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What is a blog?  For us it is a short blurb that we write when the mood strikes us.  It can be first person, funny or informative. In short, a blog is whatever we want it to be. Published Oct. 23, 2007 at 7:46 a.m.
Tags: lala brown, lyfe jennings, jetannue clayborn, loud enuff, r&b, uptown, hip-hop, gospel, custer high

Since Loud Enuff studio appeared on 55th Street and Lisbon Avenue, it was added to a mental checklist of things to look into. Of course, that list is long, so it sometimes takes a while to get around to things but I planned to give them a call, ask what music they were working on and write something.

Sadly, now I'm writing about the Uptown neighborhood recording studio, but not about its music. Producer JeTannue Clayborn, who opened the studio, and a rising young R&B singer -- Yolanda "La La" Brown -- were found dead inside the studio, where they were living, on Friday. A few days earlier, the studio was apparently broken into and much of the gear taken.

Now, at the entrance, where one could see musicians coming and going, there is a melancholy shrine of stuffed animals and messages of sorrow fill Brown's MySpace page.

Brown was 21 and Clayborn, nicknamed Kool Aid, 22. Brown has a 5-year-old daughter, Clayborn a 2-year-old son.

Clayborn had returned to Milwaukee from out west and graduated from Custer in 2004 and began to pursue his love for music, recording talent of all stripes: gospel, R&B, hip-hop.

Brown had been recording for a decade and started to make waves, having worked with Lyfe Jennings. Brown sang on Jennings' "S.E.X.," and appeared in the video for the top 10 hit.

Milwaukee is a city full of talent that comes in all styles, all shapes, sizes and colors. Let's hope this is the last time there's a need to write this kind of thing about that talent.

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Posted by alane on Oct. 23, 2007 at 2:58 p.m. (report)

We are living in some evil times. 2 people lost their lives over BS. We are living in a society where its much easier to kill, than to reason things out, or work for what you want and need. My heart and prayers go to the family and friends of these victims

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Posted by mitchgat on Oct. 23, 2007 at 9:53 a.m. (report)

This is definitely a tragedy!

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Posted by arks00 on Oct. 23, 2007 at 9:37 a.m. (report)

It sounds like recording music was a passion of the two people you mention in this article.. and thats priceless. This is becoming ridiculous. People being murdered over what seems to be a robbery over equipment. what the #&!@ is wrong with people?? We cant blame the cops, they cant be everywhere at everytime, thats just impossible. What the hell is wrong with our communities letting things like this happen. This sounds ridiculous, but I see people taking things into their own hands in the future becoming a reality... and thats scary.

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