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Tony Terry
Recording Artist and Actor

Music

Tony Terry has numerous Billboard top hits within his repertoire from the late 1980s, early 1990s, and today, including his world-renowned hit, "With You". He is also an achieved actor and activist championing for social and family health issues.

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Jamie Walters
Recording Artist

Music

Jamie Walters is an American actor, singer, firefighter and record producer, best known for his roles on "Beverly Hills, 90210" and "The Heights" and his number one single "How Do You Talk to an Angel".

Wilson Phillips
Wilson Phillips
Recording Group

Music

Wilson Phillips is an American vocal group. Their 1990 self-titled debut album sold over 10 million copies worldwide and placed three number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, making the trio the best-selling female group at the time.

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Blush
Recording Group

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Mathew Knowles found phenomenal success grooming and managing the mega group Destiny's Child. He is now handing out mics to Blush, a harmonically blended hip-hop and R&B trio (est. 2013), and they are using them to mix fiery rhymes and hooks.

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Tali
Member, Blush and Member, T.O.D.

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Mathew Knowles found phenomenal success grooming and managing the mega group Destiny's Child. He is now handing out mics to Blush, a harmonically blended hip-hop and R&B trio, and since 2013, they are using their mics to mix fiery rhymes and hooks.

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Bunni Ray
Member, Blush

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Mathew Knowles found phenomenal success grooming and managing the mega group Destiny's Child. He is now handing out mics to Blush, a harmonically blended hip-hop and R&B trio, and since 2013, they are using their mics to mix fiery rhymes and hooks.

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Sunni
Member, Blush and Member, T.O.D.

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Mathew Knowles found phenomenal success grooming and managing the mega group Destiny's Child. He is now handing out mics to Blush, a harmonically blended hip-hop and R&B trio (est. 2013), and they are using them to mix fiery rhymes and hooks.

Tags: 2PacMathew KnowlesDestiny's ChildMC LyteRecording Artist

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Amelia Moore
Actress, Author, and Journalist

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Amelia Moore (aka Ameliaismore) is an actress, author, and journalist. She has been A&R Assistant at Atlantic Records, Director of A&R at Gee Street, and General Manager at Ruff Ryders Records, leaving as President at Ruff Ryders Lifestyle.

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Leaveil Degree
Member, The Whispers

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Leaveil Degree is a member of The Whispers. The group scored 15 top-ten R&B singles, and eight top-ten R&B albums, with two of them, "The Whispers" and "Love Is Where You Find It", reaching the #1 spot. They have earned two platinum and five gold albums.

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Terry Derkach
Co-Founder, Hookist

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Terry Derkach's music production and writing credits include 3-time Grammy nominated, multi-platinum artist Brad Roberts (Crash Test Dummies), gospel vocalist Vernon Bush (Stevie Wonder, Nancy Wilson, Ray Charles), and Gary Lucas (Jeff Buckley).

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Dolores Dunning Milligan
Member, Ladies of SKYY

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Ladies of SKYY (Denise, Dolores, and Bonné Dunning) are best known as the female vocalists of the hit group known as Skyy. Their biggest chart position was achieved in 1982, when their album "Skyy Line" was certified gold and reached #1 album status.

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Denise Dunning Wilkinson
Member, Ladies of SKYY

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Ladies of SKYY (Denise, Dolores, and Bonné Dunning) are best known as the female vocalists of the hit group known as Skyy. Their biggest chart position was achieved in 1982, when their album "Skyy Line" was certified gold and reached #1 album status.

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Charisse Arrington
Recording Artist and Brilliance Coach

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Charisse Arrington is a R&B singer who was signed to MCA Records in the 1990s. Her biggest success was with the single "Down With This" which peaked in the top twenty of the Billboard Dance singles chart and top five of the Billboard Dance breakout chart.

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Kurtis Blow
Kurtis Blow
Recording Artist

Music

Kurtis Blow is an American rapper and record producer. He is the first commercially successful rapper and the first to sign with a major record label. Throughout his career he has released 15 albums and is currently an ordained minister.

Band Aid
Band Aid
Recording Group

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Band Aid is a charity supergroup featuring mainly British and Irish musicians and recording artists. It was founded in 1984 to raise money for anti-famine efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market.

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Siedah Garrett
2-Time Academy Award Nominee and Grammy Award Winner

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Siedah Garrett has written songs and performed backing vocals for Michael Jackson, Madonna, Quincy Jones, Donna Summer, Jennifer Hudson, and Tevin Campbell, among others. Garrett has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Original Song.

The Jacksons
The Jacksons
Recording Group and Inductee, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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Jackson 5 (later known as The Jacksons) are composed of members of the Jackson family. The group was founded in 1965 by Joe Jackson, as well as by brothers Jackie, Tito, and Jermaine, with younger brothers Marlon and Michael joining soon after.

RuPaul
RuPaul
Drag Queen and Recording Artist

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RuPaul is an American actor, drag queen, model, author, television personality, and recording artist. Since 2009, he has hosted and produced the drag queen reality show "RuPaul's Drag Race", for which he won an Emmy in 2016.

Green Day
Green Day
4-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1986. In 1994, its major label debut Dookie (released through Reprise Records) became a breakout success and eventually shipped over 10 million copies in the United States.

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Matthew Decker
Recording Artist

Music

Matthew Decker is a recording artist from New York. He started his own label Matteo Mafia Records in 2012. His music is very different from today's popular music, with a vintage 1960s style aesthetic, combined with modern day pop, hip-hop, and trap.

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R. Kelly
R. Kelly
Recording Artist

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R. Kelly is an American singer and songwriter. The RIAA has recognized R. Kelly as one of the best-selling music artists in the United States with 40 million albums sold as well as only the fifth black artist to crack the top 50 of the same list.

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William Goldstein
3-Time Emmy Award Nominee and Grammy Award Nominee

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William Goldstein was previously a recording artist for Motown Records and CBS Masterworks. He has over 50 albums currently available. He has also scored over 50 movie and television projects, including NBC's "Fame" and Disney's "The Miracle Worker".

P.M. Dawn
P.M. Dawn
Recording Group

Music

P.M. Dawn is an American hip-hop act, formed in 1988 by the brothers Attrell Cordes (known by his stage name Prince Be, sometimes credited as Prince Be the Nocturnal) and Jarrett Cordes (known as DJ Minutemix) in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Della Reese
Della Reese
3-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Della Reese is an American nightclub, jazz, gospel and pop singer, film and television actress, one-time talk-show hostess and ordained minister, whose career had spanned six decades. She had also appeared as a guest on several talk shows.

Collections: Black Music Month

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Almighty Jahwel
Member, Son of Bazerk and No Self Control

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Son of Bazerk and No Self Control is an American hip-hop group consisting of Son of Bazerk, Almighty Jahwel, and ½ Pint. The group was formed by Hank Shocklee, a member of the production team Bomb Squad.

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