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R.I.P. Jheryl Busby [UPDATED: Nov. 06, 2008 1:21
PM]CORRECTION:Longtime industry exec Lisa McCall reached out to SR.com today to
say, Jheryl and I were never married, but we were close friends and business
associates. I've been running his companies for over ten years.Longtime music
executive Jheryl Busby has passed away. Busby was found dead Tuesday in his hot
tub at his home in Malibu, California. He was 59-years-old.The cause of death is
thought to be drowning, but a corner's report has not been released. It appears
it could be a possible accident, or he died of natural causes, Ed Winter, a
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Wednesday. An autopsy was planned.Busby got his start in the music business
doing promotional work for now-defunct Stax Records in the early 1970s.He was so
successful at stirring up interest in his label's acts that he quickly moved on
to promotional and artist development roles

at Casablanca, Atlantic, CBS and AM Records.At his
next stop, MCA Records, Busby rose to become president of the company's black
music division by 1984. He made a priority of signing established performers,
including Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight, who had lost their record company
deals in the post-disco era.He also helped discover and market such groups as
New Edition, Jody Watley, Bobby Brown, and the Jets, helping them cross over
from the RB music charts to the more mainstream top 40 lists. Along the way, he
turned MCA into the industry's black music sales leader.In 1988, he was hired at
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viii Motown. I thought it couldn't get any better: president and CEO of
probably the most important record label in America in terms of black music, he
told the New York Times.But Busby was forced out in 1995 after a legal dispute
with MCA. Three years later, he was named head of the urban music division

at Dreamworks SKG.Busby also became a majority
stakeholder in Founders National Bank, the first African-American-owned and
operated commercial bank in California, in 1998.Funeral arrangements have not
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York:Source: dailymail.co.uk Video: Usher

meltdown on MTV TRL Usher appeared on MTV's TRL show
today. Just after passing out about a hundred CDs to the studio audience (which
most likely counts toward his overall CD sales), Usher went into a rant about
people talking about his wife (again).This is sooo tiring and bizarre. Does
Usher have a PR company This is the time to promote his new album which is about
to do horrible numbers, in part, because of this obsession he has with people
talking about his wife.Usher acts like he's brand new to the music biz. He's
lost most of his fan base with his unpredictable bitch-like behavior.It's not a
good look for a male entertainer to continuously show his feminine side unless
he's on the verge of coming out. We already know his wife wears the pants in the
relationship. Usher should make an effort to hold on to the last shred of
dignity that he has

left.