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Cindy Blackman

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Musician

The Resume

Why she might be annoying:

    She's a black woman with the name 'black man.'
    She turned her back on Rock music to focus on Jazz.
    Carlos Santana proposed to her on stage after her drum solo. (How cheesy!)
    She dropped out of the Berklee College of Music one semester shy of graduation.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She began playing drums at 7.
    Her mother, grandmother and uncle were classically-trained musicians.
    She wore a cool Afro.
    When criticized for not playing a 'girly' instrument, she stated: 'I learned very early on -- when I was 13 -- that when I concentrate on those attitudes, I don't make progress for myself...," and 'If they're not paying my mortgage, I don't care what they think.'

Credit: Black Chic


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 23.53% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying