Marsha Ambrosius performed an intimate show at the Baltimore Sound Stage on Sunday night. Check out some footage below of the soulful songstress singing covers of MJB’s “Real Love” and Rufus & Chaka Khan’s “Sweet Thing.” In addition the UK native performed her hit Floetry single “Say Yes.”
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It’s a sad day for fans of HBO series The Wire. Actor Robert F. Chew, best known for playing character “Proposition” Joe Stewart in the critically acclaimed television series, has died.
Yesterday, January 18, 2013, the actor was found dead in his Baltimore apartment yesterday. TMZ reports:
According to the coroner in Baltimore, Chew died of cardiovascular disease. “Morbid obesity” was listed as a contributing factor.Chew had very little acting experience before “The Wire” or after. He was on the cult HBO show — which took place in Baltimore — for five seasons. Jamie Hector, who played Marlo on the show, tweeted this afternoon, “I didn’t want to believe this #RIP Robert F Chew, Prop Joe will always be remembered Robert Chew will always be loved and missed!” According to the Baltimore Sun, Chew was 52 years-old and died in his sleep. The actor worked with the Baltimore’s Arena Players an organization that mentored child and teenaged actors throughout the Baltimore area. The Wire’s creator, David Simon, sent a letter to the Sun praising Chew.
‘”The Wire cast was an embarrassment of riches and it was easy, I think, for outsiders to overlook some of those who were so essential as supporting players,” wrote Simon. ” Robert’s depiction of Proposition Joe was so fixed and complete — from the very earliest scenes — that the writers took for granted that anything we sent him would be finely executed.” We won’t spoil what happened to “Prop Joe” on The Wire, but at this point you really need to stop snoozing if you’re not familiar. In late 2012, Donnie Andrews, the man who inspired the popular The Wire character Omar Little, passed away. Rest In Power Robert F. Chew.
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Earlier this week, Pusha T revealed that his solo debut on G.O.O.D. Music would be titled My Name is My Name. In a recent interview with HipHopSince1987, Pusha explained his title choice. “Basically, I was trying to pick a title that embodied who I am as an artist…and I wanted people to understand that Pusha is everything that I really, really am.” Pusha elaborated on the source of inspiration for his album title. “Actually, it’s a line in ‘Pain’ where I actually say ‘My name is my name.’ And of course, that line comes from Marlo Stanfield in the series ‘The Wire.’ It’s one of the more prominent catch phrases he said during the end of that series.”
“He was just basically saying, ‘I am who I am. This is what I got. I stand on my name. I live this,’” he explained. “And if you know anything about his character, he’s young, brash, amongst a lot of heavyweights. But he didn’t care about any of the past or history. He was like, ‘Man, I’m out here to get my money at all costs. No rules, no regulations. I’m here to compete.’ I just felt like that really embodied my presence in the Rap game.
