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March 19. 2003 Œlje 3¡3ortlanó ©baeruer Page B3 Dean’s Beauty & Barber Shop 3 DOLLARS OFF F our T ops Legendary group to perform this weekend lu e s d a y s t h r o u g h T h u r s d a y s S e n io r C itiz e n s d a y s a re Tuesday 2 1 5 N . E . H a n c o c k S t., P o r tla n d , O R (503)282-2920 BARBERS: W illia m s T y r o n e F r a z ie r (n e w stvlist) The s m o o th vocal blending o f th e Four Tops will bring th e DooW op d a ys o f th e 5 0 s to life w hen th e leg en d a ry e n te rta in e rs p erfo rm a t Chinook W inds C asino in Lincoln City for 8 p .m . sh o w s on Friday a n d Saturday, M arch 2 1 a n d 2 2 . The Four Tops h a ve b e e n m a rvel ing a u d ie n c e s with their in fe ctio u s b le n d o f p u re vocal pow er a n d s w e e t h a rm o n ies sin c e 1 9 5 4 . For tic ke ts, call 1 8 8 8 - 6 2 4 - 6 2 2 8 or 1 -8 0 0 -9 9 2 -8 4 9 9 . PRESS i Cl RI.S SPECIAL S ii* KMHD 89.1 FM Homage Paid to Moms of Slain Rap Stars (AP) — Six years after rapper The Notorious B.I.G. was slain, the grief is still fresh for his mother, Voletta Wallace. “Just the shock o f the news, telling me that my son is not breath ing ... that pain is unending,” she said. Her pain was eased in the weeks after her son’s death, however, by the outpouring of support she re ceived from fans and friends, Wallace said. So she decided to follow that example by honoring the mothers . o f other musicians who died un timely deaths - Aaliyah, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopez, Tupac Shakur, Jam ‘ Master Jay, Big Pun, Big L and Freaky Tah - at “B I G. Night Out," a b enefit fo r the C h risto p h er Wallace Memorial Foundation. “O ver the years, they’ve en countered one of the worst trag edies a mother can ever face, and I’m hoping not to put closure to their loss but just to share a little for the first time. She said she had no advice for them, but wanted to celebrate their courage. "It is our way of saying, Keep your head up,” ’ said Wallace. “It’s the foundation’s way just to let these parents know that we love them.” The Notorious B.I.G. - bom C hristopher W allace and also known as Biggie Smalls- was shot to death on March 9, 1997, in Los Angeles. His killing remains un solved. One mother Wallace has al ready met is Afeni Shakur, whose son T upac had a bitter rivalry with The Notorious B.I.G., and was killed six months before him. Like S hakur and W allace, Connie M izell’s son Jason - Run DMC’s pioneering DJ Jam Master warmth with them,” Wallace said. tended sympathies to the mother of Jay - was shot to death. His O cto She sent a card to Aaliyah’s slain rapper Freaky Tah, Herminia ber killing also remains unsol ved. mother, Diane Haughton, after the Rogers. The Christopher W allace M e singer-actress was killed in a plane At the benefit in Manhattan, morial Foundation provides edu crash in August 2001. She also ex- Wallace met most o f the mothers cational resources for children. R a p p e rS e a n "Puffy" C om bs h u g s Voletta Wallace, m o th e r o f d e c e a s e d rapper N otorious B.I.G., w h o se real n a m e is Christopher Wallace, during a "B.I.G. Night Out" b e n e fit for th e Christopher Wallace M em orial Founda tion, a group fo u n d e d b y Voletta W allace to provide educational re so u rc e s for chil dren. W A L K -IN S \V E L C O M E A.D. Get The Blues... Friday Freeway Blues ■ 4 pm to 6 pm Rhapsody in Blues ■ 6 pm to 10 pm Blues Palace ■ 10 pm to 2 am The -Í5lh A h mm I E B O N Y F A S H IO N F A IR » m e n I.' More Police Troubles for Ross Singer cited for expired tags, months after drunk driving arrest (AP) — Diana Ross has been cited by police in Greenwich, Conn, for driving an unregistered car. Ross was stopped Sunday after noon when a police officer noticed the registration sticker on the black Ford Taurus' license plate had ex- Ujana p OQ pifed, the Greenwich Times re ported. Ross, who has a home in G reen wich, said she rarely drives the car because it’s owned by her Los Angeles booking agency, police said. The 58-year-old singer was is sued an infraction that carries a $78 fine. Ross was arrested for investiga tion of drunken driving Dec. 30 in Tucson, Anz. She has pleaded in nocent to the charge. Rosa Parks Refuses to Attend Image Awards NAACP endorsement of ‘Barbershop’ movie brings protest (AP)— Civil rights w as appreciated but pioneer Rosa Parks that jokes by C edric's did not attend the re character in “Barber cent NAACP Image shop” represent “a sen Awards because the sitive area to us.” event’s host, Cedric “ W e w ith m an y the Entertainer, made others do not under jokes about her in the sta n d th e e n d o r s e film “ B arbershop” ment the NAACP gave that she considered to the hurtful jo k e s in offensive. R o sa P arks the m o v ie B a rb e r In a letter Elaine s h o p ,’ about Steele, a co-founder o f the Rosa & A m erica’s civil rights leaders,” Raymond Parks Institute for Self the letter stated. Development, said the invitation Parks, 90, m ade history in De- Sponsored by The Links, Inc. Benefit Of LINKS EDUCATIONAL/ SCHOLARSHIP FUND Oregon Convention Center Portland, OR DMX Done With Rap Hip-hop a rtist DMX sa y s h is n e x t album , “It's N ot a G a m e ," will b e his last. On th e s e t o f h is n ew film, "Never Die A lo n e ," th e sta r o f “Cradle 2 th e Grave" told MTV N ew s th a t h e is hanging up th e m icrophone to s p e n d m o re tim e with his family, rea d th e Bible, a ct a n d work with his Bloodline R ecords label. O ne m u sica l exception: a collaboration with chart- b u stin g rapper 5 0 Cent. cem ber 1955 when she was ar rested for refusing to give up her seat to a w hite man on a M o n t gom ery, Ala., city bus. H er arrest triggered a 381-day boycott o f the bus system by blacks and led to court rulings desegregating public transportation nationwide. 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