After a long six year hiatus, today, the triple threat rapper Diggy Simmons, returns with the official release of his second studio-album, Lighten Up through EMPIRE. The album is Diggy Simmons official return since 2012’s Unexpected Arrival.
The eight track full length project is a monumental body of work that tackles mental health, love, and much more. Lighten Up was executive produced by Shawn Barron and Earlly Mac, looming in production are Honorable C Note, Kaytranada, Jay The Great, and more. Lighten Up was introduced with four tracks: “It Is What It Is,” “Anchors,” “Text Me” and “Goin” – all available today
Sam Cooke with neighbor friend Aretha Franklin[/caption]On this site, I have written about SO many music celebrities and industry deaths I've lost count. For some reason, Aretha Franklin's death was the hardest hitting. She was not only the Queen of Soul she was an American institution. While doing some reading on her, I discovered there was also once a "King of Soul," Sam Cooke.Cooke died tragically on December 11, 1964, at the age of 33. Cooke rescued himself from what he considered to be financial insolvency by leaving the Gospel industry, an industry that even in 2018 is still reputed to be outrageously frugal, for the more generous and profitable secular music industry. He admitted to Dick Clark when posed with the question, "Why did you leave Gospel?" responding "For financi
