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Nikki Stone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 12:04 AM
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Famous Italo-African Americans
http://www.italianrap.com/italam/italam_race.html

Philly's spoken word recording artist Ursula Rucker

R&B singer Alicia Keys

"Interdisciplinary" artist and culture critic Coco Fusco's parents are black Cuban and Italian American.

Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris

actor Giancarlo Esposito

poet Nikki Giovanni

Legendary graffiti pioneer Dondi's (1961-1998) mom was Sicilian.

DJ Kid Capri aka David Anthony Love.

Prince — believe it!
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 12:09 AM
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1. Alicia Keys is hawt and an awesome singer. Prince is the musician of my generation...
And half my fam is from da burgh, so 'nuff said about his Imaculateness.

I don't really know much about the others, but if nikki says they rock, that's good enough for me!
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Nikki Stone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 12:16 AM
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2. There are lots of performers who are half Italian, like Springsteen and Madonna
Of course Italians and Blacks both have histories with great musical forms.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 12:21 AM
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3. I think pretty nearly all black folks in America are mixed with some kind of white.....
so it's not really a unique thing. Unless *that* doesn't count, for some odd reason.
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Nikki Stone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 12:39 AM
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4. My guess is most of us (except Stephen Colbert) are mixed
Stephen apparently is 100% white. I find that bizarre actually.
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TheDebbieDee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 01:02 AM
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5. Vin Diesel is an Afro-Italian........and a Dungeons & Dragon player!
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