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M Musician George Clinton accepted an honorary doctorate degree from the college named for his great-great- grandfather, Bishop Isom Caleb Clinton. "Today in Rock Hill, South Carolina," Clinton College president Lester McCorn said during Friday's commencement ceremony, "Dr. Funkenstein officially becomes Dr. Clinton." Clinton, 82, began his music career six decades ago. He influenced generations with a new genre of soul and R&B while popularizing Afrofuturism and synthesizing new sounds, McCorn said. A long reel of popular songs include the "unofficial anthem of th...
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