Smokey Robinson on Marvin Gaye's Paranoia Leading Up to His Dad Killing Him (Part 25)

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  • @vladtv
    @vladtv  ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Watch the full interview now as a VladTV TH-cam Member: th-cam.com/channels/g7lal8IC-xPyKfgH4rdUcA.htmljoin

    • @nufforme
      @nufforme ปีที่แล้ว

      You did a great interview with a national treasure. Very difficult to cover every aspect of an overused title of living legend; the cascade of characters of who and what they inspired. Not for nothing Vlad, but this dude created what we now know as "gaslighting". Consider of you will the evidence of a song he wrote and preformed, only to have the J5 do another remake called The Love I Saw In You. Bless yourself and check it out.

    • @darlenebattle2713
      @darlenebattle2713 ปีที่แล้ว

      When his second wife, Jan, was still alive she said back in the 90s she wanted Denzel Washington to play Marvin. But as it was touched on no film has been made on him.

  • @krisj827
    @krisj827 ปีที่แล้ว +809

    You can tell Smokey is still hurting over Marvin's death. You can see it in his eyes.

  • @davidalford5889
    @davidalford5889 ปีที่แล้ว +1470

    How was there still no movie made about Marvin’s life

    • @northwestkidmarc
      @northwestkidmarc ปีที่แล้ว +225

      Fr they need to call it what's going on

    • @brownskinladyiam
      @brownskinladyiam ปีที่แล้ว +140

      It’s beyond needed and disrespectful that it hasn’t happened

    • @northwestkidmarc
      @northwestkidmarc ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@brownskinladyiam I'm telling you man he a legend in my books forever his songs are beyond legendary 🥺

    • @joejoerunya8908
      @joejoerunya8908 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      They’ve been working on it for years. They just can’t get it going. They originally were gonna have the Black dude from Law & Order to play Marvin, but it was cancelled

    • @jacorac
      @jacorac ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I don’t think the family are keen on that

  • @jasonknox1268
    @jasonknox1268 ปีที่แล้ว +364

    One of the things I really admire about Mr. Robinson is that he never seems to say anything negative about anybody.
    To me that is being a classy individual.
    I'm sure in his many years in show business he has met people who have rubbed him the wrong way.

    • @a.m.brewer3604
      @a.m.brewer3604 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Even with Vlad insisting that he was on drugs etc

    • @anthonymcken6050
      @anthonymcken6050 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      True he's an upstanding guy.

    • @only1jamesp
      @only1jamesp ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah even his relationship with Barry Gordy. I think Barry ripped him off and gave him a bad contract early in his career

    • @forestgrumpy119
      @forestgrumpy119 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tbf u gotta have some class to represent quiet storm, don't u think?

    • @jrrj-vf4jb
      @jrrj-vf4jb ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yawning 🤭 what does this indicate 👎🏼

  • @yungceq
    @yungceq ปีที่แล้ว +113

    The real Smokie almost came out talking about thinking it was a sick joke. He say “Dafuck?” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @JeromeProductions
      @JeromeProductions 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Word😂

    • @thescatman5029
      @thescatman5029 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      When it's announced on April Fool's that a man who is like a brother to you is dead, you understand "the Detroit side" coming out! And then for it to be real....!

    • @llamaface6229
      @llamaface6229 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You should hear Quincy Jones talking

  • @AprilLashon
    @AprilLashon ปีที่แล้ว +240

    Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson have lived through so many tragedies. We are lucky to have them🙌🏾 I remember hearing it on the radio too, and initially thought it was a joke too.

    • @deathrager2404
      @deathrager2404 ปีที่แล้ว

      fuck stevie wonder. that nigga aint even blind he is foolin the living shit outta everyone. there is a video where he is catching a mic that is falling over. how the fuck is a blind person catching a falling mic. LMAO fuck stevie wonder. fraudulous ass nigga. that mf need to pay resperations to everyone who bought his shit.

  • @sammiesmith6690
    @sammiesmith6690 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    I was 12 years old and living in Los Angeles when Marvin passed & it is still sad 😞.

  • @pmoneyofficial2157
    @pmoneyofficial2157 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Marvin gaye is the greatest male r&b singer of all time. Truly ahead of his time.

  • @jessicaolagunle
    @jessicaolagunle ปีที่แล้ว +35

    This story is so sad.
    My father told me he was in California during this time (my father moved from Nigeria to the US and hadn’t lived in the US for long during this time). He was riding his bike not even realizing he wasn’t that far from Marvin Gaye home when it happened. As he was bike riding, he heard the constant sound of police cars and he was wondering what was happening and heard the news not long after that. Wow!

  • @OneMovieTicketPlease
    @OneMovieTicketPlease ปีที่แล้ว +452

    Marvin Gaye, was brilliantly ahead of his very time. The man is perhaps IMO the greatest male voice I've ever heard...he made epic ballads, socially ingenious songs, great love making songs, true uplifting songs, etcetera..
    I'm so sad this happened to MG, I truly believe the industry has always been a wicked, wicked place and it always seems our greatest singers and entertainers leave this earth before it's their time.... SAD. SAD. SAD!!!

    • @rickimhotep1236
      @rickimhotep1236 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The World is a wicked place. What goes on in the world outside of the "industry" is savagery. Fame is a drug that causes/caused a lot of our entertainers to turn to hard drugs to keep up the energy and facade of being famous. It's all driven by that dollar bill, and as the Bible says.....! The devil rules this world and nobody can escape him because EVERYONE is dependent on his dollar to live.

    • @NOV123
      @NOV123 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I absolutely loved his 60’s gospel influenced songs (You’re A Wonderful One, Can I Get A Witness, One More Heartache, and countless others). We used to dance off Marvin’s music.

    • @LikeLikeLikeLikeLike
      @LikeLikeLikeLikeLike ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Absolutely. He ruled three principal genres: jazz. Rock and roll, and r&b. I could go on and on about his absolute genius

    • @Jcrash71
      @Jcrash71 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      These GenXers will never know. They should have been teens during What's Going and Let's Get It On, Tammi duets, Kim Weston etc.
      Thank goodness I was born in the 50s

    • @Jcrash71
      @Jcrash71 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@NOV123 I'm surprised you know about these songs

  • @sheilawyatt898
    @sheilawyatt898 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    Such a sad situation 😢There will never be another Marvin Gaye. He was definitely one of a kind. ❤

  • @goddessofmanyfaces
    @goddessofmanyfaces ปีที่แล้ว +243

    He felt the death energy, but could not identify where it would be coming from. It showed up as paranoia. Im assuming he felt safe with his kinfolk. It is so easy to dismiss people as crazy but I learned through experience when something feels off or weird it usually is. I love his music.

    • @Juviticus
      @Juviticus ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I think if he was sober he still would’ve felt it and connected dots to figure who it was

    • @saulgoodman7858
      @saulgoodman7858 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Okay...

    • @josegarza3711
      @josegarza3711 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤔........no, it's the crazy.

    • @Geminiwaze
      @Geminiwaze ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@josegarza3711 nah. its you

    • @glizzyhendrix
      @glizzyhendrix ปีที่แล้ว +7

      felt death energy? 🧢🧢🧢 more like felt cocaine energy

  • @ForensicsOnTheScene
    @ForensicsOnTheScene ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Saw Smokey in concert a year ago. He has the most beautiful eyes and he is still a ladies man. Great performer!!!! Crowd went wild when he started singing Tracks of my tears.

  • @ZOZOE4159
    @ZOZOE4159 ปีที่แล้ว +305

    Still a pretty tragic thing that happened to a musical legend

    • @troycorbett7472
      @troycorbett7472 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      To anyone

    • @NoelG314
      @NoelG314 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      still?

    • @jonathanwebb3024
      @jonathanwebb3024 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      John Lennon.

    • @magnum-kj5ip
      @magnum-kj5ip ปีที่แล้ว

      His dad had a brain tumor. Marvin was on hard drugs. They both weren't in their right minds.

    • @deelewis8061
      @deelewis8061 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was a pedophile

  • @steelpipetv2073
    @steelpipetv2073 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Smokey is 82 looking like hes 60 black will never crack

    • @horizontoday7874
      @horizontoday7874 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And about to turn 83 in less than 2 wks

    • @NiKaHikari
      @NiKaHikari ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mixed race* don't crack 😎

    • @PerrisN
      @PerrisN 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@NiKaHikari both his parents are black.

    • @NiKaHikari
      @NiKaHikari 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PerrisN his mother is french, check it on Google 🔎

    • @Gmullah
      @Gmullah 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@PerrisN Thank you they forget we come in all Shades

  • @radioraheem1555
    @radioraheem1555 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Smokey is a real one. I love his interviews.

  • @jaylene.turner6524
    @jaylene.turner6524 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    So sad.
    R.I.P.
    Marvin Gaye.
    (April 2nd,1939-
    April 1st,1984)

    • @lensuber919
      @lensuber919 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      🙏🙏

    • @J3R3MI6
      @J3R3MI6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Killed right before his birthday?? Sounds ritualistic and demonic

    • @reddyred5097
      @reddyred5097 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very sad

  • @obatron1
    @obatron1 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    My late pop played trombone on Marvin’s last tour, him and the other band members thought it was a joke too, they were on a break from the tour. The band’s last performance together was at his funeral from what I remember my pop telling me, all star group that included players like Shiela E on percussion.

    • @DjSoloDoloWill
      @DjSoloDoloWill ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your father played in Marvin’s band,Mann he must have told you a lot of food stories.and must have been a great musician

    • @obatron1
      @obatron1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DjSoloDoloWill Appreciate it.

  • @The31stway
    @The31stway ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I was eight when that happened. I remember because my cousin Mary RIP was so upset and crying and I couldn't relate until Tupac died.
    Then I cried and was hurt the same way.

    • @Jcrash71
      @Jcrash71 ปีที่แล้ว

      No one cares for 2pac. He was a talentless joke

    • @DM-wu9jk
      @DM-wu9jk ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was about the same age and my Godmother took me to the house. I didn't understand why everyone was crying..she was a mess. I didn't understand the significance until I was older

    • @Lior__plays
      @Lior__plays ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Tupac was like the Marvin gaye of hip hop

    • @darweshiblackwell2588
      @darweshiblackwell2588 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Lior__plays u took my words

  • @sensethevillen
    @sensethevillen ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Marvin has one of the purest voices I’ve ever heard.

  • @deearthur5554
    @deearthur5554 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I actually performed at the infamous house Marvin Gaye was killed at back in 1989 for tribute/celebration his family had gave, i remember his cousin had gave us a tour through the house, we went into the room Marvin was shot in, and it was a complete eerie feeling that I still remember till this day, truly sad, R.I.P to a legend.

  • @SleptOnHomage
    @SleptOnHomage ปีที่แล้ว +40

    That was the first time i seen my daddy cry (my dad in the picture) on the day Marvin Gaye died...He was playing whats going on 100 times in a row

  • @DreadHouseTV
    @DreadHouseTV ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I’m a music artist and loctician here watching these interviews with my clients. Thankful for Smokey Robinson telling these stories about Motown good or bad.

  • @MsYoung00088
    @MsYoung00088 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Continue to rest in peace Marvin Gaye

  • @rlbeatssound9686
    @rlbeatssound9686 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Wow I can’t believe you got him on your show. I respect you 100% wow

  • @J-nd9ub
    @J-nd9ub ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I was in basic training when Marvin Gaye was killed ... and we all thought it was an April fool's joke until ...

  • @tmac7887
    @tmac7887 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    That might be the most tragic event in R&B ever…Nothing has come close to that since..

    • @Jcrash71
      @Jcrash71 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I was in my car when I heard about it. Tragic day man... Us old heads who are 59+ were grateful for the ride for his career

    • @Fat_Vegan
      @Fat_Vegan ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Not comparing tragedy’s but Donny Hathaway passing by suicide was very tragic as well!

    • @jaye5926
      @jaye5926 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      the plane crash of otis redding & aaliyah were both horrible as well...

    • @ianditwin7443
      @ianditwin7443 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Bigger than RnB. Marvin was a superstar! I remembered as a kid in Jamaica and hanging by my cousin and we heard. Still remembered to this day.

    • @RellyRell-ud3iz
      @RellyRell-ud3iz ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Aaliyah

  • @guscrawford1607
    @guscrawford1607 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    I was 30 when Marvin passed away in 84, I remember receiving a phone call from my brother telling me about his death being on the news, obviously I thought he was trying to prank me because it was April fools but when I turned on the TV, the rest is history, I couldn't wrap my head around as to why his dad killed him at the time, that's what I kept thinking about over and over again but I was sad about it, I didn't cry though unlike his female fans, he defined my generation and anyone who are baby boomers will tell you that his lost was the biggest one of our time. I miss him everyday.

    • @Slice2099
      @Slice2099 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you 69 now

    • @guscrawford1607
      @guscrawford1607 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@Slice2099 yes, I turned 69 on Jan 24th

    • @ArtSchoolParis
      @ArtSchoolParis ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@guscrawford1607 whoa good to see an OG on here‼️

    • @triplebeans4159
      @triplebeans4159 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@guscrawford1607 was he bigger than M.J at that time?

    • @guscrawford1607
      @guscrawford1607 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@triplebeans4159 No, Michael was the biggest thing on earth between 83 - 84, even before Thriller. Off The Wall was massive

  • @stevejames5357
    @stevejames5357 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Marvin was never the same after Tammi died. Her death totally destroyed him and he was never the same and tried to kill himself 3 times.

    • @Kobe-jz2zz
      @Kobe-jz2zz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Damn

  • @lloyd.campbell1
    @lloyd.campbell1 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Just because someone is paranoid & on drugs doesn’t mean someone not trying to kill them.

    • @Jposey
      @Jposey ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bingo

    • @Riqq44
      @Riqq44 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Knock it off

  • @thekeith-donovanexperience
    @thekeith-donovanexperience ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Smokey doesn’t bad mouth or tell on his friends. Super old school.

  • @jasondawson92
    @jasondawson92 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Marvin Gaye is very underrated he needs to be known more then just his personal life his music is just real and strong and still holds up

    • @OmarScruggs
      @OmarScruggs ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Hes waaaaaaaay more known for his music than his person life

    • @subg8858
      @subg8858 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He’s probably considered the greatest artist in his style, I don’t see how he could possibly be underrated

  • @MGillDesign
    @MGillDesign ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Yes, Marvin didn't want to be here anymore. He had thrown himself out of a speeding car on the highway, the week before he was killed.
    It was from the passenger side of the car. He was scuffed up, but survived.

  • @R.C._Red-Velvet
    @R.C._Red-Velvet ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I had just had my son on February 21, 1984, on my Dad’s birthday and Marvin Gaye had just made a comeback with “Sexual Healing”. I could hardly wait to give birth to my son and when Marvin went on tour, I knew I would be there!!!! I was so upset and depressed over his Dad killing him, that I went into a deep depression. I demanded from my husband that I had to attend Marvin’s funeral. But of course, that didn’t happen.😕 I was inconsolable for a very long time over Marvin’s death. 😢

  • @eileenhudson4934
    @eileenhudson4934 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Such a great singer..sad that day, what happened..RIP Marvin Gaye

  • @jashary15
    @jashary15 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Like Smokey, I remember Marvin's death vividly. I was a young man in my 20s, a newlywed, my wife and I having been married at the time for a little over 4 months.
    It was on a Sunday evening, April 1, 1984; it was what many people call "April Fool's Day". I was watching TV while my wife was in the kitchen, cooking, when I saw and heard on the screen "This is a Special Report"..."Singer Marvin Gaye has been shot to death”...I couldn't believe what I was watching and hearing on the TV screen.
    Like Smokey, I thought it was some kind of "April Fool's" joke, a sick joke, but it was no joke, it was a confirmed fact that he had indeed been shot to death. It was even more shocking that the shooter was his own father. It was on the day before what would have been Marvin's 45th birthday-April 2, 1984. Had he lived, he would have been 85 years old this coming April 2nd, 2024.

  • @PrinceTae
    @PrinceTae ปีที่แล้ว +61

    craziest thing is Marvin died on april fools a day before his birthday, incredible.

    • @d-staxworldwidestax7112
      @d-staxworldwidestax7112 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Some people probably didn't took the news of Marvin Gaye's death on April 1st seriously.

    • @mrkilo-g8794
      @mrkilo-g8794 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@d-staxworldwidestax7112 remember the internet didn't exist to debunk the rumors

  • @checkoutnyce6750
    @checkoutnyce6750 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Rip Marvin but this legend still here❤

  • @spencerclarke2289
    @spencerclarke2289 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I'm 51 I remember when this happened I saw it on the world news in my grandparents basement and immediately started crying he's my favorite singer of all time thanks Smokey for telling this heartbreaking story for what its worth I respect your honesty Rest In Power to the great Marvin Gaye !!!!!!!!!

    • @Jcrash71
      @Jcrash71 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Weird. Considering you weren't even alive when he released his best albums like What's Going On and Let's Get It On.

    • @spencerclarke2289
      @spencerclarke2289 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Jcrash71 What's going on is more than an album it's spiritual consciousness a blueprint for the human race I was born at the perfect timing !!!!!!!

    • @parkdaniel3980
      @parkdaniel3980 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      U were a damn kid

    • @parkdaniel3980
      @parkdaniel3980 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im 42..ur only 9 years older than me lmfao

    • @indigoldd
      @indigoldd ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@parkdaniel3980 so people can’t grieve at 13 now? Lol

  • @kendrickbell8525
    @kendrickbell8525 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    As the NBA all star game approaches next weekend marvin gaye's National Athem to me is one off the all time greatest performances of the anthem.💯

  • @juswolf22
    @juswolf22 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Them old school pops always said I brought you in and I’ll take you out. New school pops I brought you in and now I’m out.

  • @nasimaali9646
    @nasimaali9646 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I recommend you all to read Marvin Gaye autobiography he was working on with David Ritz before he passed called “Divided Soul” explains so much about the relationship Marvin shared with his father.

    • @tuffryda
      @tuffryda ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Definitely a great read

    • @Jaybodian
      @Jaybodian ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh it's great, it's a rough read, but man it really brings things to a new light

    • @allthingsconsidered...4894
      @allthingsconsidered...4894 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, been reading it since 1998 , when i first got it.

  • @Logic7
    @Logic7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    @ 0:45 Smokey slipped up & was bout to say “fuck is he doing” but he caught himself, “fuck” still came out tho 😂

  • @fantasticvoyageatlantis8861
    @fantasticvoyageatlantis8861 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    0:45 Smokey "wtf". 🤣 RIP MARVIN GAYE💜🛐

  • @s.s5933
    @s.s5933 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That statement at the end was deep

  • @NAJErEa91
    @NAJErEa91 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I feel ya know how i feel about Vlad BUT what thing that is undeniable is that its always going to be a great interview and i appreociate this channel for that. When i click i know that i am going to hear and learn something new from or about my faves, of which Mr. Marvin Gaye is one. I mean who else is documenting these stories from our communities legends in such a succinct way? Like if u know anyone else please let me know of them....

  • @mitersangeeta2576
    @mitersangeeta2576 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Smokey yawning 🥱 in Vlad’s face 😂 at 2:22

  • @jewelofaries
    @jewelofaries ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I remember that day like it was yesterday. People going around saying it was an April Fools joke and as the day went on, the joke got even nastier when they said he was killed by his daddy. Then the next day, the world found out it was really true. That was so sad. In my Mr. Omar's voice, TRAGIC !!

  • @renitacormier
    @renitacormier ปีที่แล้ว +7

    😮! I vividly remember this day. One of my parents saw it on the news and told the other. Very tragic. Very sad even now. Yes huge and just as huge of a loss.😢

    • @cherrydeleon9646
      @cherrydeleon9646 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL, I'm just hearing what lead up to MARVIN'S death.
      I'm wondering how time did the father got. So sad, OMG. He was on drugs?
      PEACHES 💛

  • @SPTO
    @SPTO ปีที่แล้ว +26

    In the first part of the video you can still see the sadness and hurt on Smokey's face. :(
    Marvin was truly one of the greatest artists in music history IMO. There are only a handful of singers who can take some of the darkest themes and issues and turn it into beautiful music and music that seeks to uplift even if the subject is dire. His voice was that of an angel trapped in the body of a man.
    Marvin was totally ahead of his time too, he dabbled with sounds that presaged hip hop/rap with some of the songs on the Trouble Man album/film score, he was on the leading edge of the electronic music blend with R&B, he predated Barry White with the super sexual album suites and as with his want, Marvin put his own spin on it by trying to merge the sacrosanct with the profane.
    I don't think we'll ever find an artist again who was as unique as Marvin was. He was not only a genius in the studio but he was also a very well rounded person as he was spiritual, curious about the world around him and from all accounts, one of the most sensitive people you could ever meet.

  • @raymondmcclurkin730
    @raymondmcclurkin730 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Smokey was about to say fuck.lol🤣

    • @tyronemiller4955
      @tyronemiller4955 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      LOL...i caught that too....The Realness was about to come out.

    • @joshuajones1488
      @joshuajones1488 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣

    • @pawprintz9461
      @pawprintz9461 ปีที่แล้ว

      He said it.

    • @horizontoday7874
      @horizontoday7874 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I swear Smokey sounds so funny when he tries to curse. 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @beimk4614
    @beimk4614 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    That wasn’t drugs, it was discernment. Drugs heightened that energy that he felt his father had for him.

    • @Jposey
      @Jposey ปีที่แล้ว

      Bingo

    • @aaronjohn6586
      @aaronjohn6586 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amen for that insight!

    • @glizzyhendrix
      @glizzyhendrix ปีที่แล้ว +1

      smokey robinson knew him, you didn’t. so stfu and let the man tell it

    • @adofominka8767
      @adofominka8767 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Then why would he give his dad the gun that he ultimately killed him with?

    • @Jposey
      @Jposey ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@adofominka8767 I don’t think he knew his dad would kill him, assuming he felt the energy in the air but not necessarily from his dad. At least not consciously

  • @antblanks
    @antblanks ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My parents went to Marvin's last concert in Los Angeles. Such a tragedy.

  • @carlosyoung1630
    @carlosyoung1630 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Remember that day like it was yesterday. I was a kid. Day after my birthday. Was outside playing and heard my mother say omg really loud. Ran inside like what's going Mama. And she was listening to it over the radio. Smh

  • @Kidigi33
    @Kidigi33 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I honestly feel like a lot of that s*** have to do with jealousy, no man should have that kind of malice and they hard for their own son. Special place in hell for people like this dude

  • @dresolomon9318
    @dresolomon9318 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Marci Gaye and I share the same birthday. I was born April 2 1984 . My mother went into labor around the time he was killed

  • @cwoverdosingpicture8591
    @cwoverdosingpicture8591 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Smokey robin is still a pretty boy even in his 70s it's a blessing

  • @raynettescoggins702
    @raynettescoggins702 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Smokey Robinson said, Marvin was trying to kill himself 😳 Like I said before, I can listen to Smokey talk all day. He is very wise, objective, and not judgemental at all. He was a friends no matter what.

  • @MadsHansenXX
    @MadsHansenXX ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Dont like how Vlad casually sums up the details of his death in front of his friend

  • @TheSteelCityStorm
    @TheSteelCityStorm ปีที่แล้ว +10

    TK gave Smokey the quarter to make the call 📞 at the phone booth

  • @karengollins8190
    @karengollins8190 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was heartbroken when I heard! Still havent gotten over it! He was a legend!

  • @runitupent5754
    @runitupent5754 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Heard this story so many times in my family considering he is my cousin. Crazy his own pops offed him.

    • @cairocowboy3233
      @cairocowboy3233 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not really, he was an out of control druggie. Crazy he was putting his hands on his wife, and it’s even crazier he had been sleeping with her since she was about 15, and he was 30. No offense, but niggas like that need to die

  • @Nina513
    @Nina513 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It wasn’t drugs, it was his gut instinct/intuition. He knew someone/something was plotting against him.

  • @horizontoday7874
    @horizontoday7874 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Spike Lee’s, “Jungle Fever” was loosely based on this 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

  • @laineylee23
    @laineylee23 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Smokey yawned like Vlad wrap this up!

  • @1Ogun
    @1Ogun ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That’s why you don’t do drugs.

  • @anyright8683
    @anyright8683 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Smoky this interview is🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @TheSteelCityStorm
    @TheSteelCityStorm ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Vlad disappointed Tupac had nothing to do with it

    • @ren17x50
      @ren17x50 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Couldn't talk about ready rock either

    • @NMV-eq5jt
      @NMV-eq5jt ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He was hoping the death row chain would've been brought up.

  • @B7957395
    @B7957395 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’ll always remember where I was when I heard this sad news

    • @Jcrash71
      @Jcrash71 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      U GenXers are too young. Y'all should have been teens when What's Going On and Let's Get It on were released

  • @JSmithRecords
    @JSmithRecords ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Its crazy how back in the day somebody would tell you something, and you couldn't verify it because there was no social media. I remember in 8th grade one of my friends told me Eddie Guerrero died and I was like yeah right!! Didn't believe him until I saw it on tv later that night.

    • @nicoleharrington9086
      @nicoleharrington9086 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was in 8th grade, I couldn't believe it.

    • @sdee3083
      @sdee3083 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I found out that Sunday night and tuned in to raw to confirm it the next day

  • @marcuschisolm3470
    @marcuschisolm3470 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    “Smokey Robinson interview (part 900)!! Vlad sure knows how to milk his interviews for ad dollars. 😂😂

  • @openlotus9558
    @openlotus9558 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Marvin's sister Zeola Gaye said Marvin was molested by an Uncle (the Dad's brother) when he was 7. He told his Dad and the Dad didn't believe him. Sadly, this is the story of many black children from this era. Getting touched by a family relative and no one believes you. It's amazing he made the beautiful music he did having to grow up in such a toxic household. Truly had a lot of spiritual light in him to make it as far as he did with no therapy. He used music and the drugs as his form of therapy. RIP...

  • @brutyme3111
    @brutyme3111 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A PERSON COULD JUST TELL WHAT A GOOD PERSON AND GENTLE SOUL THAT SMOKEY ROBINSON IS..

  • @chancebrown106
    @chancebrown106 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I commit too much mind space to what Marvin could have been throughout the rest of the eighties.. the New Jack Swing Era, The influence of Hip Hop.. I know he would have been frequently tapped by rappers with live and studio collaborations.

    • @chancebrown106
      @chancebrown106 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @Jim Crawford no sir now I cannot allow you to do that respectfully- many of Marvin’s peers had careers and hits well into the 90s: Aretha, Stevie, Patti LaBelle, The Isley Brothers, Charlie Wilson..

    • @Jcrash71
      @Jcrash71 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chancebrown106 90s?

    • @reggieridley7142
      @reggieridley7142 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Jim Crawford if you jam the Sexual Healing album in its entirety you’ll hear how he was able to transcend his sound with the times. He was prolific before and after WGO & LGIO. Have you heard I Want You or Here, My Dear? Genius don’t stop. And if not Marvin would have had a hell of a review tour. Just like Mike and Stevie did it, he’s cut from that same cloth. Hell they came up watching Marvin. But ig we’ll never know all and all sad story.

    • @chancebrown106
      @chancebrown106 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Jcrash71 fine. Up to now but of course hits get fewer and farther between. The whole argument was within the context of the immediate decades after his death.

    • @Jcrash71
      @Jcrash71 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chancebrown106 but I don't know if that would be the case, remember music (especially R&B) was changing a lot

  • @deepthought2972
    @deepthought2972 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Vlad is kicking azz on these interviews

  • @70ad84
    @70ad84 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I don't think Marvin was paranoid. I think he owed money to drug dealers

  • @zakiasimpson8928
    @zakiasimpson8928 ปีที่แล้ว

    Whew lord, chills when he said “someone was trying to kill him, him”

  • @NOV123
    @NOV123 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Damn, Smokey. I’m surprised you never knew the details of what happened that day. I knew all about the insurance paperwork which led into that fateful fight. In fact, Frankie was living next door watching tv and ran over to his dying brother after hearing the gunshot. Marvin died in his arms. Marvin bought that gun for his father because he actually did want him to kill him 😢😢😢😢😢😢

    • @collinspaulk2023
      @collinspaulk2023 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      I think Smokey knows it all. You could tell he didn't what to get in "too deep" on talking about his friend.
      👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

    • @NOV123
      @NOV123 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@collinspaulk2023 Yea, exactly. I kinda figured that. The old school generation don’t run their mouths as much.

    • @Jcrash71
      @Jcrash71 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@NOV123 because they have respect unlike you GenXers

    • @whyhasgooglemessedwithmych1423
      @whyhasgooglemessedwithmych1423 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@NOV123 yeah and a very good characteristic for any generation to possess.

    • @amokdax1125
      @amokdax1125 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@NOV123 unless your quincy jones

  • @jgottigunnzxl8653
    @jgottigunnzxl8653 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ima just wait for the whole interview at this point

  • @JesusisLvfds6400
    @JesusisLvfds6400 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Paul Mooney who was his opening comedy act on his last tour said that Marvin kept saying Midgets were chasing him .

  • @Timb23
    @Timb23 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was 9yrs old. I still remember where we were when my parents heard the news.

  • @fernandojeremias8601
    @fernandojeremias8601 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Someone was trying to kill him.. him. That’s deep!

  • @openlotus9558
    @openlotus9558 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jealousy kills. Dad is living in the house his son bought. Everyone in the family looks to Marvin as the head of the house, not the Dad. The Dad just has to accept that. Dad disrespects mom, Marvin defends mom and gets in Dad's face, Dad won't back down, Marvin humiliates Dad, Dad gets gun and kills him. This story is older than the Bible. Jealousy kills

  • @jay1prauve1998
    @jay1prauve1998 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Marvin was very much underrated as a singer. A great talent he was. I was 14 when Marvin died. I wish his father had not done that. I love Marvin like I would one of my family members. His death saddens me to this very day. His music brings tears to my eyes. For he sang about the truth of this evil world. 😔😥

    • @billywall7752
      @billywall7752 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes and no. I believe Marvin is the greatest singer ever, but just about everybody considers him a great singer.

    • @Cheersthewinners
      @Cheersthewinners ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He was not underrated. Yall misuse that word so much. That man was very popular and he was very appreciated.

  • @TrizzleTV
    @TrizzleTV ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Marvin daddy said “I brought you in, I’ll take you out” 🤦🏾‍♂️ I heard his father was super jealous of him tho. Sad way to go out. Nobody wins when the family feuds 💯

    • @1talldaddy
      @1talldaddy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah it was crazy.he even thought Marvin and his mother was........you know.

    • @Panama00807
      @Panama00807 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@1talldaddywtf foreal ? Dude must’ve been a salty old man.

    • @1talldaddy
      @1talldaddy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Panama00807 yeah.that's what set off the chain of events that cause shooting.

    • @anthonymcken6050
      @anthonymcken6050 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      God only knows how he didn't do time for it. The second shot was calculated murder in my humble opinion.

  • @josiahmitchell8594
    @josiahmitchell8594 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Marvin G situation was probably the only celebrity that where parents say I brought you in this world and I'll take you out, came true.

  • @lifetransformer
    @lifetransformer ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow that last line nailed it!

  • @theapex8973
    @theapex8973 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The death of Gator (played by Samuel Jackson) in Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever is the telling the story of Marvin Gaye.

    • @tyroneaugustine229
      @tyroneaugustine229 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Spike Lee said the same thing you are absolutely correct!!!

  • @1991acv
    @1991acv ปีที่แล้ว +2

    According to Marvin's brother as Marvin was dying his last words were "I got what I wanted. I couldn't do it myself so I made him do it."

  • @antcantcook960
    @antcantcook960 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beyoncé has 32 Grammys, Marvin has 1, for Sexual Healing. Let that sink in.

  • @Oogaboogaboo187
    @Oogaboogaboo187 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I remember Marvin Gaye used to sing to me he had me feelin like black was the thang to be and suddenly the ghetto didn't feel so tough even tho we had it rough we always had enough"

  • @thehottake8197
    @thehottake8197 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Smokey sounds like Butters of South Park

    • @michealhouse9395
      @michealhouse9395 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂🤣😭 hell naw!

    • @NMV-eq5jt
      @NMV-eq5jt ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can't unheard that shit now 🤣

  • @pureuncut187
    @pureuncut187 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was very intense

  • @clarkkent9034
    @clarkkent9034 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell were a great duo but both died prematurely. I think the death of a friend like Tammy didn't help either

    • @d-staxworldwidestax7112
      @d-staxworldwidestax7112 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It was like a part of him died when Tammi died.

    • @qwertymanor
      @qwertymanor ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's true, he quit music when Tammi died and went to try out for the Lions

    • @clarkkent9034
      @clarkkent9034 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@qwertymanor Wait! WHAT?!

    • @qwertymanor
      @qwertymanor ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@clarkkent9034 that's why they were in What's Going On as background singers!

    • @clarkkent9034
      @clarkkent9034 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@qwertymanor Lol ah I'm super slow. I thought you were talking about the Detroit lions 😐

  • @brandonward4992
    @brandonward4992 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can’t believe this guy is 83….

  • @mboglin
    @mboglin ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Proof that emotional abuse and trauma is not new news in the black community….we have got to address these I’ll eases as soon as they arise instead of giving ppl multi decade passes for terrible behavior and these parents have to do a better job of being conscious of the children they choose to have because by the father stating “I didn’t dislike him” was proof that the father was either jealous of his son or never wanted him as a child to begin with so it was the crux of Marvin carrying the burden of trying to make a father love him all his life which is unfair and probably one of the reasons for his drug use

  • @younggoat9518
    @younggoat9518 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “somebody was trying to kill him, he himself!” - 💯 fr. ironic how the gun he brought in to protect him killed him

  • @ooops8200
    @ooops8200 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This Smokey interview, is off the hook. I’m listening to all the little snippets, not the whole interview. N, damn, I’m getting information I never knew. This one here about Marvin, is an eye opener. This man got shot by his own gun, damn. N, the paranoid behavior, damn. Smokey, is airing it all out! Another thing, how old is Smokey, cause he look like he never age.

    • @NOV123
      @NOV123 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He’ll be 83 on the 19th.

    • @tombondcrispy6585
      @tombondcrispy6585 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      His own gun, his own father, damn near his own doing because of the drugs messing with his mind. Sad all around none the less.

  • @RingWalkBoxingPodcast
    @RingWalkBoxingPodcast 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A Marvin Gaye movie. Definitely overdue

  • @fefejones81
    @fefejones81 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    MGJr father was a cross dresser. He used to wear MGJr’s mother clothes, women’s shoes, women’s underwear, and women’s wigs. MGJr was always teased and picked on.