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As a member of The Miracles and as a solo artist, Smokey Robinson has had several Motown hits. In this clip he talks about how he started in Motown and what it was like to grow with the label. Then, him and Paul Shaffer team up for a performance of “Shop Around”, which became Motown's…

Where words (and politics) fail, music speaks! In this clip from Rock & Roll Road Trip with Sammy Hagar, Darryl McDaniels talks about how Run-DMC had a special power to speak out. They created a unique sound and style, and their music broke ground in the hip-hop scene, leaving a lasting impression for years to…

During Patti LaBelle's first tours, she made stops through the Deep South, which she now recounts as “horrible”. She recalls going through the back of restaurants because she wasn't allowed to sit inside, not being able to get a real hotel room, and spending nights in her station wagon all while dealing with hateful words.…

As a pioneer of gangster rap, Ice Cube has written music that has told stories. His track with NWA about police brutality was so controversial, the FBI wrote a letter to the record label saying that it encourages violence, but it ultimately brought attention to a subject that soon became national news. Ice Cube talks…

When Charley Pride started out, his producer was nervous about pushing a black artist to a mostly white country music fan base. In fact, when his record label sent out radio stations, no photo was included. Just a label that read “Country Charley Pride”. His sister asked him why he was performing “their music”, but…