Active: 80's, 90's Born: March 10, 1964 in Stockholm, Sweden
Gang Starr, Malcolm McLaren, KRS-One, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, A Certain Ratio, The Slits, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Miles Davis, Don Cherry, Parliament, Funkadelic, Roxanne Shanté, Public Enemy, Gil Scott-Heron Queen Latifah, De La Soul, Dream Warriors, Bomb the Bass, R.E.M., P.M. Dawn, The Slits, The The, Jungle Brothers, Kelis, Nona Gaye Imani Coppola, Tarsha Vega, Spinnerette, Sabrina Starke, Lily Allen, M.I.A., Mary J. Blige, Javine, Amy Winehouse, Fefe Dobson, Ms. Dynamite, Peaches, Kelis, Macy Gray, Beverley Knight, Little Jackie |  |
The stepdaughter of jazz trailblazer Don Cherry, vocalist Neneh Cherry forged her own groundbreaking blend of pop, dance, and hip-hop which presaged the emergence of both alternative rap and trip-hop. She was born Neneh Mariann Karlssson on March 10, 1964, in Stockholm, Sweden, the daughter of West African percussionist Amadu Jah and artist Moki Cherry. Raised by her mother and her trumpeter stepfather in both Stockholm and New York City, Cherry dropped out of school at age 14, and in 1980 she relocated to London to sing with the punk group the Cherries.
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