R&B singer Charlie Wilson drops in on State Fair grandstand Aug. 26

August 16, 2016 at 7:02PM

Charlie Wilson

R&B singer Wilson was honored with a lifetime achievement award by BET in 2013. That's because he's been the voice of many R&B hits, dating back to the Gap Band's "Shake" in 1979. The band of brothers scored other triumphs, including "Burn Rubber on Me" and "You Dropped a Bomb on Me." Uncle Charlie, as Snoop Dogg dubbed him, has enjoyed solo stardom, peaking with 2009's "There Goes My Baby." Opening is former "American Idol" champ Fantasia, the vocal powerhouse who dropped her fifth album in July. (7:30 p.m. Aug. 26, grandstand, $40-$55.)

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