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Friends Who Rescue Us

May 23, 2024

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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. Kevin Winter/Getty Images

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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Man looking to the side posing — Usher attends the 55th Annual NAACP Awards at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on March 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
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A woman smiles looking behind her — Singer Coco Jones performs onstage during Day 3 of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 21, 2024 in Indio, California.
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