Val Young on Rick James, Motown and What We Owe Our Hometowns | Ep. 9
Val Young sits down with Judge Greg Mathis, Linda Mathis, Amir, and Greg Jr. for a Detroit homecoming conversation that moves from Motown history to a question every person who has left home has faced: what do you owe the place that made you?
Val shares how church, Aretha Franklin, and Detroit shaped her before the Gap Band, Rick James, and Motown. She explains how she refused to wait quietly for opportunity, how a determined backstage meeting with Rick changed her career, and what people miss when they remember only his wild public image.
Judge Mathis tells the story of the Detroit voters…
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