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Notorious B.I.G to earn ASCAP honor By MESFIN FEKADU The Associated Press NEW YORK The late rap icon Notorious B.I.G ill be honored at the A SCAP Rhythm Soul A wards later this month. The performing rights organization said Thursday that the rapper will receive its ASCAP Founders Award on June 22 at The Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles. It will be its 30th annual Rhythm Soul Music Awards. The Notorious B.I.G, born Christopher Wallace in New York City, was shot to death in 1997. His mother, Voletta Wallace, his children, and his widow, singer Faith Evans, will accept the award on his behalf.

The hip-hop legend was a powerhouse success in the with albums like to and After His hits include anthems like With and Money Mo was a legend in his own time and his legacy lives on through his said ASCAP President Paul Williams. all songwriters, he was a master storyteller, but it was the realism in his rhymes that captured so Last month Evans released a collaborative album with Notorious B.I.G called King and Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis will also be honored at the ASCAP event with the Voice of Music Award. The Grammy- winning songwriting duo, who will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame this month, mostly notably have worked with Janet Jackson throughout her career. They have also crafted No. 1 hits for George Michael, Usher, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men.

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Jennifer Garner criticizes People magazine over cover Cyndi Lauper to receive Trailblazer Honor Ron Howard to direct documentary on Pavarotti The Associated Press NEW YORK Jennifer Garner happy about her cover spot on this People magazine. This issue features a smiling Garner with the words After for an article detailing her split from husband Ben Affleck. The 45-year-old actress writes on Face- book that she pose for the cover or in or the article. While she says the cover shot she says it does affect her and her family, so she to set the record Garner is also shooting down tabloid reports that pregnant with twins, writing, have three wonderful kids and my family is A People spokesperson says in a statement that its story on Garner fair and adding that does not include rumors and does not say The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Logo is honoring Cyndi Lauper later this month at its Trailblazer Honors for her longtime advocacy work for the LGBT community. The television network praised the 63-year- old singer-songwriter for her advocacy through song and theatre.

She co-founded the True Colors Fund in 2008 to help address homelessness among LGBT youth. The 2017 Trailblazer Honors will be held in New York on June 22 and will air as an hourlong special the following day on VH1 and Logo. Additional honorees have yet to be announced. Lauper is a Grammy, Tony and Emmy award winner. In 2013, Lauper became the first female Best Original Score Tony winner for the musical The Associated Press LOS ANGELES his successful Beatles documentary, Ron Howard is sticking with music.

The Oscar-winner is directing a documentary about Luciano Pavarotti, the Italian tenor who rose to superstar status. Imagine Entertainment and White Horse Pictures announced the untitled project Thursday. Pavarotti transcended opera to become a leading tenor. Howard says Pava- life is full of great drama and contradictions. The tenor became a best-selling classical artist, with more than 100 million records sold, and he had the first classical album to reach No.

1 on the pop charts. He died from pancreatic cancer in 2007 at age 71. The untitled documentary does not have a release date. last film, Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring won the Grammy Award for best music film. GARNER LAUPER.