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Again, its hard to imagine but there was a time when black music and pop music were not synonomous. Like rock music before rap, black music was race music, was n*gg*r music, was the work of devils. But Jamie Foxx's Berry Gordy (founder of Motown) inspired character in Dreamgirls gives a basic look at one of the most instrumental figures in bringing black music to the mainstream.
"Entrepreneurs of color owe an enormous debt to Berry Gordy, whose path from hit-chasing songwriter to world-renown business mogul is, as much as if not more than those beautiful ladies on the movie screen, the stuff of dreams."
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More on Berry Gordy:
Berry Gordy & Motown Records
The Motown Story
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