In 1984, Cyndi Lauper used her, well, unusual style to her advantage, releasing She's So Unusual, the first debut female album to land four top five hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Lauper recently told Billboard the songs contained "were about empowering all us freaks. We stood up and showed them how many of us there really were."
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She spent the decades since releasing albums, touring, appearing in films and TV shows, and writing music for Broadway. In 2013, Lauper won the Tony for Best Score for Kinky Boots, and she's pretty darn close to EGOT status, missing only an Oscar. On Tuesday (Nov. 4), she joined Reddit for her first AMA ("ask me anything"). Here are 10 things we learned:
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