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Teena Marie, the Ivory Queen of Soul who developed a lasting legacy with her silky soul pipes and with hits like Lovergirl, Square Biz, and Fire and Desire with mentor Rick James, has died. She was 54. HT Image The confirmation came from a publicist, Jasmine Vega, who worked with Teena Marie on her last album, 2009 s Congo Square. Her manager, Mike Gardner, also confirmed her death to CNN. The singer continued performing in recent years after overcoming an addiction to prescription drugs. It was unclear late Sunday where and how she died. Marie certainly wasn t the first white act to sing soul music, but she was arguably among the most gifted and respected, and was thoroughly embraced by the black audience. Even before she started her musical career, she had a strong bond with the black community, which she credited to her godmother. She gravitated to soul music and in her youth decided to make it her career. Marie made her debut on the legendary Motown label back in 1979, becoming one of the very few white acts to break the race barrier of the groundbreaking black-owned record label that had been a haven for black adidas campus artists like Stevie Wonder, the Jackson Five, the Supremes and Marvin air force 1 Gaye. Marie was the protege of the masterful funk wizard James, with whom she would have long, turbulent but musically magical relation stanley cup ship. The cover of her debut album, Wild and Peaceful, did not feature her image, with Motown apparently fearing black audiences might not |
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