Word: haitian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the nominees for the 39th annual Grammy Awards were announced last week, a lot of familiar, if not shopworn, names were on the list, including Bryan Adams, Sheryl Crow and Journey. There were also, thankfully, some fresh, exciting names--the Haitian-American hip-hop band the Fugees certainly deserved their nomination in the Album of the Year category, as teenage country crooner LeAnn Rimes did hers for Best New Artist. But one name stood out from all the others. Or rather, kind of leaned against the wall, looking cooler than everyone else in the vicinity in a throwback...
...Fugees The Score (Ruffhouse/Columbia). Tough but tuneful, ready to entertain but unwilling to compromise, this Haitian-American rap trio proved that positive, semipolitical hip-hop could outsell gangsta rap--and alternative rock too. Drawing from reggae and soul, the Fugees created a fresh bicultural sound as bright as the Caribbean and as blunt as New Jersey...
...step in as the CNN Secretary of State that Christopher never wanted to be. She is the master of the sound bite, explaining complex issues in 10-second phrases that lunch-pail Americans can understand. She became famous for searing one-liners against dictators like Saddam Hussein and corrupt Haitian generals. "You can leave voluntarily and soon or involuntarily and soon," she told the junta...
...homegrown talents struggle, two of the best-selling performers in the U.S. this year turned out to be Canadian--Alanis Morissette, a wishy-washy pop singer turned vengeful rocker, and Celine Dion, a wishy-washy pop singer who has become an internationally best-selling wishy-washy pop singer. The Haitian-American hip-hop band the Fugees also scored a breakthrough this year with their sophomore album, The Score, which has sold more than 5 million copies so far (their debut sold only 130,000). A look at any recent Billboard chart shows that hard-core rap continues...
Panelists included Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III; Alex-Handrah Aim'e, chair of the Harvard-Radcliffe Haitian Alliance; Assistant Dean for Public Service Judith H. Kidd and William Zerhouni, president of the Harvard-Radcliffe Republican Alliance