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The Gap Band went on to log three No.
1 albums on the chart in the early 1980s along with two platinum and two gold albums.
The band released its 15th and final studio album,Y2K: Funkin Till 2000 Comez, in 1999.
Robert Wilson, who played guitar in the band, died in 2010.
The group has also been sampled by artists from Public Enemy to Janet Jackson to Tyler, the Creator.
