VaShawn Mitchell is probably singing  “Thank you Lord for all you done for me,” after bringing home not one… not two… but SIX big wins at this years Stellar Awards.  For those of you who don’t know, according to Wikipedia.com the Stellar Awards is the first Gospel Music Awards show in the country, honoring Gospel Music Artists, writers, and industry professionals for their contributions to the Gospel Music Industry… WAY TO GO V-MAN! Kirk Franklin dedicated his awards to his team, pulling them up on stage to share the moment during his acceptance for CD of the Year and later stunned the crowd when he...

Etta James, whose powerful, versatile and emotionally direct voice could enliven the raunchiest blues as well as the subtlest love songs, most indelibly in her signature hit, “At Last,”died on Jan. 20, 2012. Her manager, Lupe De Leon, said that the cause was complications of leukemia.  “Etta James was born Jamesetta Hawkins in Los Angeles on Jan. 25, 1938. Her mother, Dorothy Hawkins, was 14 at the time; her father was long gone, and Ms. James never knew for sure who he was, although she recalled her mother telling her that he was the celebrated pool player Rudolf Wanderone, better known as Minnesota...