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Alfa Anderson
Alfa Anderson is a soul and dance music icon whose voice defines an entire era of popular music. She is of the original lead vocalists in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominated group Chic.
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of "American Idol", in 2005. She has received numerous awards and accolades, including seven Grammy Awards, 10 Billboard Music Awards, 14 ACM Awards, and 12 American Music Awards.
Susanne Bartsch
Susanne Bartsch is an event producer whose outlandish, over-the-top monthly parties at the Copacabana in the late 1980s united the haute and demi-monde, and made her an icon of New York nightlife.
Norma Jean Wright
Norma Jean Wright is an American singer and was the lead vocalist of the American group Chic, a soul, R&B and disco band, from 1977 to 1978.
Claudja Barry
Claudja Barry is a singer, songwriter, and actress. Her successful songs were "Down and Counting", "Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes", and others. As an actress, she is known for performing in the European versions of the musicals "AC/DC" and "Catch My Soul".
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan is a former professional basketball player. He played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards. He is the third-richest African-American, behind Robert F. Smith and Oprah Winfrey.
The Marvelettes
The Marvelettes was recording group that achieved popularity in the 1960s. The group has received several honors including induction into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, as well as receiving the Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.
Lana Del Rey
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.
Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and social critic. He was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, as well as racial epithets. He won an Emmy Award and five Grammy Awards.
Paul Mooney
Paul Mooney is an American comedian, writer, social critic, and television and film actor. He is best known for his appearances on "Chappelle's Show" and as a writer for comedian Richard Pryor.
Colin Kaepernick
Colin Kaepernick is a football quarterback. In 2016, he became a national figure when he ignited a firestorm of controversy by choosing to kneel on one knee rather than stand while the national anthem was being played before the start of NFL games.
Geoffrey Owens
Geoffrey Owens is an American actor known for his role as Elvin Tibideaux on "The Cosby Show" (1985 - 1992). He is the son of former United States Congressman Major Owens.
Henry Cavill
Henry Cavill is an English actor. He gained prominence and international fame for playing Superman in the DC Extended Universe, starring in "Man of Steel" (2013), "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" (2016), and "Justice League" (2017).
Sheryl Sandberg
Sheryl Sandberg is an American technology executive, activist, and author. She is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Facebook and founder of Leanin.org. As of June 2015, she is reported to be worth over $1 billion, due to her stock holdings in Facebook.
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert is best known for hosting the satirical Comedy Central program "The Colbert Report" from 2005 to 2014, and the CBS talk program "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" beginning in September 2015.
Iggy Azalea
Iggy Azalea was featured on Ariana Grande's single "Problem", which peaked at No. 2 while "Fancy" was No. 1. Azalea joined The Beatles as the only acts to rank at numbers one and two simultaneously with their first two Billboard Hot 100 entries.
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death in a career spanning over fifty years. He was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Award for music in 1999.
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, musician, and producer with a career that has spanned more than 50 years. He has sold more than 80 million records as a solo artist worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists.
Method Man
Method Man is an American rapper, producer, and actor. He is known as a member of the East Coast hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He is also one half of the hip-hop duo Method Man & Redman. He took his stage name from the 1979 film "Method Man".
Parliament-Funkadelic
Parliament-Funkadelic (abbreviated as P-Funk) is an American funk music collective of rotating musicians headed by George Clinton, primarily consisting of the individual bands Parliament and Funkadelic, both active since the 1960s.
Funkadelic
Funkadelic is a band that was most prominent during the 1970s. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, pioneered the funk music culture of that decade. Relative to its sister act, Funkadelic pursued a psychedelic sound.
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