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Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
7-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Buddy Guy is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues and has influenced eminent guitarists including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, and John Mayer.

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Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
Recording Artist

Music

Buddy Holly was an American musician and singer-songwriter who was a central figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was among the first artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 1986.

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Bunni Ray
Member, Blush

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.

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Burna Boy
Burna Boy
Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Burna Boy is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence in 2012 after releasing "Like to Party", the lead single from his debut studio album "L.I.F.E" (2013). In 2017, Burna Boy signed with Bad Habit/Atlantic Records in the United States.

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Busta Rhymes
Busta Rhymes
Member, Leaders of the New School

Music

Busta Rhymes is a rapper, singer, musician, record producer, record executive, and actor. He was an original member of Leaders of the New School. He has released nine studio albums, with the first being the 1996 platinum-selling album "The Coming".

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Butterfly McQueen
Butterfly McQueen
Actress

Film

Butterfly McQueen was an American actress. She first appeared in film in 1939 as Prissy, Scarlett O'Hara's slave, in the film "Gone with the Wind". She was unable to attend the movie's premiere because it was held at a whites-only theater.

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C-Murder
C-Murder
Recording Artist

Music

C-Murder is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, author, and convicted murderer. He initially gained fame in the mid-1990s as a part of his brother Master P's label No Limit Records, primarily as a member of the label's supergroup, TRU.

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Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

Music

Cab Calloway was an American jazz singer, dancer, and bandleader. He was associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, where he was a regular performer. He is in the Grammy Hall of Fame and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Cabello Estrabao
Cabello Estrabao
3-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Cabello Estrabao is a Cuban-American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, formed on "The X Factor USA" in 2012, signing a joint record deal with Syco Music and Epic Records.

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Caddillac Tah
Caddillac Tah
Recording Artist

Music

Caddillac Tah or Tah Murdah is an American rapper from Queens, New York, United States. He is known for being a close associate with Murder Inc. Records labelmates Irv Gotti, Ja Rule, Black Child and Ashanti.

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Caleb Bradham
Caleb Bradham
Pharmacist and Inventor, Pepsi

Medical

Caleb Bradham was an American pharmacist, best known as the inventor of soft drink Pepsi.

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Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
30th President of the United States (1923 - 1929)

Politics

Calvin Coolidge was a politician and lawyer who served as the 30th President of the United States from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from New England, born in Vermont, he worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics.

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Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris
Recording Artist

Music

Calvin Harris is a Scottish record producer, DJ, singer and songwriter. He has received ten Brit Award nominations —three for Best British Male, and four Grammy nominations, winning a Grammy for Best Music Video in 2013.

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Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein
Fashion Designer

Fashion

Calvin Klein is an American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc., in 1968. In addition to clothing, he also has given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and jewelry.

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Cameo
Cameo
Recording Group

Music

Cameo is an American soul-influenced funk group that formed in the early 1970s. Cameo was initially a 14-member group known as the New York City Players; this name was later changed to Cameo to avoid being confused with Ohio Players.

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Camila Cabello
Camila Cabello
Member, Fifth Harmony (2012 - 2016)

Music

Camila Cabello is a Cuban-American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony. Cabello's eponymous debut studio album "Camila" (2018) debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart.

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Camp Lo
Recording Group

Music

Camp Lo is a hip-hop duo, hailing from Bronx, New York. The duo consists of rappers Sonny Cheeba (Salahadeen Wilds) and Geechi Suede (Saladine Wallace). The duo is perhaps best known for their 1997 hit, "Luchini AKA This Is It."

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Candi Staton
Candi Staton
4-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Candi Staton is an American singer–songwriter, best known in the United States for her 1970 remake of Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man" and her 1976 disco chart-topper "Young Hearts Run Free". She is a 4-time Grammy Award nominee.

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Cardi B
Recording Artist

Music

From 2015 to 2017, Cardi B appeared as a regular cast member on the VH1 reality television series "Love & Hip Hop: New York". Her debut single for Atlantic Records, titled "Bodak Yellow", reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

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Carl Clay
Founder and Executive Producer, Black Spectrum Theatre Company

Theatre

Recognized and awarded as a multi-discipline force, Carl Clay has produced over 350 plays, trained over 2000 actors, and has written and directed 25 films aimed at urban youth. He has produced over 40 jazz concerts.

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Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner
11-Time Emmy Award Winner and Grammy Award Winner

Television

Carl Reiner was an American actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, and author whose career spanned seven decades. In the 1960s, he was best known as the creator, producer, writer, and actor on "The Dick Van Dyke Show".

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Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan
Astronomer

Astronomy

Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator. He is best known as a science popularizer and communicator.

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Carla Hall
Carla Hall
Chef and Co-Host, "The Chew"

Television

Carla Hall is an American chef, television personality, and former model. She appeared in the fifth and eighth seasons of "Top Chef", Bravo's cooking competition show. She was a co-host on "The Chew", a one-hour talk show centered on food from all angles.

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Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana
Member, Santana

Music

Carlos Santana is a Mexican and American musician who first became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and Latin American music. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards.

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Carly Simon
Carly Simon
2-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Carly Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician and children's author. She first rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records. Her 13 Top 40 United States hits include "You're So Vain" (#1) and "Nobody Does It Better" (#2).

Tags: Author · Singer · Songwriter · Grammy Award Winner · Songwriters Hall of Fame · Grammy Hall of Fame · Working Girl · Billboard Adult Contemporary · Billboard 200 · Elektra Records

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