Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20181028:06:20:00
M'balax, as it came to be known, has had an enormous influence on musicians worldwide --like that sting guy. tracy chapman, and saint bruce of asbury, and, most famously, his frequent collaborator peter gabriel. youssou: [singing] ♪ >> anthony: people started to talk about you when you age 12 when you started to perform, uh, professionally. >> youssou: yeah. >> anthony: but did you come from a musical tradition? >> youssou: my mom, she's a griot. griot are the storytellers and they are also singers, rappers, and everything. and i, i grow with my grandma, she was a big singer.
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