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  "textContent": "Classical music has a diversity problem and unfortunately, everyone in the industry knows it. The difference is, someone actually decided to do something about it. That someone is Jason Ikeem […]\n\nThe post This All-Black Orchestra Is Turning Your Favorite 2000s Hip-Hop And R&B Into Classical Music And Selling Out Concert Halls Nationwide appeared first on Essence.",
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