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On this day, OutKast released 'Speakerboxxx/The Love Below,' and Jermaine Dupri and LisaRaye McCoy celebrate birthdays.

August 20 is a day of important births and — especially if you live anywhere near Atlanta — will henceforth be known as “Isaac Hayes Day.” The Clipse introduces us to Virginia, where there's nothing to do but cook, and Vanessa Williams takes us to The Comfort Zone.

Today's hip-hop history includes 50 Cent's debut single, the passing of a soul icon and the anniversary of two Kool Keith albums.

Isaac Hayes easily ranks in the Top 10 when it comes to history's all-time soul artists. The late but eternal Black Moses would've turned 73 years old today (Aug. 20).

One of soul music's landmark albums almost never got made.

Alex Wong, Getty Images WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama said he'd been looking forward to a White House celebration of Memphis soul music for one reason. "Let's face it, who does not love this music?" he asked Tuesday, opening the night's concert in an East Room bathed in amber light and transformed by the addition of a stage and backup musicians...

Hip-hop made room for a tribute to soul legend Isaac Hayes at last night at VH1's fifth annual 'Hip-Hop Honors' ceremony. Held at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom, rappers including Chuck D, Scarface and Mos Def all saluted the music pioneer...

Officials with the Memphis Sheriff department are reporting that soul icon Isaac Hayes died of a stroke. Hayes The Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer was found unconscious, next to a treadmill, in his Memphis home and eventually rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead on Sunday...

Grammy and Academy Award-winning soul legend Isaac Hayes was found unconscious, next to a treadmill, in his Memphis home and eventually rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead on Sunday. Hayes was 65. The 'Shaft' singer paved the way for smooth, deep-voiced crooners like the late Barry White and is credited for rapping before the genre's actual existence...