Aretha Franklin Has Passed Away at 76

[BuckFilly]

rest easy queen

gotta post my faves

 

[Doobie Doo]

 

[Bolzmark]

When are the next B.E.T awards, June? Ya’ll got 10 months to get this sh!t right.

 

[Doobie Doo]

When are the next B.E.T awards, June? Ya’ll got 10 months to get this sh!t right.

I'm pretty sure a lot networks and DJs started putting their tributes together earlier this week,

 

[Doobie Doo]

I thought I was the only one feeling like that. watching all these Cac news anchors pretend to give a damn and rewrite her as a "feminist" hero to them.

Better than no acknowledgement at all. I'd say Aretha is a top 20 arguably top 10 American artist of all time (regardless of genre), she's a national treasure. They gotta say something, even if it isn't heartfelt or from the soul.

 

[Dynamite James]

Better than no acknowledgement at all. I'd say Aretha is a top 20 arguably top 10 American artist of all time (regardless of genre), she's a national treasure. They gotta say something, even if it isn't heartfelt or from the soul.

True. As a Black American. It just seems so fake though.

 

[Po pimp]

Better than no acknowledgement at all. I'd say Aretha is a top 20 arguably top 10 American artist of all time (regardless of genre), she's a national treasure. They gotta say something, even if it isn't heartfelt or from the soul.

As far as I’m concerned, my top ten are definitely all black artists. Possibly my top twenty as well.

 

[Stuntone]

Rest In Peace Lady. Not many real Black Legends left. This one hurts. Real talent.

 

[Azul]

James Brown... gone
MJ...gone
Whitney...gone
Prince...gone
Aretha...gone

Please protect Stevie

 

[loyola llothta]

RIP

 

[mamba]

James Brown... gone
MJ...gone
Whitney...gone
Prince...gone
Aretha...gone

Please protect Stevie

Stevie, Smokey and Al Green. Pretty much the only members of that special Black group of artists we have left.

Sure, we have Patti, Diana Ross and a few others.

But, really we’re left with Stevie, Smokey and Al.

I pray that those brehs are here for many more years and that we celebrate them now instead of when they’re gone.

 

[mamba]

We all knew that Aretha would have to go someday.

But, it just feels like, as each one of our legends passes on, the soul of Black America takes a hit.

 

[Doobie Doo]

True. As a Black American. It just seems so fake though.

It is fake, but real talk, people of all races and backgrounds will discover for the first time or rediscover Aretha Franklin's music this week. Her estate will gross millions of millions of dollars

It'd be faker to not acknowledge it. Hell, there are a lot of artist whose music I don't fukk with or just never heard but if they die I can't deny legacy (Paul McCartney for instance)

 

[The Lyon King]

She taught me how to spell RESPECT before I even knew what it meant

 

[Dynamite James]