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With his soulful voice, bald head, trim body, and gold chains, Isaac Hayes charged into the music scene of the late ‘60s, quickly becoming an icon for black power. Widely recognized for his talents as a session musician, Hayes never really liked being labeled the “Black Moses”, but his fans loved the message that he brought to them through his music.

Hayes was born in Covington, Tennessee, but moved to Memphis to live with his grandparents after his parents died when he was young. In ninth grade, Hayes decided that he had had enough of school and needed to fend for himself to make ends meat. This did not sit well with his teachers, as they felt he had too much promise to simply drop out. They convinced him to come back and he eventually started on his path to a musical career by winning a talent show, singing Nat “King” Cole’s “Looking Back.” He received several college vocal scholarships, but opted instead to try to make it on his own.

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