Trendsetters-Soul Train 40 Year Celebration

bear jordan says know your heritage. before106 & park, rap city, yo! mtv raps, the box, video soul solid gold, and american bandstand don cornelius was  your favorite rapper and favorite r&b singers favorite music tv host. don cornelius also co founded soul train records and solar records respectively which laid the blueprint for the likes of future music/media moguls russell simmons, diddy, baby face, la reid and jimmy jam and terry lewis

On The Corner-Don Cornelius' Stone Cold Arrest

the godfather and trendsetter of black entertainment, don cornelius, creator of soul train (originally filmed in chicago), soul train music and lady of soul award shows was charged by the Los Angeles city attorney in connection with two domestic incidents involving his wife last month the charges involve spousal battery, assault with a deadly weapon and dissuading a witness from making a police report, all misdemeanors, city attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan said Friday. The married 72-year-old producer was taken to jail last month after police were called to his Hollywood Hills home following a report of domestic dispute. Cornelius was released on $50,000 bail. He could face up to one year in prison for each of the five misdemeanor charges.
source chicago tribune