R.I.P MTV: how an '80s icon stayed relevant for 40 years

Sadly, a recent announcement revealed that MTV will be shut down by 31 December 2025, seeing the end of MTV Music, MTV 80s, ...
Variety

DJ Cassidy Gathers More Than 40 R&B Stars of the Late ’80s and Early ’90s for ‘Pass the Mic Volume 3’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Although mum on most participants, Cassidy is proud to have three all-female groups from the era — TLC, En Vogue and SWV — joining a lineup he says will be full of surprises Tuesday night. “I haven’t ...
Penn Live

ICE detains ’80s R&B singer, who is now facing deportation

A founding member of the popular ’80s British band Loose Ends has been detained by ICE. Singer Jane Eugene has been detained for “overstaying” her visa, according to a GoFundMe page set up for her.
Los Angeles Times

Vesta Williams: ‘80s R&B diva found dead in a hotel room at 53

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Vesta Williams, the R&B singer who rose to fame in the ‘80s, was found ...
The New York Times

James Ingram, a Hitmaking Voice of ’80s R&B, Is Dead at 66

James Ingram, whose voice — technically precise, crisp and reserved, yet full of audacious feeling — made him one of the defining singers of R&B in the 1980s, has died. He was 66. The actress and ...
MassLive

Founding member of chart-topping ‘80s R&B group dies at 68

Wayne Lewis, founding member of the platinum-selling R&B group Atlantic Starr, has died. He was 68 years old. Lewis died on Thursday, June 5, according to a Facebook post from Atlantic Starr on Friday ...