Chris Williams
@iamchriswms
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Storyteller. Cultural Historian. Educator. @RecordingAcad Member. Seen + heard on @netflix @tvonetv @thetimes @bbc5live @npr @pbs @myvpm
Fredericksburg, VA
Joined January 2009
Don’t let these new fools tell you our legends were not versatile. The entire 50s to 70s stretch of legacy black acts is full of our artists moving through different modes of popular music, adjusting to the times, synthesizing new sounds and re-integrating the old.
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Happy Birthday to the talented, iconic and legendary Whitney Houston. She would've turned 62 today. Gone, but your music still lives on.
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Today, Fania Records mourns the loss of the legendary @EddiePalmieri, one of the most innovative and unique artists in music history. He will be greatly missed.
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RIP Hitman Howie Tee 🕊 The unsung producer crafted classic records like Special Ed - I Got It Made & Chubb Rock - Treat Em Right.
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I miss when AI stood for Allen Iverson and BBL stood for Be Back Later
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I dont hear Kashif’s name enuf when yall talmbout R&B producers from back in the day. He was a problem!
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PBS Kids pays tribute to Malcolm-Jamal Warner: “As the voice of The Producer on The Magic School Bus, his legacy will continue to inspire learning, imagination, and joy.”
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Happy 103rd Birthday, Rachel Robinson!!! ❤️🎊🎉🎂
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Just a daily reminder that firstly we are World Champions and secondly we have won it all!!!
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Ok MAGA… Star Wars was always woke. Star Trek was always woke. Super Man was always woke. Y’all have been on the wrong side of history for every single meltdown. You just aren’t knowledgeable enough to understand that.
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“Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living.” —Mary McLeod Bethune
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Black people. Meaning they’re about to intensify the targeting of black immigrants. Which means even black people who aren’t immigrants will also be caught up in raids. All violent systems in this country lead back to a foundational antiblackness
🚨#BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security is terminating the legal status of over 500,000 Haitians currently living in the United States.
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We are devastated to pass on the news of the passing of the great Walter Scott of The Whispers. https://t.co/jwhyLjyBYy
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Marvin Gaye turns up the funk and lays it all out with Inner City Blues live. Goosebumps guaranteed.
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Isolated vocals of "Wouldn't It Be Nice" are pure magic, a testament to Brian Wilson's genius. Rest in peace, Brian...
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Rest in peace, Sly…🖤 Today, the legendary Sly Stone from Sly and the Family Stone, has passed away at age 82… In honor of his legacy here’s an incredible clip of Sly and the Family Stone performing “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)”
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"The realest people don’t have a lot of friends.” Tupac Shakur
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