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Podcast: The Happy Negro Podcast
Episode: Pangea: Will Hammond Jr.
Description: Singer/songwriter Will Hammond Jr.‘s musical career began in elementary school at Cathedral School for Boys and Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys. After Hammond Jr. graduated from
Urban High School, he performed with up-and-coming black alternative /hip-hop bands Bass House Funk and Midnight Voices. In 1990, Hammond Jr.’s major accomplishment occurred while
he was a student at San Francisco State University. He is credited as the writer of Tara Kemp’s international hit, “Hold You Tight,” (Warner Bros.), which went to #3 on the Billboard Pop and R&B
charts and became a certified gold record with 800,000 units sold.
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