Will Ari Lennox get her wish to be released from her contract with Dreamville and Interscope? Why didn’t director RJ Cutler use rap music in Martha Stewart’s documentary as she requested? Is Beyonce’s Betty Davis Halloween costume an indication that Act III will be a rockContinue Reading
Betty Davis, the funk pioneer who was once married to Miles Davis, died age 77 on February 9th of cancer. Davis rattled the music industry establishment in the ’60s and ’70s when she debuted her raunchy stage show and raw funk. The former Betty Mabry had worked as a modelContinue Reading
[vimeo id=”236119504″] Betty – They Say I’m Different is a documentary about Betty Davis the funk singer who was briefly married to Miles Davis. Director Phil Cox had the rare chance to spend time with Davis over the past four years and direct this film about her life. Betty MabryContinue Reading
[youtube id=”XXAdZiTemq4″] Betty Davis’s brief marriage to Miles Davis led him towards the embracing of new sounds in the ’60’s. The former Betty Mabry introduced Davis to the music of Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone which was the precursor to his explorations in fusion with Bitches Brew. Before she recorded herContinue Reading