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Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield
Grammy Legend Award Winner and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

Music

Curtis Mayfield was a singer-songwriter, record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious African-American music. He won a Grammy Legend Award in 1994 and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995.

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Culture Club
Culture Club
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Culture Club are a band that was formed in 1981, comprised of Boy George (lead vocals), Roy Hay (guitar and keyboards), Mikey Craig (bass guitar), and Jon Moss (drums and percussion). Culture Club sold more than 50 million albums and 100 million singles.

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Cuba Gooding, Sr.
Cuba Gooding, Sr.
Recording Artist

Music

Cuba Gooding, Sr. was an American singer and actor. He was the lead singer of the soul group The Main Ingredient, most notable for its two biggest hits, "Everybody Plays the Fool" (1972) and "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" (1974).

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Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Actor

Film

Cuba Gooding, Jr. is an American actor. He became known for his breakthrough role as Tre Styles in "Boyz n the Hood" (1991). He would go on to appear in such films as "Jerry Maguire" (1996), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Crystal Waters
Crystal Waters
Recording Artist

Music

Crystal Waters is an American house and dance music singer and songwriter, best known for her 1990s dance hits "Gypsy Woman" and "100% Pure Love". All three of her studio albums produced a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Crystal Penny
Recording Group

Music

Veteran vocalists and performers, Crystal Penny (Crystal and Penni Wilson) bring incomparable lead vocals and impeccable harmonic sounds to delight the ears of the most avid fans of real music.

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Crystal Lewis
Crystal Lewis
3-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Crystal Lewis is an American contemporary Christian and gospel vocalist, songwriter and author.

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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Recording Group

Music

Crosby, Stills & Nash was a vocal folk rock supergroup made up of singer-songwriters David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash. They were also known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young when joined by singer-songwriter Neil Young.

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Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

Crosby, Stills & Nash was a vocal folk rock supergroup made up of singer-songwriters David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash. They were also known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young when joined by singer-songwriter Neil Young.

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Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo
Professional Footballer

Sports

Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team. He is often considered the best player in the world and widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time.

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Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks
Stevedore

Activism

Crispus Attucks was a stevedore of African and Native American descent, widely regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre and thus the first American killed in the American Revolution. He became an icon of the anti-slavery movement.

Collections: Black History Month

Tags: American Revolution

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Creed
Creed
Recording Group

Music

Creed was an American rock band formed in 1993 in Tallahassee, Florida. Creed has sold over 28 million records in the United States, over 53 million albums worldwide, and was the ninth best-selling artist of the 2000s.

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Crazy Town
Crazy Town
Recording Group

Music

Crazy Town is an American rap rock band, formed in 1995 by Bret Mazur and Seth Binzer. Crazy Town is best known for their 2000 hit single, "Butterfly", which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

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Crash Test Dummies
Crash Test Dummies
Recording Group

Music

Crash Test Dummies are a rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. The band is most identifiable through Brad Roberts (vocals, guitar) and his distinctive bass-baritone voice. The band is best known internationally for their 1993 single "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm".

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Craig Mack
Craig Mack
Recording Artist

Music

Craig Mack was an American rapper from Brentwood, New York. Although his first single was released under the name MC EZ in 1988, he is best known for his 1994 hit single "Flava In Ya Ear", which was released under his real name.

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CR Capers
Founder, Hip Hop Film Festival and Founder, Harlem Film House

Film

CR Capers is the Founder and CEO of the award-winning Hip Hop Film Festival, named "Best of the Fests" for 2016. Her radio show and podcast, "Why You Mad Son?", has over three million listeners worldwide and boasts a legion of loyal fans.

Tags: Original Productions · Harlem Film House · Harlem, New York · Hip Hop Film Festival · Television · Film · 247films.tv · CEO · Founder · Filmmaker

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Courteney Cox
Courteney Cox
Actress

Television

Courteney Cox is an American actress, producer, and director. She gained worldwide recognition for her starring role as Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom "Friends" (1994 - 2004) and as Gale Weathers in the horror film series "Scream" (1996 - 2021).

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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
18-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Count Basie Orchestra is a 16 to 18 piece big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie in 1935 and recording regularly from 1936.

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Count Basie
Count Basie
Recording Artist

Music

Count Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed his own jazz orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra. He led the group for almost 50 years.

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Corey TuT
Corey TuT
Recording Artist

Music

A veteran of the downtown New York music scene, Corey TuT has fronted bands, been a solo artist and worked with musicians as diverse as Ad Rock from Beastie Boys, techno sensations The Ones, Peppermint, and multi-platinum recording artist Ultra Naté.

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Corey Haim
Corey Haim
Actor

Film

Corey Haim was a Canadian actor, known for a 1980s Hollywood career as a teen idol. He starred in a number of films, such as "Lucas", "Silver Bullet", "Murphy's Romance", "License to Drive", "Dream a Little Dream", and "Snowboard Academy".

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Corey Feldman
Corey Feldman
Actor

Film

Corey Feldman became well-known with roles in films such as "The Fox and the Hound" (1981), "Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter" (1984), "Gremlins" (1984), "The Goonies" (1985), "Stand by Me" (1986), "The Lost Boys" (1987), and "The 'Burbs" (1989).

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Coolio
Coolio
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Coolio is a rapper, actor, and record producer. He is best known for his 1995 Grammy Award-winning hit single "Gangsta's Paradise", as well as other singles "Fantastic Voyage" (1994), "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" (1996) and "C U When U Get There" (1997).

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Connie Hall
Connie Hall
Recording Artist

Music

Connie Hall is a country/gospel singer-songwriter, who writes and performs live videos to help encourage, strengthen, and touch the hearts in need of God's loving touch.

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Company B
Recording Group

Music

Company B is a freestyle trio formed in 1986. The current line-up consists of Susan Maria Gonzalez, Dalia Chirinos, and Siddy Betancourt. Company B resulted from the music trend of producer-driven girl groups in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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