Kind of interesting.  Way back in 2002, Gerald Posner published a book entitled, "Motown: Music, Money, Sex and Power."  Very revealing!  Even if half of it is true, Mr. Gordy is a v-e-r-y shrewd businessman who cheated a lot of very talented people, e.g. minimum hourly wages to some of the top R&B talent in the world.  Argument could be had that, at the time he hired those people, some were not much more than street urchins - no claim to fame until AFTER he discovered and MADE them a name.  One very big asset, among others was the Funk Brothers, who like many others, once they reached the fame and fortune category, skipped town and made more money somewhere else.  I grew up in Motown and it's in my blood - super empire that Gordy made and I respect him for that.  But, he stepped on a lot of people to make that fortune, selling out to MCA in 1988 for $61 MILLION. That's not chicken feed.