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Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper is a singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT activist. Her career has spanned over 30 years. Her debut solo album "She's So Unusual" (1983) was the first debut female album to chart four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100.
Billy Porter
Billy Porter is a stage performer, pop singer, film and television actor and vocal coach. He attended the Musical Theatre Program at Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School's School of Drama and achieved fame performing on Broadway.
Billy Lawrence
Billy Lawrence is an American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and arranger.
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The Sugarhill Gang
The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip-hop group, known mostly for its 1979 hit "Rapper's Delight", the first rap single to become a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The song uses an interpolation of the instrumental track from the hit "Good Times".
Collections: Black Music Month
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and fashion designer. He has earned eleven Grammy Awards, including two with the Neptunes.
Prince
Prince has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. He has won seven Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe, and an Academy Award. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.
Dr. Cornel West
Dr. Cornel West is an American philosopher, academic, social activist, author, public intellectual, and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Collections: Black History Month
The Terence Blanchard Group
Terence Oliver Blanchard is an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, arranger, and film score composer.
Sounds of Blackness
Sounds of Blackness is a Grammy Award winning vocal and instrumental ensemble from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota who perform music from several genres music including gospel, R&B, soul, and jazz.
Collections: Black Music Month
Martha Wash
Martha Wash is a 2-time Grammy Award nominee, with a career spanning over thirty years. Known for her distinctive and powerful dramatic soprano voice, she first achieved fame as one half of the successful act Two Tons o' Fun.
Kirk Franklin
Kirk Franklin is an American gospel musician, choir director, and author. He is known for leading urban contemporary gospel choirs such as The Family, God's Property, and One Nation Crew (1NC), and has won multiple awards, including 16 Grammy Awards.
Boyz II Men
Boyz II Men is an American R&B vocal group, best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies. They are currently a trio composed of baritone Nathan Morris, alongside tenors Wanya Morris and Shawn Stockman.
Collections: Black Music Month
The Boys Choir of Harlem
The Boys Choir of Harlem was a choir located in Harlem, New York City, United States. Its last performance was in 2007 and the group folded shortly thereafter due to several controversies, a large budget deficit, and the death of its founder.
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin's church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, she embarked on a secular career.
Gerald Levert
Gerald Levert is best known for singing with Sean Levert and Marc Gordon of the vocal group LeVert. Levert was also a member of LSG, comprising Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill, and himself. Levert is the son of Eddie Levert, who is the Lead Singer of The O'Jays.
Yolanda Adams
As of September 2009, Yolanda Adams had sold 4.5 million albums since 1991 in the United States, and nearly 8 million albums worldwide according to SoundScan.
Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige is an American singer, songwriter, model, record producer, and actress. As of 2013, she has sold more than 50 million albums and 25 million singles worldwide.
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. Throughout her career, she has sold more than 200 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all-time.
Plastic Ono Band
Plastic Ono Band was a band formed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969 as a vehicle for their collaborative and solo projects.
4 Non Blondes
4 Non Blondes was an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1989. The group was formed by bassist Christa Hillhouse, guitarist Shaunna Hall, drummer Wanda Day, and vocalist and guitarist Linda Perry.
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman is an American singer-songwriter, known for her hits "Fast Car" and "Give Me One Reason". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band that formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the greatest and most influential act of the rock era.
Public Enemy
Public Enemy is an American hip hop group consisting of Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff, Khari Wynn, DJ Lord, and the S1W group. Formed in Long Island, New York in 1982, they are known for their politically charged lyrics.
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