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James Ingram
James Ingram was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist. He was a 2-time Academy Award nominee for Best Original Song and 2-time Grammy Award winner.
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg is an American businessman, politician, author, and philanthropist. As of June 2018, his net worth was estimated at $51.8 billion, making him the 8th richest person in the United States and the 11th richest person in the world.
Alex Haley
Alex Haley was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book "Roots: The Saga of an American Family". ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers.
Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley was the first published African-American female poet. Born in West Africa, she was sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight and transported to North America. She was purchased by the Wheatley family of Boston.
Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel is best known for her role as "Mammy" in "Gone with the Wind" (1939), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the 1st Academy Award won by an African-American entertainer.
Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker was an American born French entertainer, activist, and French Resistance agent. She was the first African-American to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 silent film "Siren of the Tropics", directed by Mario Nalpas and Henri Étiévant.
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The United States Congress has called her "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".
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Eminem
Eminem (often stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, record executive, film producer, and actor. Throughout his career, he has had 10 number-one albums on the Billboard 200, with over 220 million records sold globally.
The Doors
The Doors were a band, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most controversial rock acts of the 1960s. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Spin Doctors
Spin Doctors are an American rock band from New York City, best known for their early 1990s hits, "Two Princes" and "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong", which peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at No. 7 and No. 17, respectively.
Dobie Gray
Dobie Gray was a singer and songwriter, whose musical career spanned soul, country, pop, and musical theater. His hit songs included "The 'In' Crowd" in 1965 and "Drift Away", which was one of the biggest hits of 1973, sold over one million copies.
Caddillac Tah
Caddillac Tah or Tah Murdah is an American rapper from Queens, New York, United States. He is known for being a close associate with Murder Inc. Records labelmates Irv Gotti, Ja Rule, Black Child and Ashanti.
Gayle King
Gayle King is an American television personality, journalist, and author, who is co-anchor of the CBS News morning show "CBS This Morning", a position she has held since its debut in 2012. She is also an editor-at-large for "O, The Oprah Magazine".
Alfonso Ribeiro
Alfonso Ribeiro is an American actor, comedian, dancer, director, and television personality. He played Alfonso Spears on the sitcom "Silver Spoons", and Carlton Banks on the NBC sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air".
Lotte Van Der Zee
Lotte van der Zee was proclaimed Miss Beauty of Overijssel in May 2016. In September of that year, she received the title Miss Teen of the Netherlands, and Miss Teen Universe 2017 the following year.
Christian Siriano
Christian Siriano is a fashion designer and member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). He first gained attention after winning the fourth season of American design competition show "Project Runway".
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren is an American politician and academic serving as the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts since 2013. She was formerly a prominent scholar specializing in bankruptcy law.
Cheryl "Pepsii" Riley
Cheryl "Pepsii" Riley is an American singer and actress. She is best known for her music during the late 1980s through the early 1990s, most notable: 1988's R&B ballad "Thanks for My Child".
Alex Rodriguez
Alexander Rodriguez, nicknamed "A-Rod", is an American former professional baseball shortstop and third baseman. He played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers, and New York Yankees.
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. In 2018, President Donald Trump posthumously awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Alan Jackson
Alan Jackson is an American country singer and songwriter. He has sold over 80 million records, with 66 titles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. He is the recipient of two Grammy Awards.
Crystal Lewis
Crystal Lewis is an American contemporary Christian and gospel vocalist, songwriter and author.
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in 1976. The band are estimated to have sold roughly 27 million records and have released 13 studio albums, two EPs, and over 30 singles to date. The band was nducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.
Beck
Beck rose to fame in the 1990s with his experimental and lo-fi style, and became known for creating musical collages of wide genre styles. The 4-time platinum artist has collaborated with several artists and has made several contributions to soundtracks.
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