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==Early life== Born James Hawthorne in [[Yemassee, South Carolina]],<ref name="chief">[[Associated Press]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/13/arts/13BEY.html "Chief Bey, 91 Jazz Drummer."] ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 13, 2004. Retrieved October 28, 2016.</ref><ref name="drum">Jenkins, Todd S. [http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=1083437436 "Chief Bey: Master of African drums."] ''www.jazzhouse.org.'' Retrieved October 28, 2016.</ref> Bey moved with his family to [[Brooklyn]] and then to [[Harlem, Manhattan|Harlem]], where he began playing drums and singing in church choirs. He also served in both the Army and [[United States Navy|Navy]] and during [[World War II]], and believed to have another daughter in Germany. He attended [[cosmetology]] school.<ref name=chief/>
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