November 4, 2019 – Urban Star Tennessee

Mike Miller

November 4, 2019December 1, 2019 admin

Mike Miller recently opened a new profound sports atmosphere with great Memphis barbecue and tasty drinks in Germantown, TN. The Memphis men’s basketball assistant coach and former NBA player put his head together with restaurant industry veteran David Rodriquez. Their conversations led to the birth of Let It Fly Sports Bar, which opened in the Fall of 2019. Rodriquez, Let It Fly president, said the bar will stand out thanks to Miller’s touches and a Full Swing Golf Simulator to various of news reporters. The menu offers an extensive array of bar…

Maurice White

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Maurice White – the founder and leader of funk pioneers Earth, Wind, and Fire Born in Memphis on December 19th, 1941, White grew up in the Foote Homes Projects with his grandmother. As a student at Booker T. Washington High School, he became friends with fellow Memphis legend Booker T. Jones and the two started what may have been each’s first band. In his teenage years, White moved to Chicago where his mother and stepfather were living and enrolled at the Chicago Conservatory of Music. By the mid-1960s, he was…

Ecko Records

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Larry Chambers “Well, John started Ecko Records in 1994.We had cut a song on Ollie Nightingale, “I’ll Drink Your Bath-water Baby”. At that present time, he was working with another record label and John had the record Ollie. Yet, he couldn’t get anyone to take the record. So, John called me and said, “Well Larry, I’m going to put the record out myself. So, come on and join me. We’ll put the song out and we’ll call it, ‘Ecko Records’.” I thought about and agreed to join him. That’s how…

DJ Paul

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About Born Paul Beauregard, he is a rapper, producer, and member of the Academy Award Winning group Three 6 Mafia. In 2013 he reunited with four of the original member of Three 6 Mafia to form Da Mafia 6ix. Before Fame He began his career as a DJ and as a part of the rap duo The Serial Killaz. Trivia He won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2006 for co-writing “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp”, which was featured in the film Hustle & Flow. Family…

Don Bryant

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In 1960, the still teenage Bryant was offered a shot at songwriting, penning “I Got To Know” for The 5 Royales. He wrote material for other artists at Hi Records while continuing to record with The Four Kings and as a solo artist, resulting in a 1969 solo album. However, with the success of Al Green, Otis Clay, and other vocalists at Hi, Bryant’s singing career took a backseat to writing, joining Earl Randle, Dan Greer, and Darryl Carter as Hi’s top staff writers. Bryant is credited on as many as 154 titles.…

Al Green

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Al Green was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. In 2004, he was inducted into the Gospel Music Association’s Gospel Music Hall of Fame. That same year, he was inducted into The Songwriters Hall of Fame. Also in 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him No. 65 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. He was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2009 BET Awards on June 24, 2009. On August 26, 2004, Green was honored as a BMI Icon at…

Ravenwood High grad becomes first African American to win Miss Tennessee

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Newly crowned Miss Tennessee Brianna Mason talks about what it means to become the first African American Miss Tennessee. Brianna Paciorka, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee Brianna Mason, 23, graduate of Ravenwood High School, became the first African American woman to be named Miss Tennessee at Saturday night’s Miss Tennessee Scholarship Competition in Knoxville. “I can’t believe I am standing here right now with this sash and this crown and that means I am going to Miss America,” Mason said minutes after becoming Miss Tennessee 2019. Ravenwood High School Principal…