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Legendary R&B Singer Charlie Wilson on His Work With Gap Band and Snoop Dogg, and Getting His Hollywood Star
R&B singer Charlie Wilson reflects on Gap Band legacy ahead of getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Listening back to a tape of the show, they couldn’t fully decipher the words, but turned it into “Oops Upside Your Head,” building out a P-Funk style jam complete with comic spoken sections. Ironically, Wilson’s darkest days were happening just as he was being acknowledged as a crucial influence on a new wave of R&B, from the New Jack Swing of Guy and Keith Sweat to the emerging hip-hop soul sound of Jodeci and Mary J. Blige. He chronicled his story in the 2015 New York Times bestselling memoir “I Am Charlie Wilson.” And after his years of struggle — sleeping on the street literally around the corner from the Walk of Fame stars he is now joining — Wilson values his resilience and longevity and recognizes the responsibility to maintain the gift he’s been given and the opportunities that come with it.
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