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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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Mr. Every Day
Recording Artist and CEO, Past Life Entertainment

Music

Mr. Every Day came into the world by way of a Cherokee Indian mother and a Bahamian father. At the age of three, Mr. Every Day toured with Stevie Wonder and his godfather Gil Scott-Heron, who was the first recording artist signed by Clive Davis.

The O'Jays
The O'Jays
Recording Group

Music

The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1958. Numerous hits followed through the 1970s and into the 1980s and 1990s, and The O'Jays were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

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AJ Woodson
Editor-in-Chief, Black Westchester

Literature

AJ Woodson is Editor-In-Chief at Black Westchester and Co-Owner at Urban Soul Media Group, the parent company. He is a father, author, writer, rapper, radio personality, hip-hop historian, and a freelance journalist.

Maroon 5
Maroon 5
Recording Group

Music

Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band that originated in Los Angeles, California. The band has sold more than 20 million albums and 70 million singles worldwide.

The Police
The Police
Recording Group

Music

The Police were an English new wave band formed in London in 1977. The band has won a number of music awards, including six Grammy Awards, and in 2003 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

LeAnn Rimes
LeAnn Rimes
Recording Artist

Music

LeAnn Rimes is an American singer. Known for her rich vocals, she has sold over 37 million records worldwide, with 20.3 million album sales in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Billboard ranked her 17th artist of the 1990–2000 decade.

Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow
Recording Artist

Music

Sheryl Crow is a singer-songwriter. She has released ten studio albums, two compilations, a live album and has contributed to a number of film soundtracks. She has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, and has garnered nine Grammy Awards.

Randy Gill
Recording Artist

Music

Randy Gill is an R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and advocate for R&B music. He is a member of the successful mid-1990s R&B group II D Extreme, which includes the members D'Extra Wiley, Jermaine Mickey, and (as of 1998) rapper Sage Lee.

II D Extreme
Recording Group

Music

II D Extreme was an American new jack swing/urban R&B group from the early 1990s that included D'Extra Wiley, Randy Gill (Johnny Gill's brother), and Jermaine Mickey. They are known for the songs "Cry No More" and "Up On The Roof".

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Michael Alig
Artist and Party Promoter

Art

Michael Alig is an artist and party promoter, who served almost 17 years in prison for manslaughter. He was a co-founder and ringleader of the Club Kids, a group of New York City clubgoers that became a cultural phenomenon during the 1980s and 1990s.

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Augostina Mallous
Miss New Jersey's Outstanding Teen 2017 (Miss America's Outstanding Teen)

Pageantry

Augostina Mallous was the reigning Miss New Jersey's Outstanding Teen 2017 through Miss New Jersey's Outstanding Teen Scholarship Program (Miss America's Outstanding Teen).

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Haley Smith
Recording Artist

Music

Haley Smith is a 15-year-old songstress/recording artist from the Bronx in New York City, discovered at the age of nine. She is of Jamaican-American descent. Smith has performed on various stages throughout New York, such as the Apollo Theater.

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Chäs Bronxson
CEO, M.O.U.N. Records

Music

Chäs Bronxson is a songwriter and arranger, who tailors and customizes the lyrical content of songs, so that its message is correctly implied through the writing process. Thus, enabling the listener to connect to the intent of the song immediately.

Meredith Collins
Meredith Collins
Co-Founder, Hookist

Music

Meredith Collins is Co-Founder at Hookist.

Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Recording Group

Music

Marilyn Manson is a rock band formed by singer Marilyn Manson and guitarist Daisy Berkowitz. The band is widely regarded as being one of the most iconic and controversial figures in heavy metal music, and they have sold in excess of 60 million records.

Nirvana
Nirvana
Recording Group

Music

Nirvana has sold over 25 million records in the United States, and over 75 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. Nirvana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014, its first year of eligibility.

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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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Charles Valentino
Scarecrow, "The Wiz" - 1st National Tour (1976) and Broadway Revival (1984)

Theatre

Charles Valentino is a Broadway actor, ballet dancer, teacher, songwriter, and choreographer. He has appeared on the television show "CSI" (CBS), and he has worked with Joni Mitchell, Anjelica Huston, Barbra Streisand, Steve Tyrell, and Barry Mann.

Gayle Turner
Actress

Theatre

Gayle Turner was nominated for the Colorado Theatre Guild's Henry Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical. The role was Geneva Lee Brown, in "1940's Radio Hour", directed by Bev Newcomb Madden, at the Arvada Center.

George Faison
Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Faison Firehouse Theatre

Theatre

George Faison is an American dancer, choreographer, teacher, and theater producer, and winner of a 1975 Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, and a 1991 nominee for an Emmy Award for choreography.

Suze Orman
Suze Orman
Financial Advisor, Motivational Speaker, and Television Host

Finance

Suze Orman is an American author, financial advisor, motivational speaker, and television host. Her program "The Suze Orman Show" began airing on CNBC in 2002. In 2006, she won a Gracie Award for Outstanding Program Host on "The Suze Orman Show" on CNBC.

The Caulfield Sisters
Recording Group

Music

The Caulfield Sisters are a critically praised independent band based in Brooklyn, New York, noted at times for their sonic similarity to Throwing Muses or Galaxie 500. They have appeared at the annual CMJ music festival in New York.

Pee Shy
Recording Group

Music

Pee Shy were an indie pop band, whose clever, literate lyrics and unorthodox, if primitive instrumentation, led them to a brief major label career. Their second album, "Don't Get Too Comfortable", peaked at No. 2 in the national college music charts.

Tags: Tampa, Florida · Cindy Wheeler · Jenny Juristo Morrison · Bil Bowman · Mary Catherine Guidera · Billy Orrico · Don't Get Too Comfortable · Mercury Records · Accordion Feedback · Blue Gorilla Records

Nkrumah Gatling
Actor

Theatre

Nkrumah Gatling is an actor, who played the roles of Marine and John in "Miss Saigon" on Broadway, as well as the role of Tribe in "Hair" on Broadway (July 5, 2011 - September 10, 2011).

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