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Lana Turner
Lana Turner
Actress

Film

Lana Turner worked in film, television, theater and radio. Over the course of her nearly 50-year career, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a dramatic actress. In the mid-1940s, she was one of the highest-paid women in the United States.

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Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
Recording Artist

Music

Lana Del Rey is a singer and songwriter. Her music has been noted by critics for its stylized cinematic quality, its preoccupation with themes of tragic romance, glamour, and melancholia. As of 2018, she has sold over 15 million albums worldwide.

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Lamar Odom
Lamar Odom
Basketball Player

Sports

Lamar Odom is an American professional basketball player. As a member of the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA), he won championships in 2009 and 2010 and was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2011.

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Lakecia Benjamin
Lakecia Benjamin
Saxophonist

Music

Lakecia Benjamin is a jazz, funk, and R&B saxophonist. As a touring musician she has performed with Missy Elliott and Alicia Keys. She started the band Soul Squad to showcase her compositions.

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Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga
12-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Lady Gaga is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. With global album and single sales of 28 million and 140 million respectively, as of April 2015, she is one of the best-selling musicians of all time.

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Lacy Darryl Phillips
Choreographer, "The Wiz" - National Tour

Theatre

Lacy Darryl Phillips has a career in the entertainment industry which spans four decades. He has worked with recording artists, such as Mariah Carey, Lauryn Hill, Vanessa Williams, Grace Jones, Sheena Easton, Peabo Bryson, CeCe Peniston, and James Ingram.

Tags: Choreographer

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LaChandra
Recording Artist and Owner, Posh by LaChandra

Music

LaChandra is a recording artist and owner of the beauty salon Posh by LaChandra, located in New York City. In the late 1980s, LaChandra released the song "Just Started", produced by the house music group Blaze.

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Labelle
Labelle
Recording Group

Music

Labelle is an American all-female singing group who were a popular vocal group of the 1960s and 1970s. The founding members were Patti LaBelle, Cindy Birdsong, Nona Hendryx, and Sarah Dash.

Tags: Patti LaBelle · Nona Hendryx · Cindy Birdsong · Sarah Dash · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · R&B · Soul Music · Rock · Funk · Disco

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L.C. Cooke
Recording Artist

Music

Sam Cooke's younger brother and member of the Chicago R&B group called The Magnificents, had vocal abilities that rivaled his brother. L.C. Cooke signed with his brother's newly-formed SAR Records label. He recorded his one and only album.

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Kyrie Irving
Kyrie Irving
Basketball Player

Sports

Kyrie Irving is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the NBA. He has also played for the United States national team, with which he won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2018, he starred in the film "Uncle Drew".

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Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Kylie Minogue is an Australian singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. As of 2015, she has had worldwide record sales of more than 80 million. She has mounted several successful and critically acclaimed concert world tours.

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Kylie Jenner
Kylie Jenner
Television Personality

Television

Kylie Jenner is an American reality television personality, model, entrepreneur, socialite and social media personality. She has starred in the E! reality television series "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" since 2007.

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Kweku Mandela
Kweku Mandela
Co-Founder, Africa Rising Foundation and Grandson, Nelson Mandela

Activism

Kweku Mandela is a producer, known for "Inescapable" (2012), "Mandela's Children" (2018) and "Dreamland" (2018). He is the grandson of Nelson Mandela, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

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Kurupt
Kurupt
Member, Tha Dogg Pound

Music

Kurupt began his career in the early 1990s, when he was signed to Death Row Records and shortly after formed the duo Tha Dogg Pound with Daz Dillinger. After leaving Death Row in 1996, he signed with A&M and released his debut studio album, "Kuruption!".

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Kurtis Blow
Kurtis Blow
Recording Artist

Music

Kurtis Blow is an American rapper and record producer. He is the first commercially successful rapper and the first to sign with a major record label. Throughout his career he has released 15 albums and is currently an ordained minister.

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Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell
Actor

Film

Kurt Russell is an American actor. In the late 1960s, he signed a ten-year contract with The Walt Disney Company where, according to Robert Osborne, he became the studio's top star of the 1970s.

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Kurt Elling
Kurt Elling
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Kurt Elling is an American jazz singer and songwriter. He has been nominated for 10 Grammy Awards, winning Best Vocal Jazz Album for Dedicated to You (2009). He has collaborated often with pianist Laurence Hobgood, leading a quartet.

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KRS-One
KRS-One
Recording Artist

Music

KRS-One rose to prominence as part of the hip-hop music group Boogie Down Productions, which he formed with DJ Scott La Rock in the mid-1980s. KRS-One is politically active, having started the Stop the Violence Movement, after the death of Scott La Rock.

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Kristin Chenoweth
Kristin Chenoweth
Tony Award Winner

Theatre

Kristin Chenoweth is an American actress and singer, with credits in musical theatre, film and television. In 1999, she won a Tony Award for her performance as Sally Brown in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" on Broadway.

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Kristin Cavallari
Kristin Cavallari
Television Personality

Television

Kristin Cavallari is a television personality. In 2004, Cavallari came to prominence after being cast in the reality television series "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County". Since 2018, she has starred in her own reality TV show, "Very Cavallari".

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Kristerfer Burnett
City Council Member (8th District), City of Baltimore

Politics

A lifelong Baltimorean, Kristerfer Burnett is passionate about making Baltimore, Maryland a more just city for all of us. He currently serves as a City Council Member at Baltimore City Council. He has dedicated his life to the people of Baltimore

Tags: Baltimore City Council · Baltimore, Maryland · Affordable Housing · Urban Development · Education · Livable Wages · Safety · Social Justice · Edmondson Village · Passion

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Kristen Stewart
Kristen Stewart
Actress

Film

Kristen Stewart is an American actress, model, and director. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a César Award, the first actress of the United States to win the award. Her films have grossed over $4.3 billion worldwide.

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Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson
Winner, Golden Globe Award

Film

In 2004, Kris Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He is also known for his starring roles in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore", "Heaven's Gate", and "A Star Is Born", the latter of which earned him a Golden Globe Award.

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Kris Jenner
Kris Jenner
Television Personality

Television

Kris Jenner is an American television personality, entertainment manager, producer, businesswoman, and author. She rose to fame starring in the reality television series, "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" (2007 – present).

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Kris Allen
Kris Allen
Winner, "American Idol" (Season 8)

Music

Kris Allen is an American musician, singer and songwriter from Conway, Arkansas, and the winner of the eighth season of "American Idol". His self-titled album was released on November 17, 2009. The album debuted at number eleven on the Billboard 200.

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