20 Best Ebony-Ivory Musical Collaborations
Music has always brought people together.
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20 Best Ebony-Ivory Musical Collaborations - Yes, it's Black History Month, but that doesn't mean we can't all come together and make something great. Especially if it's music, probably one of the most important forces in uniting black and white people — even if it's just for the four minutes of a song. Click on to see 20 of the best ebony-ivory musical collaborations. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney - Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder popularized the "keys of piano" racial metaphor with their chart-topping 1982 ballad, "Ebony and Ivory." (Photo: Courtesy Columbia Records)
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Eminem and Dr. Dre - Eminem and Dr. Dre are undoubtedly hip hop's premier interracial hitmaking duo, with classic collabos like "Forgot About Dre," "My Name Is" and "What's the Difference?" (Photo: Courtesy Aftermath/Interscope Records)
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Teena Marie and Rick James - With mentor, producer and lover Rick James' help, Teena Marie made some of the best, funkiest, blackest blue-eyed soul of all time, starting with her debut album Wild and Peaceful. (Photo: Steve Grayson/WireImage)
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Prince and Sheena Easton - Scottish chanteuse Sheena Easton was a standout among Prince's long line of sexy, soulful female collaborators. He wrote her 1984 hit "Sugar Walls," and she returned the favor by stealing the show on his power-packed hit, "U Got the Look," three years later. (Photos from left: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images, Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick - Composer Burt Bacharach and singer Dionne Warwick formed one of the most storied and successful musical partnerships of all time. (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/GettyImages)
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Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson - Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson were close friends and collaborators in the early '80s, duetting on super hits like "Say, Say, Say" and "The Girl Is Mine." (Photo: Courtesy Columbia Records)
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Run DMC and Rick Rubin - Producer Rick Rubin's groundbreaking mash-up of rap and rock on classics like "Walk This Way" and "It's Tricky" helped Run DMC become the first hip hop act to break through to mainstream audiences. (Photo: Redferns/ Getty Images)
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Timbaland and Justin Timberlake - Timbaland's futuristic synthscapes helped Justin Timberlake leave his boy-band past behind on tracks like "Sexy Back" and "My Love." (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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Usher and Justin Bieber - Usher signed an unknown Justin Bieber after a backstage audition, and the rest is pop history. The two performed together at the Grammys last year. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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Eminem and 50 Cent - Em signed a resurgent 50 back in 2002 and, ever since, the two's on-wax collabos — "Patiently Waiting," "Gatman and Robbin" — are truly epic moments. (Photos from left: Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)
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Prince and Madonna - Prince and Madonna duetted on "Love Song," from Madonna's 1988 Like a Prayer album, and they even dated for a while, but then had a decades-long war of words in the media. (Photos from left: Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Dave Hogan/Getty Images)
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T.I. and Justin Timberlake - The seductive "My Love" helped T.I. and Justin Timberlake cross over to different audiences. (Photo: Courtesy Jive Records)
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Nelly Furtado and Timbaland - Nelly Furtado reenergized her music and career by turning away from her rock and folk roots to work with Timbaland on her smash electro-pop album Loose, which produced four No. 1 records, including "Promiscuous" and "Maneater." (Photo: Evan Agostini/Getty Images)
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Amy Winehouse and Salaam Remi - Salaam Remi, who first found fame working with the Fugees and Nas, produced several tracks on both of Amy Winehouse's albums, including "Tears Dry on Their Own" and "Me and Mr. Jones." (Photos from left: Jo Hale/ Getty Images, Courtesy salaamremi.com)
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