Nicki Minaj became the most charted female rapper in history when her song “Only” reached No. 1 on the R&B/hip-hop chart; 2015.

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Al Jarreau was the 1st vocalist to receive Grammy Awards in three separate categories: jazz (1977), pop (1978), and R&B (1985).

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Chioma Okeke founded Choosing Nursing in 2015, an online program in the United States and Canada to prepare folks to pass the licensing exam.

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Brown Estate, the first and only black-owned estate winery in California’s Napa Valley, 1995.

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Peter Ramsey first black director to win an Oscar for best animated feature, for Spider-Man into the Spider-Verse , 2019.

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Merle Kofi Boyd first black woman to receive Dharma transmission in Zen Buddhism, 2007.

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Serena Williams is the first tennis player of any race or gender to win 23 Grand Slam singles titles in the open era.

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Roland Mourning Jr. inventor of Lotto scratch pen, 2015.

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Christine Chilcott is the only black person of either gender to run a non-profit in the city of Alameda, California. She is CEO of Girls Incorporated of the Island City.

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Drake was the 1st rapper to reach #1 on the Top Artist 100 in 2015.

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