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Aaliyah
Aaliyah
5-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Aaliyah was an American singer, actress, dancer, and model. She has been credited for helping to redefine contemporary R&B, pop and hip-hop, earning her the nicknames the "Princess of R&B" and "Queen of Urban Pop".

Tags: Grammy Award Nominee · R&B · Pop · Actress

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Quavo
Quavo
Member, Migos

Music

Quavo is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the co-founder and current frontman of hip-hop/trap trio Migos. Quavo is related to his fellow Migos members, being Takeoff's uncle and Offset's cousin.

Tags: Migos · Grammy Award Nominee · Hip-Hop

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Kelly Rowland
Kelly Rowland
Member, Destiny's Child

Music

Kelly Rowland is a singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of Destiny's Child, one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all-time. During the group's hiatus, she released her debut solo album, "Simply Deep" (2002).

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Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
10-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, author, and visual artist. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all-time, he has been a major figure in popular culture during a career spanning 60 years.

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Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
8-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Lauryn Hill is a singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actress. She is often regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time, as well as being one of the most influential singers of her generation. She is known for being a member of Fugees.

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Tove Lo
Tove Lo
2-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Tove Lo is a singer, who has been called "Sweden's darkest pop export". She is known for her raw, grunge-influenced take on pop music. Her honest, complex and autobiographical lyrical content has led to her being dubbed "the saddest girl in Sweden".

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Ray J
Ray J
Recording Artist

Music

Ray J is a singer, television personality, actor, and entrepreneur. Born in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Carson, California, he is the younger brother of recording artist and actress Brandy and the first cousin of rapper Snoop Dogg.

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Macy Gray
Macy Gray
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Macy Gray is a singer-songwriter and actress. She is known for her distinctive raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday. Gray has released ten studio albums, and received five Grammy Award nominations, winning one.

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Shefik
Executive Producer and Host, "Shefik presents Invocation"

Television

Shefik is an accomplished industry insider who has appeared on MTV, SiriusXM, PBS, network television, and in print media. He has held senior-level positions at many Fortune 500 companies and celebrated brands, including IBM, NBCUniversal, and MTV World.

Tags: American Idol · Time · CNBC · IBM · MTV World · Syfy · Columbia Law School · Condé Nast Digital · SiriusXM · PBS

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Bibi Bourelly
Bibi Bourelly
Recording Artist

Music

Bibi Bourelly is the writer (or co-writer) of several notable songs, including Rihanna's "Higher" and Nick Brewer's "Talk to Me". In 2018, she released her first single "Writer's Song" in preparation for the release of her debut studio album.

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Bishop Briggs
Bishop Briggs
MTV Europe Music Award Nominee and MTV Video Music Award Nominee

Music

Bishop Briggs is a Scottish-American singer and songwriter. Her single "River" peaked at number three on the United States Alternative Chart. It was included on her debut album, "Church of Scars", released on April 20, 2018.

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Kane Brown
Kane Brown
ACM Award Winner

Music

Kane Brown is a singer. In October 2017, he became the first artist to have simultaneous number ones on all five main Billboard country charts. He released his album "Experiment" in 2018, which became his first number one album on the Billboard 200.

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Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson
2-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Mahalia Jackson was a singer, widely considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century. With a career spanning 40 years, she was integral to the development and spread of gospel blues in black churches throughout the United States.

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Bobby Rush
Bobby Rush
2-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Bobby Rush is an American blues musician, composer, and singer. His style incorporates elements of blues, rap, and funk. He is inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, and Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame.

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Kenny Neal
Kenny Neal
Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Kenny Neal is an American blues guitar player, singer, and band member. His father is Raful Neal, and he comes from a musical family. He has often performed with his brothers in his band.

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Chris Stanley
Chris Stanley
Music Producer

Music

"Bulletproof Heart" is the ninth studio album by Jamaican singer Grace Jones, released in 1989. The album was co-produced by Chris Stanley, who co-wrote the majority of the songs, and was featured as a guest vocalist on "Don't Cry Freedom".

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Tye Tribbett
Tye Tribbett
2-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Tye Tribbett is an American gospel music singer, songwriter and keyboardist. He is choir director and founder of the Grammy Award nominated and Stellar Award winning gospel group Tye Tribbett & G.A. (short for "Greater Anointing").

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Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
16-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg and briefly Snoop Lion), is an American rapper, media personality, actor, and businessman. He has sold over 23 million albums in the United States and 35 million albums worldwide.

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Sam Perry
Sam Perry
Winner, "The Voice Australia" (Season 7)

Music

Sam Perry is an Australian singer and looping artist best known for winning the seventh series of "The Voice Australia" in 2018.

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Jaymes Young
Jaymes Young
Recording Artist

Music

Jaymes Young is an American singer-songwriter and musician. On September 9, 2013, he debuted his first extended play, "Dark Star EP". His debut album "Feel Something" was released on June 23, 2017.

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Billy Preston
Billy Preston
2-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Billy Preston was a musician, whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. He was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, during which he backed artists such as Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, The Rolling Stones, and The Beatles.

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Jeezy
Jeezy
4-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Jeezy (formerly Young Jeezy), is a rapper. Signed to Def Jam Recordings, his major label debut, "Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101", was released the following year and debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, selling 172,000 copies in its first week.

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Precise
Precise
Recording Artist

Music

Precise is a recording artist who was featured on the track "Nights in Harlem" with Luther Vandross.

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Cheb Mami
Cheb Mami
Recording Artist

Music

Mohamed Khelifati, better known by his stage name Cheb Mami (Arabic: شاب مامي‎, shābb māmī, born July 11, 1966), is an Algerian musician and singer-songwriter. He sings and speaks in Algerian Arabic and sometimes in French or Eastern Arabic dialects.

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Bobby Womack
Bobby Womack
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

Bobby Womack was a singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. His career spanned more than 60 years and multiple styles, including R&B, soul, rock and roll, doo-wop, and gospel. In 2009, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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