Smokey Robinson is Mad at Dream Girls

In an interview on NPR Radio yesterday, Smokey Robinson blasted Dream Girls calling the account of Motown a "betrayal of black history". At issue was Jamie Foxx's portrayal of the character based loosely on Berry Gordy. The real Gordy

"borrowed $800 from his family's funds and started Motown so that we could be paid. And for him to be maligned and made out like this villainous character is very, very, very offensive to me."

Legendary R&B artist Smokey Robinson was voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. I would imagine the writers/producers/director of Dream Girls will all say that this was a fictional account, but anyone who knows anything about Dream Girls and Motown knows this film was based on Berry Gordy and The Supremes.