Marvin Gaye Killed 25 Years Ago Today
Twenty-Five years ago today Marvin Pentz Gaye,Jr. was shot and killed by his father, Marvin Sr., one day before his 45th birthday. I wanted to take a moment to remember some of the fantastic music that Mr. Gaye left us and some of the music we’ve made inspired by him.
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“Come Live With Me Angel”
G-Unit F/ Joe “I Wanna Get To Know You”
Marvin Gaye “I Want You”
“Since I Had You”
Erick Sermon “Music”
“Since I Had You”
“Soon I’ll Be Loving You”
Jay-Z “American Dreamin”
Method Man f D’Angelo “Break Ups To Make Ups”
HAPPY B-DAY DIDDY!
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Comments (18)
The Man ad his music will always be with us a legend that
what he was
2day should be a day that we take the time and respect a man for music that he share with the world but if u want to be an ass hole do it on your own time and by the way dallasfann1 dont be mad cause u just some average ass dude with no life.
DALLASFANN1 u the crackhead thinking MG ain’t a legend! U just worry bout Dallas trying to win a dam playoff! Cowboys suck ass!!!
There will be ppl that don’t like or understand Marvin, but no matter what he did in his past he is still a legend. He is no different then these gangsta rappers buying guns and doning drugs. He was taken to soon. I still listen to his music.
I’m so jealous of those who got to be around while he was alive! This man’s music is truly amazing.
jeffrey osborne more of a legend than marvin gay!!! he was a crack head like david ruffin
f**k marvin gaye that nigga music wasent all that it was just average.if his ass was still alive yall wouldnt be saying he was a legend
MAN MARVEN GAYE MY NIGGA I ALWAYS BUMP SOME “MG”……..IT SAD THAT MARVEN DAD CUT HIS LIFE SHORT…..MARVEN U STILL HAVE A FAN HERE R.I.P. “MG”
Marvin Gaye was a icon to the world of music. His music was in a class by itself. He is and always will be remembered as the “greatest singer” ever…
Marvin Gaye…”A Legend”…way ahead of his time!! Even today, the album/cd “What’s Going On” still applies to the status of “the World/US”.
Pure Genius!!
i hate marvin gaye’s father for killing him takin one of the most beautiful people off this earth (MARVIN GAYE WAS FROM WASHINGTON D.C.)
r.i.p. we love u da da da da da daaa da da.. do do do doo do
I will never ever forget that day; I was listening to the radio (1580-KDAY) when the DJ as somber as hell announced that Marvin had been pronounced dead after an altercation with his father. I ran into the living room, (where my mom had company)jumping up and down telling her the news I had just heard about one of her favorite R&B/soul singers was killed. The fact that it was April 1st was reason for her to doubt me; ‘Boy, stop playin! Just cause it’s April Fools Day, don’t mean that you can make cruel stuff like that up! Marvin aint dead, so stop makin that up….that aint funny!…’ I swear on everything that I knew, but she still didn’t believe me until I turned on the stereo in the living room. The mood was so somber. Pretty soon, my uncles and aunts were coming over to our house, some of them in tears. I couldn’t understand why my elders would be so emotionally distraught over him. Years later, when I matured and learned to appreciate his contribution to Black music as well as his persona, I understood the pain of his passing. Marvin was to us as Elvis was to Rock & Roll. He was a crooner – ahead of his time. He was the embodiment of the outpouring of Black love.
When my mom explained to me the strained relationship Marvin had with his father, Marvin Sr. and how it lead to the incident that cost Marvin his life, I was devastated. Plus, the fact that it happened to take place the day before Marvin’s birthday!
Years later, Spike Lee depicted the scene between the Gayes in his film ‘Jungle Fever’ (Ozzie Davis and Sam L. Jackson).
I often think about how devasted I would feel to hear of Stevie, Prince, or Frankie Beverly coming to such a horrible demise. Lord forbid.
The Greatest Ever. Period. Dot. ‘ What’s Going On ‘ is and will always be the greatest album of all time.
MUCH LOVE TO MARVIN GAYE HE IS A LEGEND IN DIS MUSIC WORLD DAT WE LISTEN TO TODAY LET ALL HIS MUSIC STILL GO ON AS HE WOULD SAY JUST LIKE MUSIC MAKAVELI 863 A MUSIC PHENOMENOM
still miss after all these years an artist i wish i could see him perform live
R.I.P Marvin! We love you and miss you man. WHAT’S GOIN ON?
Still the greatest even after 25 years…