By Wonderwall.com Editors
8:25am PDT, May 24, 2019
Three handwritten wills discovered in Aretha Franklin's home
At the time of her death in August 2018, it was widely believed that Aretha Franklin did not leave a will behind. However, this week, three documents — handwritten wills discovered in her home, two from 2010 and one from 2014 — were submitted to Michigan's Oakland County probate court. The missives, which appear to have been penned by Aretha, offer insight into the music legend's financial goals and also disavow two earlier wills created decades earlier, including one with a letter for a former love, Temptations singer Dennis Edwards. The handwriting has not yet been confirmed as Aretha's, but another hearing has been scheduled in June to discuss the validity of the documents.
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Grand jury indicts man on murder charges in Nipsey Hussle's death
Almost two months after Nipsey Hussle's murder, a grand jury has indicted the man suspected of killing him. Eric Holder was indicted on one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder, assault with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and will be back in court in June.
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Lady Gaga set to perform a small show at the Apollo Theater
Invite only! Lady Gaga is set to perform an invitation-only show at the Apollo Theater in New York City on June 24. Gaga expressed her excitement about the intimate concert, saying, "Performing at the Apollo has always been a dream of mine. Thank you to SiriusXM and Pandora for inviting me. I'm excited for my fans to see a special show at this iconic venue."
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George Clinton says goodbye to touring
Five decades of funk music later and George Clinton is saying goodbye to life on the road. He wraps up his final concert trek, the "One Nation Under a Groove Tour," later this summer, but that won't be the last we see of him. "I'll still be making music," the 77-year-old artist told Rolling Stone earlier this year. "But I'll be finding different ways of getting it out there, through social media and whatever these new equipments they've got going on. Once you reach a certain age with radio stations, you've got to be an oldie but a goodie."
Melvin Edmonds and Jake Blake pass away
Melvin Edmonds (pictured in the center) has passed away at age 65. The R&B singer — who's the brother of famed producer Babyface — died on May 18. The news was confirmed on his band's Facebook page, though no additional details have been released. Also, Jake Blake — who co-wrote the opening song for "The Sopranos" and is the co-founder of the band Alabama 3 — died on May 21. The band confirmed the news, with no additional information or details, on their Facebook page.
Travis Tritt's tour bus involved in deadly accident
Travis Tritt opened up to fans about a horrible auto accident in South Carolina this week that left two people dead. "We were just involved in a fatal accident with a driver going the wrong way on Veterans Highway as we were leaving Myrtle Beach," the country star explained (his tour bus driver was able to swerve out of the way, avoiding the worst impacts). "I'm told that two people were killed in tonight's accident as the the result of someone who was obviously driving drunk or impaired. Just a sober reminder to everyone to never drive if you've been drinking or impaired in any way."
A Whitney Houston hologram tour and new album are on the way
It's been seven years since Whitney Houston's untimely death, but we haven't heard the last of her if her estate has anything to say about it. Executor Pat Houston, who's Whitney's sister-in-law, claims that a new tour featuring a hologram version of Whitney as well as a Broadway musical plus new unreleased tracks are all on the horizon. "Before she passed, there was so much negativity around the name; it wasn't about the music anymore," Pat told The New York Times. "People had forgotten how great she was. They let all the personal things about her life outweigh why they fell in love with her in the first place."
Lil Nas X surprises Billy Ray Cyrus with $150K car
Talk about a surprise! On the heels of Lil Nas X's success with "Old Town Road," the rapper gifted collaborator Billy Ray Cyrus with a very expensive car to say thank you — the Maserati GranTurismo convertible from the track's music video. If the car is the 2019 version, it's worth a cool $150,000.
