*The July 25th announcement by community activist Najee Ali – that President Trump signed a bill into law to have a Los Angeles post office renamed after the late great Marvin Gaye Jr. – reminded me ...

Motown wasn’t really known for its politically conscious music. Then came “What’s Going On.” Released on May 21, 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, Marvin Gaye’s album became a monster, spawning ...

Gervin recalled that he and Gaye shared a long conversation before he finally convinced the soul legend to step out, get some ...

Marvin Gaye famously sang that “war is not the answer” in his signature protest song “What’s Going On.” But for the late Motown legend, football was the answer to help lift him out of a deep ...

In 2017, singer Brian Owens, one of St. Louis’s most celebrated artists, spearheaded a national tour of performing arts centers called The Marvin Gaye Experience. The tour was an extension of a series ...

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Marvin Gaye’s timeless soul classic What’s Going On. To mark the anniversary, Motown has released a new lyric video for the title track, ...

Rolling Stone magazine’s No. 1 greatest album of all time is getting a hometown celebration in honor of its 50th anniversary. Marvin Gaye’s 1971 Motown-recorded masterpiece What’s Going On will ...

Motown wasn’t really known for its politically conscious music. Then came “What’s Going On.” Released on May 21, 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, Marvin Gaye’s album became a monster, spawning ...

Marvin Gaye skyrocketed to stardom as a leading Motown artist in the 1960s and 1970s. He become iconic for projects like "What's Going On" and "Sexual Healing." His impact on the industry still lives ...

Fifty years to the day after its release, Marvin Gaye's iconic "What's Going On" single is getting its own day and Motown Museum officials want to use the moment as an opportunity to start ...

This isn’t the first expanded edition of the classic album, but the team behind it feels like it deserved a fresh look into what the archives held. Weinger, who produced the original “Let’s Get It On: ...

Jan Gaye attends the 47th annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Awards Gala in New York City in 2016. (Charles Sykes / Invision / Associated Press) Janis Hunter Gaye, the second wife ...