Music Blog

They must be 'deaf' at Def Jam if they can't hear me!" Such was the gist of legendary singer and class act Patti LaBelle's defiant stance against her former record label, Island Def Jam Records, and its president, L.A. Reid, this weekend. The occasion, an all-star birthday celebration for LaBelle's 60th, was staged in the main theater at the lavish Atlantis Hotel and Casino in Nassau. UPN taped the show for airing in November. The glorious night of music reunited LaBelle with former groupmates Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash for their immortal hit "Lady Marmalade." It also featured rapper Nelly with Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child (they do a version of Patti's hit "Love, Need and Want You"), Ashanti, Gerald Levert, Yolanda Adams and Michael McDonald. Don't miss this show when it airs next month.