http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes Stay plugged into the A with Creative Loafing's music blog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:35:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/11/03/shakir-stewarts-suicide-stirs-talk-of-depression-among-blacks/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/11/03/shakir-stewarts-suicide-stirs-talk-of-depression-among-blacks/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:03:36 +0000 Rodney Carmichael http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=2899 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/11/03/shakir-stewarts-suicide-stirs-talk-of-depression-among-blacks/feed/ 0 News of the Atlanta music executive’s weekend suicide in his Marietta home has elicited numerous comments on Huffington Post about depression among black men. Click here to read yesterday’s AJC story. Bookmark to: http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/06/13/shakir-stewart-promoted-to-executive-vp-def-jam/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/06/13/shakir-stewart-promoted-to-executive-vp-def-jam/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:58:19 +0000 Rodney Carmichael http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/06/13/shakir-stewart-promoted-to-executive-vp-def-jam/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/06/13/shakir-stewart-promoted-to-executive-vp-def-jam/feed/ 0 Morehouse grad and long-time Atlanta music scene mover and shaker Shakir Stewart was recently promoted to executive VP at Def Jam Recordings. Though their titles differ, Billboard reports that Stewart is succeeding Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, who served as President of Def Jam for three years before leaving the label when his contract expired in Dec. ’07. Before [...]