Johnnie Hill-Hudgins

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Featured in classic programs such as What's My Line? 🔦 Legacy in Blaxploitation While her filmography is selective, her performance in Velvet Smooth

Record Breaking

: She won three gold medals in Durban and set an American age-group record in the 400 meters.

In the modern era of "sample culture" and revival tours, Johnnie Hill-Hudgins is finally receiving his due. When rappers like Drake or Bruno Mars mine the New Jack Swing sound, they are inadvertently paying homage to the vocal textures Hill-Hudgins invented.