With 12 number one Billboard Dance Chart hits, Crystal Waters becomes one of the most influential voices in dance music; when dance music fades out in the late 1990s, she has to revive her career and reputation on her own.
Their debut album produces four top singles and Dru Hill seems destined for superstardom, but clashes with their label and each other all but derails their career.
Roxanne Shante uses her fierce rap battle skills, honed during street battles with local MC's for money, to become rap's first female star MC with the release of her 1984 hit, "Roxanne's Revenge".
Singer Christopher Williams emerged during the late 1980's with a string of new jack city hits and a pretty boy look, but his career is derailed by scandals and arrests.
A homegrown product of Brooklyn, New York, Skyy, scored top hits a decade apart, from 'Call Me' to 'Real Love', while dazzling fans with futuristic looks and dance moves.
With the classic 'Me and Mrs. Jones', Billy Paul's mix of jazz and R&B helped define the emerging Philadelphia sound, but substance abuse and political controversy threatened his career.
Friends and family celebrate the life and career of Al Jarreau, known as the Acrobat of Scat, who became the first singer to net Grammys for jazz, R&B and pop.
Goodie Mob changes the rap game in the mid-90s, with distinctive flows backed by dope beats, but when Cee-Lo becomes a solo superstar, it threatens to end the group for good.
