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Singer Whitney Houston is seen performing on stage during the 2004 World Music Awards at the Thomas and Mack Center on September 15, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Singer Whitney Houston is seen performing on stage during the 2004 World Music Awards at the Thomas and Mack Center on September 15, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kevin Winter/Getty Images
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by Sanni Brown

May 23, 2024

We’re celebrating the priceless friends that show up in a crisis, friends! Tonight on The Message!

National Rescue Dog Day was earlier this week so I wanted to do a show about the people who rescue us in real life! We’ll start the show with a famous lyric from this artist who was discovered in a New York nightclub, then brand new music. Three music news stories about who’s worthy of rescue in hip-hop culture. A set of music with tips about how to tell if someone is your ‘dawg’, a set of music to illustrate what ‘rescue’ feels like. And then your Messenger of the Evening will close out the show with a three-song set dedicated to rescue.

Come celebrate the friends you can count on in a rescue this week on The Message!

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