Stevie Wonder Off The Motown Express!

Stevie Wonder leaves Motown to start What The Fuss Music.

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Stevland Judkins Morris (aka Stevie Wonder) is now officially left Motown Records after spending over 60 years with the iconic label. Motown is part of the Def Jam and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group.

He now aligns with Republic Records, another subsidiary of Universal Music.

Wonder, joined the label when he was only 11-year old boy. He has decided to form his own label, with two new singles. The Republic Records label has notable talents like Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift and Post Malone.

Wonder has released more than two dozen albums and charted nearly 50 Top 40 hits with Motown and its affiliated labels since joining the label in 1961.

The two new songs --- "Where Is Our Love Song" and "Can't Put It in the Hand of Fate" -- were released on Tuesday afternoon on Wonder's So What the Fuss Music. It was a label name inspired by his 2005 collaboration with Prince. The songs may ultimately become part of a Wonder EP with various artists, he told journalists during a Zoom meeting event.







"Even if I've left Motown, I never leave Motown," he said. "That's Detroit."

Wonder said the Republic deal came about after conversations with Republic founder and CEO Monte Lipman and singer-songwriter India Arie, who has been with the label since 2007.

Like the current incarnation of Motown, Republic is part of the Universal Music Group.

"Just based on where I was and what they're doing, I thought it would be a good fit," Wonder added.

Stevie Wonder is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. A prominent figure in popular music during the second half of the 20th Century, Wonder is one of the most successful songwriters and musicians. A virtual one-man band, his use of synthesizers, and further electronic musical instruments during the 1970s reshaped the conventions of R&B.

He is considered a musical genius and a talent god.

Born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1950, Wonder was blind at birth. He never let his blindness stop him from being a musical genius. He was a child prodigy. He was then known as Little Stevie Wonder and joined the Motown sublabel Tamla at age 11. He is the son of Calvin Judkins and American songwriter Lula Mae Hardaway, the third of six children. His mother changed his name from Judkins to Morris which he retains to this day. 

Stevie Wonder is married to Tomeeka Bracy. He has nine children from five different women. He was married to Syreeta Wright in 1970 until 1972 and Kia Millard from 2001 until 2012.

Wonder was key in getting the U.S. government to recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr as a iconic American hero. He petition for the King's birthday to be a national holiday. Every third Monday in January is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (a call to service and action).