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Motown Records

CTL-E-1639 · Institution · label · unspecified

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Historic record label; BJ the Chicago Kid’s label for “In My Mind” (2016) and “1123” (2019).

Notes

Created in RELP6 as a supporting entity for RELP-001 enrichment edges.

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