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Songs to Invoke Identity
Episode 4

Curated by Shefik

August 1, 2016 Identity

As you conceive the perception of yourself, it is vital to breed your inner strength. The journey of life is highly complex, with its intricate paths to self-discovery and its meticulous roads to consequence.

Preview Performers
Bonné Dunning Williams — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

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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Gerald Alston — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

Gerald Alston is an American R&B singer, and the lead singer with The Manhattans. Between 1988 and 1995, he left the group to record five albums (later recording his tribute to Sam Cooke in 2008) and ten solo singles.

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James McCrae — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Literature

James McCrae is an award-winning strategist and author at the intersection of business, creativity, and consciousness. His book, "Sh#t Your Ego Says", is available through Hay House.

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Duration: 01:00:00

Songs to Invoke Humor
Episode 12

Curated by Shefik

October 17, 2016 Humor

Imagine something funny. You are now connected to the vast majority of people on this planet. Humor cuts across all boundaries, cultures, and divisions.

Guest Performers
Adam B. Shapiro — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Theatre

Adam B. Shapiro is an award-winning actor, known for HBO's "The Normal Heart" (2014), "Master of None" (2015), and "The Cobbler" (2014). He has also performed in two national tours, one international tour, and two off-Broadway shows.

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Dan Vitale — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Comedy

Dan Vitale is an actor and comedian, best known for being a cast member during season 11 of "Saturday Night Live" (first episode: November 23, 1985, final episode: February 8, 1986).

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Dolores Dunning Milligan — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

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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Jason Stuart — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Film

Jason Stuart has a major role in the historic bio film "The Birth of a Nation". He has worked with heavy hitters George Clooney, Faye Dunaway, Angelina Jolie, Damon Wayans, Drew Carey, George Lopez, David Spade, and even Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Duration: 01:00:00

Songs to Invoke Happiness
Episode 3

Curated by Shefik

July 18, 2016 Happiness

It is commonplace for us to seek the definition of our lives, to better understand the meaning of our destiny, and the depths of which fate baptizes us with.

Preview Performers
Almighty Jahwel — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

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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Jordon Lindsay — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Film

Jordon Lindsay is a child actor, who starred in the feature film "Where Hearts Lie" (2016), where he played the role of Cristian.

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Duration: 01:00:00

Songs to Invoke Hanukkah
Episode 40

Curated by Shefik

December 16, 2019 Hanukkah

Hundreds of years ago, a light was offered as a prayer of worship. Although the worshipers only expected the light to last a short while, and they were grateful for such, they found that the oil which fueled the light did not exhaust as expected.

Guest Performers
William Goldstein — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

William Goldstein was previously a recording artist for Motown Records and CBS Masterworks. He has over 50 albums currently available. He has also scored over 50 movie and television projects, including NBC's "Fame" and Disney's "The Miracle Worker".

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Ana Luisa Johnson — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Dance

Ana Luisa Johnson began choreographing and performing her solo works at the age of thirteen, and became a professional dancer at 19. She has studied Ballet, Modern and Contemporary Dance, Jazz, Flamenco, Belly Dance, and Mexican Folkloric Dance.

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Jenny Bruce — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

As a pop-folk singer-songwriter, Jenny Bruce has won many awards. You've heard her songs on "Dawson's Creek", "Ghost Whisperer", "TODAY", "King of the Hill", "All My Children", "Jake 2.0", "Children's Hospital", and in several independent films.

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Joanne "J-Bird" Phillips — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

In 2012, Joanne "J-Bird" Phillips founded J-Bird Music for the Arts, with the vision of reviving arts programs by providing much needed equipment, instruments, and resources in order to enrich the lives of youths through arts education.

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Duration: 01:00:00

Songs to Invoke Friendship
Episode 14

Curated by Shefik

November 7, 2016 Friendship

The art of being a good friend is both subtle and overt. You all know how to be a good friend. In fact, I am certain of it. However, this does not mean you succeed all the time. Friends fail. It happens.

Guest Performers
Billy Sherwood — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

Billy Sherwood is mostly known for his time as a member of progressive rock band YES. He is also a member of the band Asia. Sherwood's godfather was the television icon Milton Berle, and his father was a famous musician, who has worked with Frank Sinatra.

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Dionne Warwick — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

Dionne Warwick is a 5-time Grammy Award winning legend. She is an American singer, actress, and television show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health.

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Douglas Baldeo — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Theatre

Twelve-year-old Douglas Baldeo was a principal cast member of the award-winning Broadway Musical, "Kinky Boots". Following his run in "Kinky Boots", he was cast as a vacation swing for "Motown the Musical" on tour.

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Rachel Lorin — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

Rachel Lorin is a rock singer, who starred on the reality show "The Next Big Thing: NY" (2012), broadcast on Oxygen and E! networks. She has worked with multi-Grammy Award winner Earl Cohen, Tony Harnell of TNT and Skid Row, and Pat Gasperini of Pound.

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Gerald Alston — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

Gerald Alston is an American R&B singer, and the lead singer with The Manhattans. Between 1988 and 1995, he left the group to record five albums (later recording his tribute to Sam Cooke in 2008) and ten solo singles.

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Kathy Sledge — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

Kathy Sledge is a singer who is best known as lead singer of the R&B group Sister Sledge. As a solo performer, she has had several hits on the International Pop and Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, including "Take Me Back to Love Again", which hit #1.

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Duration: 01:00:00

Songs to Invoke Fear
Episode 39

Curated by Shefik

October 28, 2019 Fear

Fear is a novel concept that calls for excavation. Although the foundation of fear itself is bore from human emotion, its heightened sense of elevation can be attributed to the construct of imaginative contemplation.

Guest Performers
Chuck McDermott — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

Over the last 40 years, Chuck McDermott has left his musical mark on audiences on both coasts of the United States. Over the last few decades, he has devoted himself to energy and environmental policy issues, and working in government.

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His Highness Dr. Prince Mario-Max Schaumburg-Lippe — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Royalty

His Highness Dr. Prince Mario-Max Schaumburg-Lippe is an award-winning television host, author, recording artist, and actor. He is the host of the German television series "Astro Royal" on AstroTV, a Berlin-based network, with a reach of 80 million.

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Amelia Moore — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

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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Eric Lopez — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Theatre

Eric Lopez is based in New York City and hails from a small town in Suffolk County, Long Island. He joined the United Kingdom company of "The Phantom of the Opera" (2016), and he had the honor to work for Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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J. Alexander Martin — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Fashion

The acclaimed J. Alexander Martin has externalized many successful ventures in the fashion industry including the iconic clothing line FUBU — For Us By Us — serving as Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, as well as the President at FUBU TV.

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Historical Performers
Quincy Jones

Music

Quincy Jones has a career that spans six decades in the entertainment industry, a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, and 28 Grammy Awards, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991. In 2013, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Rod Temperton

Music

After being recruited by producer Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton wrote several internationally known songs performed by Michael Jackson, including "Thriller", "Off the Wall", and "Rock with You". Temperton won a Grammy Award in 1991.

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Vincent Price

Film

Vincent Price was an American actor, known for his performances in horror films. He appeared on stage, television, radio, and more than one hundred films. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one for motion pictures, and one for television.

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Duration: 01:00:00

Songs to Invoke Fashion 2
Episode 23

Curated by Shefik

April 24, 2017 Fashion

Take a moment and look around. Each person you see is a statement of self. They are not perfect – no one is – but the expression of self which you see is a tremendous part of what it means to be an individual. This is fashion.

Guest Performers
Abe Fogle — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

Abe Fogle has been touring with various artists for more than 25 years. His heart-felt backbeat and "shake-your-body" groove have been heard and danced to all over the world with Rob Thomas, Alex Bugnon, Kelis, D'Angelo, Kool and the Gang, and Guy.

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Alyssa Morgan Lego — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Pageantry

Alyssa Morgan Lego was the reigning Miss Stars and Stripes' Outstanding Teen 2017 through Miss New Jersey's Outstanding Teen Scholarship Program (Miss America's Outstanding Teen).

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Amanda Witkowski — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Pageantry

Amanda Witkowski, currently National American Miss New Jersey 2017, is a Thomas More honors student at Sacred Heart University. She has since co-founded "Shop. Sell. Strut!", as an Autism New Jersey awareness and fundraising event.

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Duane Gazi-White — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Fashion

Re.new Artists, Imaging and Consulting is the brainchild of Duane Gazi-White. Its function is to create a current take on imaging, styling and marketing for iconic artists. Clients include Tony Award winner Melba Moore and Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge.

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Patricia Esposito — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Pageantry

Patricia Esposito is a sixteen-year-old high honor roll student currently enrolled in Sayreville War Memorial High School. Her most recent and closest to her heart was the success of securing the title of USA National Miss New Jersey Teen 2017.

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Rashgene Gazi-White — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Fashion

Rashgene Gazi-White is Vice President at Re.new Artists, Imaging and Consulting. Its function: to create a current take on imaging, styling and marketing for iconic artists. Clients include Tony Award winner Melba Moore and Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge.

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Preview Performers
Dolores Dunning Milligan — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

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.

Biography Events Profiles

Kathy Sledge — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

Kathy Sledge is a singer who is best known as lead singer of the R&B group Sister Sledge. As a solo performer, she has had several hits on the International Pop and Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, including "Take Me Back to Love Again", which hit #1.

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Tony Terry — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

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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Duration: 01:00:00

Songs to Invoke Fashion
Episode 16

Curated by Shefik

November 28, 2016 Fashion

Fashion is fusion. The precise and delicate manner of a tilted cap, or the artfully disarrayed chaos presented in the clash of two opposing patterns. These things are what drives fashion.

Guest Performers
Angelo Ellerbee — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

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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Duane Gazi-White — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Fashion

Re.new Artists, Imaging and Consulting is the brainchild of Duane Gazi-White. Its function is to create a current take on imaging, styling and marketing for iconic artists. Clients include Tony Award winner Melba Moore and Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge.

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Eloisa Diaz-Sanz — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Fashion

Eloisa Diaz-Sanz is an American creative consultant and fashion designer from New York City, specializing in womenswear. Her experience includes work for high-end brands featured in British Vogue, London Fashion Week, and New York Fashion Week.

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Rashgene Gazi-White — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Fashion

Rashgene Gazi-White is Vice President at Re.new Artists, Imaging and Consulting. Its function: to create a current take on imaging, styling and marketing for iconic artists. Clients include Tony Award winner Melba Moore and Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge.

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Preview Performers
Eric Lopez — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Theatre

Eric Lopez is based in New York City and hails from a small town in Suffolk County, Long Island. He joined the United Kingdom company of "The Phantom of the Opera" (2016), and he had the honor to work for Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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Kathy Sledge — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

Kathy Sledge is a singer who is best known as lead singer of the R&B group Sister Sledge. As a solo performer, she has had several hits on the International Pop and Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, including "Take Me Back to Love Again", which hit #1.

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Matthew Decker — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

Matthew Decker is a recording artist from New York. He started his own label Matteo Mafia Records in 2012. His music is very different from today's popular music, with a vintage 1960s style aesthetic, combined with modern day pop, hip-hop, and trap.

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Sarah Dash — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

Sarah Dash's first notable appearance was as a member of Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles. Dash has had a full career, moving from singer, to songwriter and session musician for famous bands that include Labelle, The Rolling Stones, and Keith Richards.

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Yashi Brown

Literature

Yashi Brown is an author, poet, speaker, and active leader in the mental health community. Poetry became a safe space, when she began experiencing severe emotional challenges in her late teens.

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Duration: 01:00:00

Songs to Invoke Faith
Episode 9

Curated by Shefik

September 5, 2016 Faith

The word faith gets bandied about quite often. It is an easy marker of how much a person wants you to believe, what they believe, when they let the word pass from their lips.

Guest Performers
Amelia Moore — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

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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Dr. Hassan Tetteh — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Medical

Dr. Hassan Tetteh is a triple board-certified heart and lung transplant surgeon, and best-selling author. His life-changing perspective came from growing up as a kid on the streets of Brooklyn, to serving as a combat surgeon in the desert of Afghanistan.

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Gerald Alston — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

Gerald Alston is an American R&B singer, and the lead singer with The Manhattans. Between 1988 and 1995, he left the group to record five albums (later recording his tribute to Sam Cooke in 2008) and ten solo singles.

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Mitch Weiss — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Theatre

Mitch Weiss has over 35 years of management experience in theatre and music. He has managed over 180 Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, including Tony Award winners "A Chorus Line", "The Grapes of Wrath", and "Beauty and the Beast".

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Perri Gaffney — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Theatre

Perri Gaffney adapted her debut novel, "The Resurrection of Alice", into a one-woman play that won the 2014 African-American Arts Alliance of Chicago Outstanding Actress Award, and the 2014 Black Theater Alliance's Best Lead Actress Award (Chicago).

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Shanna Marie Wallace — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Ministry

Shanna Marie Wallace is a Spiritual Interfaith Minister, who inspires in her classes, workshops, and guest speaking appearances. Her passionate and purposeful work has been featured in Bronx Times, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Yahoo, and Tech Insider.

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Sunni — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

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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Duration: 01:00:00

Songs to Invoke Ego
Episode 10

Curated by Shefik

September 12, 2016 Ego

No one is island. No one exists in a vacuum alone, even if it sometimes feels that way. Ego cannot be taken as just the expression of self, in such an island or vacuum, but as the place where self meets the world beyond.

Guest Performers
Benjamen Adams — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Fashion

Benjamen Adams is a fashion photographer, actor, producer, and model. When he first arrived in Los Angeles, California, it was suggested that he try modeling. He later thought photography was interesting.

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James McCrae — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Literature

James McCrae is an award-winning strategist and author at the intersection of business, creativity, and consciousness. His book, "Sh#t Your Ego Says", is available through Hay House.

Biography Events Profiles

Kathy Sledge — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

Kathy Sledge is a singer who is best known as lead singer of the R&B group Sister Sledge. As a solo performer, she has had several hits on the International Pop and Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, including "Take Me Back to Love Again", which hit #1.

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Charisse Arrington — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

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.

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Mathew Knowles — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

Music

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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½ Pint — Photo Credit: Shefik

Photo Credit: Shefik

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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Duration: 01:00:00

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