{"id":3022,"date":"2023-11-22T08:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T13:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertwesleybranch.com\/robertwritings\/?page_id=3022"},"modified":"2024-08-29T07:51:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T11:51:33","slug":"mai-maiesha-rashad-emissary-of-love","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.robertwesleybranch.com\/robertwritings\/you-inspire-me\/mai-maiesha-rashad-emissary-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Mai Maiesha Rashad: Emissary of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mai Maiesha Rashad: Emissary of Love.\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6NbCjC1awxM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-ae1b51b49d911a6d4ee1c9ddad9f6581 wp-block-paragraph\">Many people knew her as the \u201c<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">First Lady of Go-Go<\/mark><\/strong>\u201d music. 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She left us on June 15, 2020. <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">May her music never end.<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">&nbsp;<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Robert Wesley Branch Show (Main Title)\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YpyFkMHaFy0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people knew her as the \u201cFirst Lady of Go-Go\u201d music. 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