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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.

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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.

Tags: Charity Supergroup · Bob Geldof · Midge Ure · Ethiopia · Anti-Famine Efforts · Do They Know It's Christmas? · Band Aid 20 · Trevor Horn · Band Aid 30 · United Kingdom

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Kurtis Blow
Kurtis Blow
Recording Artist

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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.

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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.

Tags: Recording Artist · Brilliance Coach · MCA Records · Down With This · Billboard · R&B · To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar · Ain't No Love · The House That I Built · Star of Your Story

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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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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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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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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.

Tags: The Whispers · Singer · Billboard Hot 100 · R&B · Gold Record · Wallace "Scotty" Scott · Walter Scott · New Orleans, Louisiana · SOLAR Records · Soul Music

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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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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: Blush · Mathew Knowles · T.O.D. · Recording Artist · Destiny's Child · Houston, Texas · MC Lyte · 2Pac · Colombia · Lauryn Hill

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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.

Tags: Mathew Knowles · Destiny's Child · Rapper · Houston, Texas · Blush · Sunni · Tali · MC Lyte · TLC · 2Pac

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

Music

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.

Tags: Music · Recording Artist · Blush · Destiny's Child · Mathew Knowles · R&B · Hip-Hop · Singer · Texas · T.O.D.

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Blush
Recording Group

Music

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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Wilson Phillips
Wilson Phillips
Recording Group

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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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Jamie Walters
Recording Artist

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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".

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Tony Terry
Recording Artist and Actor

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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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Mathew Knowles
Founder, President and CEO, Music World Entertainment

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Mathew Knowles is best known for being the former manager of Destiny's Child. He also managed his daughters Beyoncé and Solange Knowles. His company, Music World Entertainment, is one of the most renowned, with record sales exceeding 300 million.

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Alvaro Alencar
13-Time Latin Grammy Award Winner

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Alvaro Alencar has over 140 records in his career spanning 20+ years. In this time, he has won 13 Latin Grammy Awards, over 25 Latin Grammy nominations, and over 30 platinum or gold certificates for CD and DVD sales, which total approximately 10 million.

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Rickey "Slikk Muzik" Offord
Multi-Platinum Music Producer

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Rickey "Slikk Muzik" Offord is multi-platinum producer, who has worked with recording artists, such as Babyface, Ariana Grande, Chris Brown, Kirk Franklin, Jaime Foxx, Master P, Tank, and Ludacris.

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Backsteet Boys
Backsteet Boys
8-Time Grammy Award Nominee

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Backstreet Boys have sold over 130 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling boy band in history, and one of the world's best-selling music artists. They also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 22, 2013.

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Club Nouveau
Club Nouveau
Recording Group

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Club Nouveau is a group formed by record producer/performer Jay King in 1986 in Sacramento, California subsequent to the breakup of the Timex Social Club. The group's name (French for "New Club") was changed from its original incarnation, Jet Set.

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Fantasia
Winner, "American Idol" (Season 3)

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Fantasia rose to fame as the winner of the third season "American Idol" in 2004. As of February 2012, she has sold 2,842,000 albums and 1,425,000 tracks in the United States. In 2012, VH1 ranked her number 32 out of the 100 Greatest Women in Music.

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Chic
Chic
Recording Group

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Chic is an American band that was organized during 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. In October 2014, Chic was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the tenth time.

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Angelo Ellerbee
President and CEO, Double XXposure

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Double XXposure is a full service public relations and artist development firm founded by Angelo Ellerbee. He has worked with a wide array of clientele, ranging from Michael Jackson to Lionel Richie, Mary J. Blige, and DMX (whom he also managed).

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Nina Simone
Nina Simone
Recording Artist

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Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist who worked in a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.

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