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Mary J. Blige on Life, Death, Drugs, and Whitney Houstonnew

"I wanted Whitney to make it ... I didn't want her to die like that."
Miami New Times  |  S. Pajot  |  03-12-2012  |  Profiles & Interviews

Mos Def Challenges BET, Oprah, and Obama to Pay Tribute to Executed Prisoner Troy Davisnew

On September 21, 2011, at 11:08 p.m. in Jackson, Georgia, a death row inmate named Troy Davis, convicted 20 years ago for the murder of off-duty Savannah policeman Mark MacPhail, was executed by lethal injection. And in the final weeks leading up to his scheduled execution, celebrities and rap stars helped lead a last-minute push to save Davis's life, even pleading with President Obama to personally intervene.
Miami New Times  |  S. Pajot  |  09-28-2011  |  Crime & Justice

Righteous Maytalnew

Frederick “Toots” Hibbert on his band and the birth of reggae.
Miami New Times  |  S. Pajot  |  11-16-2010  |  Profiles & Interviews

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