Name: CP Time - The Chitlin' Circuit | The Daily Show (CP Time - The Chitlin’ Circuit | The Daily Show)
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Today, we'll be talking about the history

I know these days, you can see black performers

I once paid $1,000 for tickets to see Hamilton.

Apparently, they don't print Broadway tickets

But what a lot of people don't know is that back in the day,

and so, many black performers actually got their start

on the Chitlin' Circuit, which was the name given

where black performers could play for black audiences.

It was like BET, but without all the Martin reruns.

The Chitlin' Circuit was first established

as a way to launder money from illegal lottery games,

but it unexpectedly became a huge success.

That's right-- by trying to break the law,

Ferguson accidentally started an artistic revolution.

and ended up launching the Street Art Movement.

The Chitlin' Circuit went on to launch the careers of legends,

like Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye and Duke Ellington.

we we wouldn't have legends like Kenny G.

I actually have tickets to see Kenny G this weekend.

I got to stop buying my tickets from Uber drivers.

of the biggest crossover artists of all time--

We all remember his smash hit "Tutti Frutti."

"A whop bop buh-lubap buh-whop bam boom."

But what you might not know is that Little Richard had

to rewrite the original lyrics to "Tutti Frutti"

The original lyrics to the song went like this.

a music promoter and the first black music mogul.

Unfortunately, Robey did not have the best reputation.

He was known as the "Gangster of Gospel,"

In fact, that's where gospel singers got this move from.

Don Robey's ruthless business tactics paved the way

for black record moguls like Suge Knight,

a man who I have nothing bad to say about,

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