Black History & Birthday Facts 9/27
🎤 Lil Wayne — Rapper, songwriter and record executive
📺 Don Cornelius — Television host, producer and creator of Soul Train; died in 2012
🎤 Trick Daddy — Rapper and television personality
😂 Slappy White — Stand-up comedian and actor; died in 1995
🎭 Tamara Taylor — Actress, best known for playing Dr. Camille Saroyan on Bones
🎶 Glenn Jones — R&B and soul singer, known for songs including “We’ve Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over)” and “Here I Go Again”
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1912🎶WC Handy publishes "Memphis Blues" changing music forever. Some saying "Memphis Blues" was responsible for the sudden growth & popularity of the genre
1958📚Little Rock, AK residents voted to close public schools rather than integrate. Schools were then closed for a year
1980📺Kurtis Blow becomes the 1st rapper to perform on national television when he does "The Breaks" on Soul Train. Don Cornelius during the interview segment says to Kurtis "It doesn't make sense to old guys like me,"
1995🎶Time Warner sells their shares of Interscope Records to the founders, Jimmy Iovine & Ted Field because they said rap was getting negative publicity. The next release is Dogg Food by Tha Dogg Pound, which goes to #1
All of your black history facts come from the book:
"The Uneraseable Black Book: We Can't Be Erased" By K.D. Garricks on Amazon
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