Teddy Riley
For more than 30 years, GRAMMY’s award-winning, multi-platinum music icon Teddy Riley has embodied the spirit of innovation and ingenuity as a recording artist, songwriter,...
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Marla Gibbs
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Marla Gibbs is an American actress, comedian, singer, writer, and television producer. She is best known for her role as Florence Johnston on the popular...
Barbara McNair
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Despite a recording career that extended for nearly two decades, including a stint at the famed Motown label, Barbara McNair remains better known as an...
Della Reese
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Della Reese, born Delloresse Patricia Early on July 6, 1931, in the Black Bottom neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan, is best known for her work as...
James Forman
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James Forman, a prominent figure in American history, was a civil rights activist, educator, and author. His tireless efforts and dedication to the cause of...
Roy Innis
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Roy Emile Alfredo Innis is the current National Director of the Congress for Racial Equality. He is a controversial civil rights activist whose conservative stance...
Courtland Cox
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Courtland Cox spent his childhood between New York City and Trinidad. Education was important to his family, and they sent him to St. Helena’s Catholic...
Janet Jackson
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Janet Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer who has made a significant impact on the entertainment industry. Born on May 16, 1966,...
Terry Lewis
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Terry Lewis was born in Omaha, Neb., on November 24, 1956. He met Jimmy Jam while in high school in Minneapolis, at a TRIO Upward...
JAMES “JIMMY JAM” HARRIS, III
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Music producer and songwriter James “Jimmy Jam” Harris, III was born on June 6, 1959, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Harris grew up in Minneapolis where he...