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DJ Afrika Bambaataa performs during the 2015 Guggenheim Young Collectors party supported by David Yurman at Guggenheim Museum on March 19, 2015 in New York City.

Afrika Bambaataa, Hip-Hop Pioneer, Dead at 68

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Kesha Pays Tribute to Her Late ‘Blow’ Video Co-Star James Van Der Beek

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Irv Gotti attends as WEtv celebrates the premieres of Growing Up Hip Hop New York and Untold Stories of Hip Hop on Aug. 19, 2019 in New York City.

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Kurt Cobain of Nirvana with Courtney Love and Frances Bean Cobain at the 10th Annual MTV Video Music Awards in 1993.

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Eric Carmen is interviewed at The Holiday Inn Downtown on November 10, 1975, in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Mylon LeFevre, Mylon and Broken Heart Singer, Dies at 78

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Jerry Moss Remembered by Peter Frampton, Herb Alpert, Amy Grant & More: ‘He Loved Great Music’

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Jerry Moss, A&M Records Co-Founder & Rock Hall of Famer, Dies at 88

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