammy Wynette’s fifth and final husband, George Richey, has sued Showtime and one of Wynette’s daughters over the “villainous” portrayal of Richey in the 2022 miniseries George and Tammy. Richey died in 2010, 12 years after Wynette’s 1998 death. A year after Richey died, Georgette Jones — …
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Hip-hop trailblazers, the Queen of Disco, and a country legend are among the artists set to receive the Recording Academy’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award. N.W.A, Donna Summer, and Tammy Wynette lead this year’s honorary slate, and will be celebrated at the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards Ceremony on Feb. 3, …
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Lana Del Rey stopped by Robert’s Western World in Nashville over the weekend to showcase her recurring cover of Tammy Wynette‘s 1969 crooner “Stand By Your Man.” The singer took the stage with Robert’s regulars Timbo and offered an intimate rendition of the track for the bar’s crowd. Del Rey …
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Lana Del Rey surprised fans in Rogers, Arkansas, Tuesday night with a rendition of Tammy Wynette‘s Number One country hit from 1968, “Stand by Your Man.” The stage was dark when the first chords struck and Del Rey, who’s been dressing a bit more Loretta Lynn than Wynette on this …
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