R&B Divas: 7 Unforgettable Performances from the Black Enterprise Golf & Tennis Challenge

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A legend of R&B, soul and gospel, this veteran songstress is also an author and actress with more than 50 years in the music and entertainment industries. She got her start with Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, and has since received Grammy awards, NAACP Image Award honors as well as many other accolades for her showstopping performances and philanthropy. She has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Apollo Hall of Fame, and the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame. She has also had bestselling nonfiction books and appeared on TV shows including Out all Night, A Different World, All of Us and Cosby. Most recently, she is slated to appear on TV’s American Horror Story: Freak Show.‘