DETROIT (AP) — Sixto Rodriguez, who lived in obscurity as his music career flamed out early in the U.S. only to find success in South Africa and a stardom he was unaware of, died Tuesday in Detroit.

In 1970, a mysterious Detroit singer known simply as Rodriguez released his debut album Cold Fact. His socially conscious songwriting would earn comparisons to Bob Dylan and Cat Stevens, but in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A song that was once banned by South Africa's apartheid government has grown into one of the most remarkable success stories in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Detroit musician Sixto Rodriguez has been posthumously recognized by the Wayne County Commission as National Hispanic Heritage ...

Sixto Rodriguez achieved an almost mythic fame in South Africa. An Oscar-winning documentary was inspired by this Detroit musician. The home includes the late musician's cherished grand piano. A ...

What comes through strongly in the remarkable story director Malik Bendjelloul tells in Searching for Sugar Man is the inescapable repression that artists — and societies — suffer when dissent is ...

A song that was once banned by South Africa's apartheid government has grown into one of the most remarkable success stories in rock music history. Released in 1970, "Sugar Man" by Sixto Rodriguez was ...