Cops jailed Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Illinois Jacquet, and Norman Granz in 1955 for planning to perform for a racially integrated audience. They got out on bail in time to play the show, audience none the wiser, and the “gambling” charged were dropped.

Miles Davis Electric Band’s longtime percussionist James Mtume released a hit 1983 single “Juicy Fruit”, which became the foundation & chorus for rapper Notorious B.I.G’s smash hit “Juicy”.

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