Dr. Dre Explains Why He Decided to Never Work with 'Heroes' Michael Jackson, Prince & Stevie Wonder

posted a health update Sunday claiming that she was “lucky to be alive” after she received a small gift from her manager, Guy Oseary, while surrounded by loved ones.According to the singer’s Instagram account, the present was a Polaroid taken by Andy Warhol of artist Keith Haring wearing a jacket with Michael Jackson’s face painted on it. “If you zoom into this picture I am holding you will see a -polaroid taken by Andy Warhol of Keith Haring wearing a jacket with Michael Jackson’s face painted on it,” wrote Madonna, 64. “A perfect triangle of Brilliance.”“Artist who touched so many lives including my own.

Madonna has posted another health update following her hospitalization last month with a bacterial infection.

Naman Ramachandran Madonna has thanked her family and friends for their support during her medical emergency. In late June, the singer had developed a serious bacterial infection that had led to a several-day stay in an intensive care unit. The North American dates of her “Celebration” tour have been rescheduled and the tour will now begin in Europe in October.

Madonna is paying tribute to her children amid her recent health scare.The 64-year-old singer took to Instagram to share a lengthy thank you to her kids alongside a few photos of her family members, who she says supported her during her time in the hospital for a bacterial infection.«Love from family and friends is the best Medicine. One month out of the hospital and I can reflect. As a Mother you can really get caught up In the needs Of your children and the seemingly endless giving………… But when the chips were down my children really showed up for me.

Todd Gilchrist editor At 90, Quincy Jones has accomplished enough for a dozen lifetimes. As a songwriter, composer, performer and producer, he’s collaborated with (and created) some of the biggest acts of all time, from Ray Charles to Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson.

Nothing Compares 2 U” — the unparalleled breakup ballad that turned Sinéad O’Connor’s tears into a chart-topping triumph — in an even more heartbreaking way today.Indeed — after the Irish icon’s shocking passing on Wednesday at just 56 — nothing can take away these blues right now.But while all those flowers planted in the backyard may have died, “Nothing Compares 2 U” signaled the bloom of a new era in rock after it went to No. 1 in the spring of 1990.Following the ’80s domination of pop superstars including Michael Jackson, Madonna, Whitney Houston and Prince — who wrote “Nothing Compares 2 U” for the Family, his side project that originally released the song in 1985 — rising alt-rock star O’Connor represented a game change when her definitive version dropped in the first days of January 1990.After becoming a darling of the MTV “120 Minutes” crowd with her 1987 debut “The Lion and the Cobra,” O’Connor traded the more rocking, dance-driven attack of “Mandinka” and “I Want Your (Hands on Me)” for something totally different and surprising: an emotionally bare ballad, dripping in strings and sorrow, that revealed a striking vulnerability.No doubt — it cut even closer to the bone than her shaved head.And then there was that iconic video with O’Connor in crushing close-up, shedding that single tear.

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DJ Cassidy — already underage at 18, but looking “like I was 8” — got his big break on one slow, rainy night at the club Lotus in NYC’s Meatpacking District.That was back when there was more beef than beats in the neighborhood’s nascent nightlife days, and, that night, there was a certain hip-hop mogul — Sean “Puffy” Combs — in the house as Cassidy was filling the largely empty space with the soulful sounds of Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan and Luther Vandross.“And so Puffy goes to the floor and essentially dances by himself for two hours,” the now 42-year-old DJ — who will headline Manhattan’s Radio City Music Hall with his “Pass the Mic Live!” concert on Friday — told The Post.“At 5 in the morning on the way out, he walks by the DJ booth … and he wrote down his name and number on a napkin and said, ‘Call me tomorrow.’ ” And when he talked on the phone to Combs the next day, Cassidy Podell got “the greatest compliment I’ve ever received.”“He goes, ‘How do you know how to play all those records like that?’ And I said, ‘Like what?’ And he goes, ‘Like you lived it.’ ”A white, Jewish kid from the Upper East Side, Cassidy was too young to have heard many of the black classics he was spinning when they were first released.But with his signature mix of old-school R&B and hip-hop, DJ Cassidy would go on to become spinner to the stars — from Puffy and Jay-Z to Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez — as well as rock the White House at not one but two presidential inaugurations for Barack Obama.Now a star in his own right, he looks every bit the part in a custom-made pink suit ahead of his “Pass the Mic Live!” show on Friday at Radio City.

Dr. Dre has finally revealed why he turned down the chance to work with late pop icons Prince and Michael Jackson.Speaking to Kevin Hart on the latter’s Hart to Heart show, Dre shared that he was given the chance to collaborate with both Prince and Michael Jackson, along with other greats like Stevie Wonder, but ultimately “bowed out” of those opportunities.“They just asked me to work with them and I just was like, ‘What the fuck am I going to do with them?’” he explained. “Those are my fucking heroes.”Watch a clip of Dr.

Dr. Dre has said that he doesn’t like “most” of modern hip-hop, but he’s “never gonna hate” on current artists.While appearing on Kevin Hart‘s show Hart to Hart, the rapper and producer explained that while the current state of the genre isn’t his favourite, it is “evolving”.“Anybody that’s talking about the state of hip hop right now, when talking about it from a negative place, sounds like somebody’s fuckin’ grandfather,” said Dre.He continued, “This is just what it is. Hip-hop is evolving.

Lisa Marie Presley‘s cause of death has finally been confirmed and revealed to the public.Lisa Marie Presley – the only daughter of Elvis Presley – died in January at the age of 54 from what was reported at the time as a cardiac arrest. However, a newly published report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office has confirmed that Presley died from a “sequelae of a small bowel obstruction.”Small bowel obstructions are defined as intestinal obstructions and complications that cut off the blood supply to the intestine.

Celebrities have been known to have unusual pets. George Clooney, for example, famously had a potbellied pig named Max, and who can forget Michael Jackson’s chimp, Bubbles?

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Jasmine Armfield and Tilly Keeper are some of the former EastEnders stars who enjoyed a soap reunion at a friend's forest-set wedding.They were also joined by former castmate Shaheen Jafargholi and YouTuber Romell Henry for a group photo full of smiles and laughter in celebration of the happy couple. Weddings are always a great chance to catch up with old friends, and these ex-EastEnders enjoyed a trip down memory lane. Shaheen posted the photos to Instagram captioned "besties got married", including one of himself looking super smart in a tux and holding a colourful bouquet of flowers at the stunning big day.

Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, passed away in 2018, but her estate is still in flux, pitting her sons against each other. This week, a Michigan jury ruled that a handwritten document found in her couch after Franklin’s death is a valid will. It is a victory for Kecalf Franklin and Edward Franklin, whose lawyers had argued that papers dated 2014 should override a 2010 will which was discovered around the same time in a locked cabinet at the Franklin’s home in suburban Detroit.

Elton John might just secure his EGOT status at the 75th annual Emmy Awards.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Kevin Hart and his entertainment company Hartbeat are bringing back BET’s “Comic View” stand-up comedy franchise after a nine-year hiatus as part of a four-day weekend event in Las Vegas celebrating his 44th birthday. The actor, comedian, producer and entrepreneur’s Hartbeat is teaming with Paramount Global’s BET to relaunch “Comic View” for Hartbeat Weekend, taking place in Las Vegas from July 6-9 and timed for Hart’s birthday (July 6). Hosted by Mike Epps, the all-new episodes of “Comic View” will be recorded on location in front of a live audience throughout the four-day event with performances by Tommy Davidson, Tacarra Williams, Tony T. Roberts, Bresha Webb, D.C. Young Fly and rapper Tip “T.I.” Harris (in what will mark his televised stand-up comedy debut).

Diamonds, diamonds dancing at Michael Rubin’s all-white party.Chad Alexander Kwiatkowski, a watch influencer on TikTok under the handle @chad.alexander, revealed the cost of watches Hollywood elites wore to Fanatics CEO Rubin’s exclusive, star-studded Fourth of July bash in the Hamptons on July 4.In a 2-minute clip posted on TikTok, Kwiatkowski unveils each flossy timepiece — reportedly scaling from $46,000 to nearly 8 million dollars — that celebrities including Tom Brady, DJ Khaled, Jay-Z and Kevin Hart rocked on their wrists.The most expensive watch seen in the video was Jay-Z’s vintage Patek Philippe Ref. 2499, in which Kwiatkowski mentions a rose gold version was recently sold for a record $7.68 million.Meanwhile, model Rebecca Donaldson had the least expensive watch, a Rolex Day-Date 40 in rose gold, which costs $46,000, according to the official Rolex website. “There are times when someone is wearing a very unique piece that takes a little more research online into figuring out what’s on their wrist, but in most cases, I can identify a watch right away after only seeing it in a photo,” Kwiatkowski told The Post.Watches at Michael Rubin’s White Party ✨ Celebrities like Tom Brady, DJ Khaled, OBJ, Jay Z, Lil Baby & more wore some insane watches at the party in the Hamptons from Rolex to Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Richard Mille, Urwerk & more.

Kim Kardashian can do shots with the best of them.