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David Peaston on the cover of his album "Introducing David Peaston."1
  • David Peaston on the cover of his album "Introducing David Peaston."
  • Kanye West and Jay-Z are on the Grammy track for 'The Throne.' / Photo: Anthony Behar/Sipa Press
  • Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" has seen a sales bump in the past week. / Photo: Paul Drinkwater/NBCU
  • World music icon Youssou Ndour, c, announced late Monday Jan. 2, 2012 that he is running for the presidency in his home country of Senegal./ AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, file
  • Etta James' sons and their stepfather have settled their dispute over the singer's estate. /AP Photo/Earl Gibson III, file
  • Etta James' physician says the singer is terminally ill with lukemia./ AP Photo/ Jeff Christensen/file
  • Late Reggae legend Bob Marley's name is embroiled in a lawsuit filed by family members. / Photo: AP, file
  • Questlove will now have to run The Roots' song choices for "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" by NBC after the band performed an off-color song during an appearance by GOP Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann. /AP Photo/Carlo Allegri
  • Lenny Kravitz delivers a speech after being awarded "Officier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" (Order of Arts and Letters) by French Culture minister Frederic Mitterrand in Paris, on Nov. 30, 2011. /AP Photo/ Christophe Ena
  • In June 11, 2011 file photo, Lil Wayne performs during the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, file)

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