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Assata Shakur
Assata Shakur became a political activist in the upsurge of the 1960s, participating in the student struggles, the anti-war movement, and especially the…
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Afrika Bambaataa
Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three main originators of break-beat deejaying, and is respectfully known as the "Grandfather" and "Godfather" of Hip Hop…
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Rosa Alicia Clemente
"I think most civil rights leaders talk a good game about wanting young people to step up. I've been hearing this for over 10 years," she says. "These…
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Dallas Austin
Dallas Austin
Dallas Austin was born on December 29, 1972, in Columbus, GA, and began playing guitar as a child before switching to keyboards. In 1986, he moved to…
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Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys (born Alicia J. Augello-Cook on January 25, 1980 or 1981 is an American R&B, soul, and neo soul singer-songwriter, pianist, record producer,…
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Plies
Algernod Lanier Washington
Plies sophomore release, "DEFINITION OF REAL", debuted at 2 on the Billboard 200, selling 215,000 copies in its first week. In fact, the album's first…