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Lil Baby performs during a Juneteenth voter registration rally on June 19, 2020 at Murphy Park Fairgrounds in Atlanta, Ga. One week earlier, he released "The Bigger Picture," a song protesting police brutality. Paras Griffin/Getty Images hide caption

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Max Roach performs in Havana, Cuba in 1989. Rafael Perez/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Max Roach In The Studio

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Jazz World Mourns Loss of Max Roach

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Max Roach, ca. Oct. 1947. William P. Gottlieb/Library of Congress via flickr.com hide caption

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Max Roach: 75th Birthday Tribute

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