Ironically I was editing this piece when I got word that Teena Marie passed suddenly of a heart attack, and while it hurt my heart to hear it, as I turned on my copy of Portugeese Love, I realized that she will always be here through her music. Teena Marie died today at 54 when her daughter found her dead at her home of an apparent heart attack. more details to come. The four times grammy nominated, Mary Christine Brockert had a strong African-American influence from her godmother. Blessed with the gift of music at a young age, the Santa Monica, California native grew up in the historically African-American enclave of Oakwood in westside Los Angeles. Raised on Motown music and Singing Harry Belafonte music by age two, Ms. Marie’s self-professed “Gift from God” would become fine-tuned as the years progressed. As a child, she had an acting role on The Beverly Hillbillies, credited as Tina Marie Brockert. She also sang at the wedding of actor Jerry Lewis’s son when she was 10 years old. Marie worked briefly at Mar Vista’s Pup ‘n’ Taco in the mid 1970s while attending Venice High School, where she joined the Summer Dance Production, and also had a role in the school’s production of The Music Man.[5] In a recent television interview she noted she drove a Chevy Vega during this period. A BlackTree Media Production Segment Journalist Deserrae Mitchell footage shot October 2010 www.blacktree.tv A BlackTree Media Production Thank you for watching!
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Jairo Parra
March 2, 2013 at 6:21 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
I don’t think those rap artists are good that she mentioned. They walk on the dark side.
Ryan Lee
March 2, 2013 at 6:25 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
sound good Teena Marie
videomundi
March 2, 2013 at 7:08 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Tina hit it so in the nail. Today’s music is either corny or too foul. Back then (80s) everything was good. That’s so true since I grew up in that era. Don’t and can’t listen to regular radio anymore. It’s terrible with the exception of a very few groups like Maroon Five. Thank God for Pandora and Satellite Radio.
Johnyboyknowsbetter
March 2, 2013 at 8:04 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
wow….she got fat.. I guess she looked better when she was young. Her voice is amazing….
TeMauriOra
March 2, 2013 at 8:11 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
OMG I just heard about Miss Teena, Im truely gutted!! Her song “Out on a limb” will always be a favourite song for me of all time, It can just take you to another time and another world, Rest in Peace babe, Thank you sooooooo much for sharing your truely unique talent!
‘KUA HINGA HE TOTARA!!!!!!”
TheMaryb1
March 2, 2013 at 8:43 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
you are such an asshole – really, you post stupid crap all over the internet without a brain in your damn head - you are nothing but a mouthhole – just saying
AnnaAnnaYes
March 2, 2013 at 8:55 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
LOSER!!
blacktreemedia
March 2, 2013 at 9:24 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
I guess you are just mad that she was famous, and when you die nobody will care. There will be no tributes for the dumb racist, nobody knows you. You are a nobody, and your jealous. But thank you for watching, and you did click on the video, so why would you be a hater. If you don’t like her, like we don’t like you, why click on her video. I am not clicking on your channel because I know i don’t like you and you have nothing that I want to see. Get a life chump.
AESOPPOSEA1
March 2, 2013 at 9:38 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
GOODBYE WIGGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AESOPPOSEA1
March 2, 2013 at 10:23 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Listen to this wigger trying to talk black.
WestCoastCaws
March 2, 2013 at 10:50 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Thanks for posting. But she lived in the Oakwood section of Venice California, and not Santa Monica CA.
Canya STFU
March 2, 2013 at 11:37 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
i would never compare tina to females singers today not even closeee…she came from a era where music was NOT AUTO TUNED im glad i was there to enjoy her R.I.P calif girl ….
95jcena
March 3, 2013 at 12:36 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Teena marie was born in 1956 not 1996, someone needs to fix that
Tanya Wright
March 3, 2013 at 1:03 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Racists That Don’t Understand Her or Her Love of Afro-American Culture And Music…
Tanya Wright
March 3, 2013 at 1:21 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
TRUE THAT!!! And Man, Could She Hold A Note And Make A Note BREATHE!!! Perfect Example of This, Was In Her Song “Since Day One” On Her Album “Ivory”, Check This Album/Song Out And You’ll See What I’m Talking About, This Was One of The Best Notes She Ever Hit As Far As I’m Concerned, One of My Favorites
Tanya Wright
March 3, 2013 at 1:50 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Corrections: Teena Marie Did Not Die “This Christmas” As You Say, She Died The Day *After* Christmas (The 26th) And She Did Not Die of A Heart Attack, She Died of A Seizure, Which She Had A Previous Experience With About A Month Before Her Death. She Passed Away Peacefully In Her Sleep, The Best Way To Go As Far As I’m Concerned! Now She’s Singing With All The Angels (Luther, Rick & Marvin For Example) In God’s Choir! Rest In Eternal Everlasting Peace Lady T, There Will *Never* Be Another You.
jceowoodard
March 3, 2013 at 2:01 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Can you download the Carl Anderson Teena Marie song “Absence Without Love”
ELISE SMITH
March 3, 2013 at 2:43 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
YOUR COMMENT DOES NOT INDICATE A PERSON WHO HOLDS 2 COLLEGE DEGREES AND A 7 FIGURE SALARY,BUT THAT OF A PERSON WITH A YEAR SHORT OF A JR.HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMIA
soulsista1220
March 3, 2013 at 3:24 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
It takes a bunch of ignorant fools to come to a page representing the one and only Teena Marie and be so foul-mouthed and disrespectful. Young fools. It’s a damn shame. When I think of Teena Marie I think of something sweet to the ears and super soulful. Not the shit I’m reading here. Have some respect for the Incomparable Ms. Teena Marie…..
RNBNMYSOUL
March 3, 2013 at 4:19 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Do not scroll down, comments below are filled with hate and ignorance. OAN
RIP Christine Brocket aka Teena Marie~You will never be forgotten, your music lives on in our hearts and souls~God bless you and your family~Love you
ThePocahontas225
March 3, 2013 at 5:09 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Teena marie got more soul than most of these phoney ass black singers out today.
HippieGoddess142
March 3, 2013 at 5:16 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Who would hate on Lady T!?
benrobinson77
March 3, 2013 at 6:15 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
im black and white and teena marie kicks ass. it sucks that people have to hate on someone who is dead and was a major influence in helping the world to blend the black and white worlds more than i can do. the whole “wigger” thing is so tired (Mr Rickster). stop hating a diva as she is dead.
USAisAntiWhite
March 3, 2013 at 7:15 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
…silly little insecure boy.
comalaism
March 3, 2013 at 8:07 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Who is the “sista” you are referring to dumbass? I am not female. You are an asshole and you will age and probably are already fat, and when you die no one will feel like “dealing with it” because you are not even interesting enough to make anyone sick. Come back when you take your GED exam, I know my two college degrees and my seven figure salary will have you mopping my floors, taking out my trash. In your case abortion needs to be retroactive, You are useless.
SunriseHealthFoods
March 3, 2013 at 8:29 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Atta boy rusty!!
Eric Johnson
March 3, 2013 at 8:49 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
i guess so
Rodrigo Saldaña
March 3, 2013 at 9:33 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Wasn’t his first time with his human aunt?
Max Michaelis
March 3, 2013 at 9:55 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
The dead dogs with the messages thrown through the window was effin funny!
TimeBomb014X
March 3, 2013 at 10:34 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Sooooooshe’s part redneck and part japanese then?
723PanTera
March 3, 2013 at 11:21 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
lol
MrHabiger40
March 3, 2013 at 12:08 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
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