Black Music Journey 3

Whitney

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​Whitney Houston was an American singer and actress. Nicknamed "The Voice", she is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide.

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Houston has influenced many singers in popular music, and is known for her powerful, soulful vocals and vocal improvisation skills. She is the only artist to have had seven consecutive number-one sinlges on the Billboard Hot 100.​ She began singing in church as a child and became a background vocalist while in high school. She was one of the first black women to appear on the cover of Seventeen after becoming a teen model in 1981.

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​She has 8 Grammys, 14 World Music Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards 22 American Music Awards and was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues and Rock and Roll Hall of fame. She was married to Bobby Brown, one of the original members of New Edition

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Master P

Percy Robert Miller Sr. (born April 29, 1967), also known by his stage name Master P, is an American rapper, record executive, actor, and entrepreneur. He is the founder of the record label No Limit Records,​

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Percy Robert Miller was born and raised in New Orleans in the Calliope Projects. Miller has dedicated his time to communities through P. Miller Youth Centers and his P. Miller Food Foundation for the Homeless. On July 12, 2005, Willie W. Herenton Jr, the mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, presented Miller with the key to the city.^[94] On April 27, 2010, Miller and his son Romeo were awarded the Certificate of Special Recognition from Congress member Maxine Waters.^[95]​

Miller is Catholic. In 1999, he donated $500,000 to the Catholic elementary school he attended and to two nearby churches.^[96] In 2014, after 24 years of marriage, Miller's wife sued for divorce, asking for almost 40% of their assets.^[97]

In 2007, he swore off of profanity and endorsed Barack Obama for President of the United States of America,^[98] contributing frequently to his campaign.^[99]​

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Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris (born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Wonder is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that includes rhythm and blues, pop, soul, gospel, funk, and jazz​

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Wonder is one of the world's best-selling musicians, with sales of over 100 million records worldwide. He has won 25 Grammy Awards (the most by a solo artist) and one Academy Award (Best Original Song, for the 1984 film The Woman in Red). Wonder has been inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. ​