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Motown the Musical is a timeless Broadway masterpiece. Home to over 50 classic and beloved hits from the Motown catalogue, the show is an up-beat, movin' and groovin' celebration of all the greats of the era. It  was one of the most  influential  and revered record companies of all time.  The musical, which serves as a nostalgic sort of homecoming for the legends who defined the Motown era, is taking the theatrical world by storm. The show is based off of Berry Gordy's autobiography, "To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown". The show features more than 40 Motown hits and truly documents Gordy's story from featherweight boxer to a man who changed the music industry forever.  It is hard to imagine a world without Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, the Supremes, and all the other superstars that Gordy discovered and shared with the world. Many have never stopped to think about the man behind these legendary musicians, so t...

How Diana Ross’ daughter learned her dad was Berry Gordy Diana Ross' daughter Rhonda Photo: Anne Wermiel Blood will out. Which is why — after her Emmy-nominated turn in the soap “Another World” and launching a real estate firm —  Rhonda Ross Kendrick AKA   Rhonda Ross is singing again. Backed by an eight-piece band, this love child of music royalty Diana Ross and Berry Gordy returns to the Iridium Sunday night to perform her own songs, an amalgam of R&B, funk and jazz she calls “music of the African diaspora.” ‘ I FEEL I’M FINDING MY VOICE AND MY PURPOSE, AND THE MUSIC I REALLY WANT TO SHARE. ’  - Rhonda Ross But some may recall a 7- or 8-year-old Rhonda who, from the audience at Caesar’s Palace, sang “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)” as her Supreme mother held the mic. These days, Raif, Rhonda’s 5-year-old son (with her pianist husband Rodney Kendrick), is likely to get onstage and bust some dance moves during her ...