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Tina Turner, a musical giant who triumphed over abuse, dies at 83
After ending her marriage with Ike Turner, she launched a solo career and became one of the world’s most popular entertainers
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Rapper DMX’s ‘It’s Dark and Hell is Hot,’ a quarter century later
The debut album solidified DMX’s legacy
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A new, softer Beyoncé emerges on stage at her Renaissance tour
This time, her clothing isn’t being worn as armor
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Looking back on Chance the Rapper’s seminal mixtape, ‘Acid Rap’
In the blog era, it charted a path for independent artists
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Missy Elliott, DJ Kool Herc, Don Cornelius join Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Chaka Khan and The Spinners are also inducted
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Harry Belafonte’s singing career started as an intermission filler at a jazz club
Only a few years later, he became the first solo artist to sell a million copies of a record
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Harry Belafonte embodied mid-century Black uplift
As a ‘race man’ he put his time, money and even life on the line
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Bobby Caldwell was a great artist – and a continuing revelation for Black fans
The ‘What You Won’t Do For Love’ artist was covered or sampled by everyone from The Notorious B.I.G to John Legend
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Jazz pioneer Wayne Shorter dies at 89
The saxophonist was part of two seminal groups, the Miles Davis Quintet and Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers