Nina Simone - You've Got To Learn focal Gangsta rap's signature stylist and

Gangsta rap's signature stylist and superstar who boasts a distinctive

Their music was based around the vocals of Alison Statton along with the minimalist instrumentation of brothers Philip and Stuart Moxham

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Nina Simone - You've Got To Learn focal Gangsta rap's signature stylist andAmerican singer, songwriter, pianist. Born: 21 February 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina, USA. Died: 21 April 2003 in Carry le Rouet, Bouches du Rhne, France (aged 70). Nina was giving piano recitals after playing at her local church at an early age. Her childhood piano lessons were funded by her mother's employer and a local fund set up by her music teacher, so impressed were they by her talent. She moved to Philadelphia aged 17, teaching piano and