Aretha Franklin: R-E-T-I-R-E-M-E-N-T!

It's the end fo the road for the Queen of Soul.

The Queen Of Soul who gave influence to many of pop music's greatest acts is retiring after her final album is released. Aretha Franklin on a local Detroit television station said that once her album comes out, she will do a final tour to promote it. After that, she will hang up the microphone for good.

Aretha Franklin had been in the business for years. The 74 year old legendary singer said that she wants to spend more time with her grandchildren.

"This will be my last year. I will be recording, but this will be my last year in concert," she told the station. "This is it."

She said that her longtime friend and producer Stevie Wonder is contributing to the album.

Since the age of 19, Aretha had performed shows and released 41 studio albums, 6 live albums, and has numerous hits.

She was born in Memphis as Aretha Louise Franklin. Her father was a local preacher and her mother is a piano player. According to the stories, Aretha was abandoned by her mother and her dad was charging his player's card.

Her mother passed away. It inspired her to sing. She started signing solos at the church and people were noticing. Her dad decided to get into show business.

Six decades in the music business. The music veteran became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

"I feel, very, very enriched and satisfied with respect to where my career came from, and where it is now....but I'm not going to go anywhere and just sit down and do nothing. That wouldn't be good, either," she added. leaving the door to a limited schedule.

It was reported that Aretha Franklin declined an offer to perform at the inauguration of fuhrer Donald J. Trump.

Tonight we dedicate our LATE THREAD to the Queen.

Well wishes to the Queen of Soul.

Little Boy For Damita Jo!

Janet Jackson and Wissam Al Mana welcome their first child.

The junk food media is also reporting that Damita Jo bore a son. The 50 year old media mogul and singer and her husband Wissam Al  Mana told the news through her publicist. 

They named the boy Eissa Al Mana.

When she was on tour, Janet Jackson abruptly stopped it citing personal reasons. She hopped on social media to make news about being a family. It led to speculation the singer was pregnant. 

The singer was promoting her last album Unbreakable. The singer's personal business was leaked by brother Tito in an interview with Andy Cohen.

Jackson gave birth on Tuesday. 

Jackson semi-retired from music and may have converted to Islam. 

"Janet had a stress-free healthy delivery and is resting comfortably."

Jackson has a total of 11 albums and is a seven time Grammy award winner. 

She was married to James DeBarge and Rene Elizondo, Jr. She dated Jermaine Dupri, the former CEO of So So Def Recordings. She married Wissam in 2012. He is a Qatari business man and billionaire.

Mariah Carey Not So Cherry!

Mary Poppins blew through a breeze.

I didn't watch the Dick Clark's Rockin New Year's on ABC. I enjoy the antics of Ryan Seacrest, Jenny McCarthy and Fergie. But sometimes, I just get tired of watching celebrities and couples making out at the stroke of midnight. I get tired of staying up to celebrate another year of being single, having lack of trust towards people and the disgust of the fuhrer coming to power in less than 18 days.

And I happened to miss the entertainment scandal of 2017.

Mariah Carey had another "break-break down."

The junk food media criticized her performance at the Rockin New Years as terrible.

Accusations of lip-syncing surround her and she claimed that ABC and Dick Clark Productions sabotaged her.

Dick Clark Productions slammed the accusation as absurd.

The New York Times report that the performance was a trainwreck. Malfunctions left her at a loss vocally during her hit song, "Emotions," struggling to reach notes and to sync the lyrics and music.

The trouble continued when she gave up on another her best known numbers, "We Belong Together," while a recording of the song continued to play, a confirmation that she had been lip-syncing.

This comes as no surprise that in July 2001, Carey had a nervous breakdown and was nearly suicidal.

Are we reliving 2001?