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Queen Latifah Becomes 1st Ever Female Rapper Inducted Into National Recording Registry
Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas' was also selected for the prestigious institution as well.
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New Orleans School Board Reverses 100-Year Old Jazz Ban in Public Schools
The school board recently voted to remove a long-standing ban on jazz music and dancing in public schools
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Legendary Jazz Pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr. Dead at 85
Ellis Marsalis Jr., legendary jazz musician, educator and patriarch of the Marsalis family, has died at the age of 85. After being admitted to the hospital over the weekend with symptoms of pneumonia, the New York Times reports that the cause of death was from complications associated with the coronavirus. On her Twitter account, New…