Donnie Simpson

We had

one, but he left to work with Donnie Simpson.

Remember the guy from the Perkins commercial that wouldn't come on the show because he was such a super dick.

They've got a

just all the things he was doing with the videos coming at home after school then he gave us the time vanity six and those groups in my whole school uh like you know you would think right now like the kids would be like into like maybe like a little uzi vert or something like that running home to watch stuff we are running home to watch the time vanity six and jesse johnson and all those guys on on local video uh stages like richard blades mv3 and You know, stuff like that.

And of course, when Cable came, we got Donnie Simpson and BET's things.

But to make a long story short, when you mentioned Judy Morrison, yeah, he ended up being my main hero and prince because of the way Judy Morrison talked about things.

If you check out songs like Triune from him or or things that he did on his three solo albums that we did on Columbia, or even the stuff he did on Westbound Records when he left Ohio Players before he joined P-Funk.

DJ Q or some shit like that.

But yeah, I miss Donnie Simpson on video.

So, you know, MTV Raps, I had love with Dr. Dre.

Just Midnight Love.

Woo.

And, um, uh, man, I, I, I met Donny Simpson.

I never met Donny Simpson before.

Oh, wow.

Man.

I met Donny Simpson.

I-

Legend

Veteran R&B singer Melba Moore, who helped Jackson in his early career, called him a great singer and a greater friend.

Radio and TV veteran Donnie Simpson thanked Jackson for sharing his talent, writing, quote, "You will be missed, my brother." Stay connected and subscribe, and follow BIN News This Hour wherever you get your podcasts.

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I was just doing my art thing because I could have been in that world.

Like Donnie Simpson, you know, if you know BET and shit, you know who Donnie Simpson was.

Like my daddy was, he was my daddy's, my daddy was, he was my daddy's protege.

My daddy taught him everything.

Okay

No. Donny Simpson at 20.

At 21, Bobby Bones.

Wow.

Um, she was also on BET from back in the day.

Many people may remember she did, um, shows with Donnie Simpson back in the old BET days when they were here in DC by my old hood.

Um, and she was also a jazz singer.

A lot of people don't know she was a jazz singer, acclaimed artist, had released music and all kind of things.

Now, lastly, Jodeci, they said they knew the moment that something had changed in their career.

Now, they said that they were back in Washington, D.C., and they were doing this outdoor event with Donnie Simpson and BET.

And, you know, they're celebrating 35 years of their debut album, Forever My Ladies.

They said they got on stage and maybe 10, 15 minutes after they got on stage, the people rushed to stage.