TMZ reports that Chicago soul singer Syl Johnson, who sued Kanye West and Jay-Z in 2011 over the improper use of his song “Different Strokes” in the Watch the Throne track “The Joy,” has now reached ...
CHICAGO — Syl Johnson, a Chicago soul singer and blues artist whose work was sampled by top hip-hop artists, has died at age 85, his family said Sunday. "A fiery, fierce, fighter, always standing for ...