Mildred Virginia Jackson a.k.a. Millie Jackson [born July 15, 1944] is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter and former model. Beginning her career in the early 1960s, three of Jackson's albums have been certified gold by the RIAA for over 500,000 copies. Jackson's songs often include long, humorous, and explicit spoken sections. She recorded songs in a disco or dance music style and occasionally in a country style. Occasionally, Jackson has been called the "mother of hip-hop," or of rapping itself. According to the cataloguing site WhoSampled.com, her songs have appeared in 189 samples, 51 covers, and six remixes revealing the appeal of her proto-typical rapping style of delivery.
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