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Sonjja Baram
Sonjja Baram
Fashion Designer

Fashion

International fashion designer Sonjja Baram combines fragility and strength, tradition and modernity, passion and profundity in her creations.

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Son of Bazerk and No Self Control
Critically-Acclaimed Recording Group

Music

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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Solomon Burke
Solomon Burke
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

In 2001, Solomon Burke was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a performer. His album "Don't Give Up on Me" won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album in 2003. By 2005, he was credited with selling 17 million albums.

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Solo
Recording Group

Music

Solo is a R&B musical group. The original members were Robert Anderson, Darnell Chavis, Eunique Mack, and Dan Stokes. The group recorded their gold-selling debut album in Minneapolis and released it in 1995, with production by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.

Tags: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis · Recording Group · A&M Records · Perspective Records · Certified Gold · Heaven · R&B · Billboard Hot 100 · Angie Stone · Raphael Saadiq

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Solange
Solange
Recording Artist

Music

Solange is a singer, songwriter, model, and actress. Her third studio album, "A Seat at the Table" (2016) became her first number-one album in the United States. The album's first single, "Cranes in the Sky" won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance.

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Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth
African-American Abolitionist and Women's Rights Activist

Activism

Sojourner Truth was an African-American abolitionist. She was born into slavery, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom. After going to court to recover her son, in 1828 she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man.

Collections: Black History Month · Women's History Month

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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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Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

Smokey Robinson is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson was the founder and front man of the Motown Records vocal group The Miracles. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

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Sly and the Family Stone
Sly and the Family Stone
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

Sly and the Family Stone was a band. Active from 1966 to 1983, it was pivotal in the development of funk, soul, rock, and psychedelic music. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

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Slipknot
Slipknot
Recording Group

Music

Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. The band was founded in 1995 by percussionist Shawn Crahan, drummer Joey Jordison and bassist Paul Gray. The band has sold 30 million records worldwide.

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Slim Jxmmi
Slim Jxmmi
Member, Rae Sremmurd

Music

Rae Sremmurd is an American hip-hop duo formed by two brothers, Slim Jxmmi and Swae Lee. In January 2015, the duo released their debut album "SremmLife", which was certified platinum. In August 2016, the duo released their second album, "SremmLife 2".

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Skyy
Skyy
Recording Group

Music

Skyy (a.k.a. New York Skyy) was an American R&B/funk/disco band based in New York. They are perhaps best known for their 1981 hit, "Call Me", as well as their 1989 "comeback" hits, "Start of a Romance" and "Real Love".

Tags: Capitol Records · Atlantic Records · Salsoul Records · Call Me · Start of a Romance · Real Love · Billboard Hot 100 · Brooklyn, New York · R&B · Funk

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Skee-Lo
Skee-Lo
2-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Skee-Lo is an American rapper. He is best known for his 1995 song, "I Wish", which became a hit in several countries and reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. He is considered to have been a one-hit wonder.

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Sister Sledge
Sister Sledge
Recording Group

Music

Sister Sledge is an American musical group. Formed in 1971, the group consisted of sisters Debbie, Joni, Kim and Kathy Sledge. The year 1979 saw the release of their breakthrough album "We Are Family", which peaked at number three and went platinum.

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Godmother of Rock and Roll

Music

Sister Rosetta Tharpe attained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s, later being referred to as "the godmother of rock and roll". She influenced musicians, including Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis.

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SisQó
SisQó
Lead Singer, Dru Hill

Music

SisQó is the lead singer of R&B group Dru Hill, and has also released solo material. SisQó's successful debut solo album, "Unleash the Dragon" (1999), included the hit singles "Thong Song" and "Incomplete".

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Sir Roger Moore
Sir Roger Moore
Actor

Film

Sir Roger Moore was an English actor. He is best known for playing secret agent James Bond in seven feature films between 1973 and 1985. He also played Simon Templar in the television series "The Saint" between 1962 and 1969.

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Sir David Attenborough
Sir David Attenborough
Broadcaster

Television

Sir David Attenborough is an English broadcaster and natural historian. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural history documentary series forming the "Life" collection.

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Sipho Gumbo
Founder and President, Yangu Beauty

Fashion

Sipho Gumbo, the creator of Yangu Beauty, sought out a leading expert in skincare chemistry to help transform her authentic recipes into a skincare line for today's modern woman. At last, a skincare collection addressing the needs of women of color.

Tags: Fashion · Cosmetics · Zimbabwe

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Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor
Recording Artist

Music

Sinéad O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album "The Lion and the Cobra". She achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a new arrangement of Prince's song "Nothing Compares 2 U".

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Simone Biles
Simone Biles
5-Time Olympic Medalist

Sports

Simone Biles is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic individual all-around, vault and floor gold medalist, and balance beam bronze medalist. She was part of the gold-medal-winning team dubbed the "Final Five" at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Simon Pegg
Simon Pegg
Actor

Film

Simon Pegg portrays Benji Dunn in the "Mission: Impossible" film series (2006 - present) and played Montgomery Scott in "Star Trek" (2009), "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013), and "Star Trek Beyond" (2016), co-writing the latter.

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Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Recording Group

Music

Simon & Garfunkel was an American folk rock duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel. Simon & Garfunkel won 10 Grammy Awards and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.

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Silk
Silk
Recording Group

Music

Silk is an American R&B group, formed in 1989 in Atlanta, Georgia. They are best known for their 1993 hit single, "Freak Me", which reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Sigma
Sigma
DJs

Music

Sigma are a British drum and bass DJ and record production duo consisting of Cameron James "Cam" Edwards and Joseph Aluin "Joe" Lenzie. Sigma's 2010 collaboration with DJ Fresh, "Lassitude", peaked at number 98 on the United Kingdom Singles Chart.

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