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Chris Brown Celebrates 15 Year Anniversary of Grammy Award Winning F.A.M.E. Album

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Chris Brown's interview by Robin Roberts of Good Morning America marking the release of his Grammy Award winning album F.A.M.E revealed a focused, considerate and thoughtful artist who explained what fame meant to him as he elaborated on the special meaning of the punctuated initials appearing on the album cover art work.  He responded that the initials stood for "Forgiving All My enemies" and in the alternative and with emphasis "Fans are My Everything".

At the beginning of the interview Roberts began a line of questioning that sought to probe his relationships and controversial incidents occuring in the past. Brown rather quickly responded that he was there to talk about the album, the music and rather candidly veered away from that topic.

As I reflect on the Brown discography on this 15 year anniversary of the F.A.M.E. album, which is one of my favorites by Brown and could be characterized as an upbeat compilation of songs that you could easily imagine being acted out as segments of a movie storyline or sung as compositions in the soundtrack of a Broadway play.

To be continued...

 

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Sinners,K-Pop Tantalizing Performances and History Makers at 2026 Oscars

While the movie "One Battle After Another" walked away with the most awards including Best Picture and Best Director wins, Sinners and K-Pop put on one of the most colorful and mesmerizing musical performances during the Academy Awards. Both movies also made history and  stood as proud beacons of their communities during their performances and when accepting their awards.

Sinners received a standing ovation from the audience after performing the original movie soundtrack song "I Lied to You" in a spellbinding kaliedoscopic real time montage that presented as a vibrantly surreal mix of ethnic dancers, Blues singers, guitarists, African dancers and a singular ballet performance by Misty Copeland who came out of retirement and recovery from a recent hip replacement surgery to be among the performers. The innovative horror movie won a total of 4 Oscars. Michael B. Jordan picked up his first Oscar for his brilliant portrayal of two characters as twins. The movie also won for Best Original Score with long time friend and fellow collaborator Swedish ____, Best Original Screenplay for Director and writer Ryan Coogler. Cinema photography with a history making win for Afro-Philippino    the first female to ever win in that category. 

Million Dollar Studio Opens in Detroit Thanks to Donors Usher and Big Sean

 Good news Detroit youth and broader community. Thanks to the generosity of two very high profile musicians, a new media hub has opened at the historic and recently renovated Michigan Central Station. Usher and native Detroiter Big Sean combined their resources and contributed $1,000.000.00 to the project. For more information  visit this link and check out the background story on You Tube:

Grammys Speak Truth to Power, D'Angelo & Roberta Flack Remembered Brilliantly

 Last night's Grammy show was an amazing platform on which artists united in a powerful demonstration of the importance and power of the First Amendment. The freedom to speak one's mind freely without hesitation or fear of reprisal. Last night the reverberations were in protest of Ice. Freedom of Speech  is a right that has made the US envied around the world and is one of the primary reasons that thousands of immigrants flock to our country yearly.

 The truth flowed eloquently whether it was a very short sentence by Billy Eilish who stated "You can't be illegal on stolen land", Bad Bunny's "Ice Out" followed by "love  is more powerful than hate, including a reminder that "we are human, we are American." The cameras switched across the audience and zoomed in on what appeared to be a very proud faced Gloria Estefan who looked genuinely pleased about what he was saying. 

Shaboozey's prepared speech extending gratitude to his mother an immigrant who worked three jobs to support him and his four siblings was an emotional moment for him as tears streamed from his eyes.

Kehlani who received her first award ever, the Grammy for Best R&b performance, mentioned the power of all the voices coming together and concluded with an expletive deletive "f... Ice."

Olivia Dean who picked up a Grammy for Best New Artist mentioned how she came from a family of immigrants and they should be recognized for their bravery.

It was a good show. Trevor Noah did a great job hosting. The interlude between him and Bad Bunny where he got him to sing along in Spanish was priceless.

That memorial tribute to D'Angelo and Roberta Flack curated-led by Lauren Hill and the other artists who have passed on the year past was brilliant, very stunning, spiritually and musically uplifting. They took us to church--Lela Hathaway, October London, Bilal, John Baptiste, Chaka Kahn and John Legend. Check out the videos on YouTube:

Pharrell Williams received the Dr.Dre Global Impact Award for 2026:

Other performances to check out that were memorable in their own right. Leon Thomas picked up a Grammy for his song MUTT which I understand Chris Brown's vocals influenced and  were featured on.

Btw,that was a very soulful performance of Yukon by Justin Beiber. I was just a little surprised by his attention grabbing  sleek attire. He only wore shorts and socks. Here's an explanation behind his outfit at this link.

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Edited by Cynthia Wilson on 2.6.26 @5:33p.m 

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