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BitchTapes: American Black Music Month

Music post by Nicole Morales on June 10, 2011 - 12:23pm; tagged American Black Music Month, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, En Vogue, erykah badu, Funky 4+1, Ida Cox, Janet Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Mary J Blige, Missy Elliot, Monie Love, Prince, Queen Latifah, Rufus, Ruth Brown, Salt-n-Pepa, Sarah Vaughan, Tammie Terrell, The Chiffons, The Sequence.

It's been 32 years since the music industry officially recognized June as American Black Music Month. But, ask any casual music fan and she'll tell you that popular black music has been pumping through the speaker box since long before 1979.

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