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Nothing gets the juices flowing like tales of celebrities in trouble. It lets people know that people we celebrate have problems just like we do. And when the economy goes sour, they occasionally have trouble paying their mortgages.

Take Wyclef Jean. The rapper/producer took out a $2.1 million mortgage to renovate a Miami Beach mansion. Then, according to media reports, he stopped making payments. Work on the property seems to have stopped midstream, as if the workman walked off the job. The house went up for sale on December 13. I could not tell if the sale occurred.

Other musicians having trouble keeping up with their mortgage payments include Fantasia Barrino, winner of Season 3 of American Idol, and Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul.

TMZ.com reports that Barrino bought the six-bedroom, 6,000-square foot mansion for $1.3 million in 2007. The county will auction the home off on January 12. Even if she loses the house, fans should not fret because she has got another one nearby, TMZ said.

Franklin, one of the legends of pop music, ran into trouble with the tax man in her hometown of Detroit, according to Reuters. Earlier this year, she owed a total of $19,192 in back taxes and fees on the property through 2007. It was not clear if this debt had been settled.

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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Store's across the country will celebrate Black Music Month with 22 live in-store performances at various major city locations by "hometown heroes." Black Music Month was first proclaimed last year by President George W. Bush in "recognition of the outstanding contributions that African-American singers, composers, and musicians have made to our country," and in order to "express our appreciation for the extraordinary music that has enriched our Nation."

Apple's recognition of the month-long celebration may appear like a marketing tool from the number one music retailer, but it also signals the importance of retailers in promoting the celebration so it can achieve a higher level of awareness with the mass public. Even without Apple's promotion, this year's month-long celebration is looking very successful and very well received, and artists are obviously on board. Aretha Franklin has provided an essay for BlackVoices.com's celebration "expressing her enthusiasm with the state of modern R&B."

Above Apple, BlackVoices.com's promotion and website provides the most comprehensive and electrifying coverage of Black Music Month, providing discussion of various decades in music history from the 1960s to present, notes about events in that history, polls on favorite albums, blogs from celebrities and countless other features that expertly discuss black music. The AOL-owned website also discusses various styles and genres of music and important business leaders that have helped pave the way for black music.

BlackVoices.com and Apple Stores promote Black Music Month originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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