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SWV

Music

Sisters With Voices, better known as SWV, is an American female R&B, Grammy Award–nominated vocal trio from New York City, New York. As of 2015, they have sold more than 25 million records, making them one of the best selling girl groups of all time.

Sybil

Music

Sybil is an American R&B and pop singer–songwriter. She gained notable success in her career with songs during the mid–1980s into the mid–1990s. She is the cousin of former En Vogue singer Maxine Jones.

Sylver Logan Sharp

Music

Sylver Logan Sharp has been lead vocalist with Nile Rodgers and Chic since the early 1990s and continued to tour with them until 2010. In 2005, her song "All This Time", written by Jonathan Peters, became a huge hit in clubs and dance stations.

Sylvester

Music

Sylvester was an American singer-songwriter. Primarily active in the genres of disco, rhythm and blues, and soul, he was known for his flamboyant and androgynous appearance, falsetto singing voice, and hit disco singles in the late 1970s and 1980s.

Symra Brandon

Politics

Symra Brandon is the Director of Community Affairs at New York Senate, for Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D, IP, WF), who is Temporary President and Majority Leader at New York Senate. Brandon is formerly a City Council Member at Yonkers, New York.

System of a Down

Music

System of a Down is an Armenian-American metal band. The band currently consists of founding members Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards), Daron Malakian (vocals, guitar) and Shavo Odadjian (bass, backing vocals) as well as John Dolmayan (drums).

T-Boz

Music

Tionne Watkins, better known by her stage name T-Boz, is an American singer, songwriter, model, dancer, actress, author, and executive producer. She rose to fame in the early 1990s as the lead singer of the girl-group TLC. She has won four Grammy Awards.

T-Pain

Music

T-Pain is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. His most successful feature to date was on Flo Rida's debut single "Low", which has since been certified 6x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

T.I.

Music

T.I. is an American rapper and actor. He has released nine studio albums, with seven of them reaching the top five of the Billboard 200 chart. Throughout his career, he has also released several highly successful singles.

Taj Jackson

Music

3T is an American R&B/pop music group featuring the three sons of Tito Jackson (from The Jackson 5 and The Jacksons) and Delores "Dee Dee" Jackson. The band members include, from eldest, Taj, Taryll, and TJ.

Take 6

Music

Take 6 is an American a cappella gospel sextet formed in 1980 on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. The group has received Grammy Awards well as Dove Awards, a Soul Train Award and nominations for the NAACP Image Award.

Tali

Music

Mathew Knowles found phenomenal success grooming and managing the mega group Destiny's Child. He is now handing out mics to Blush, a harmonically blended hip-hop and R&B trio, and since 2013, they are using their mics to mix fiery rhymes and hooks.

Tags: Music · Recording Artist · Blush · Destiny's Child · Mathew Knowles · R&B · Hip-Hop · Singer · Texas · T.O.D.

Tamar Braxton

Music

Tamar Braxton is a singer, television personality and actress. She returned to the music industry after a 13-year break, with her second album, "Love and War" (2013). The album was released through Epic Records and became a commercial success.

Tameka "Tiny" Harris

Music

Tameka "Tiny" Harris (born Tameka Cottle) is best known as a member of the American multi-platinum R&B vocal group Xscape, and for her marriage to rapper T.I. She received a Grammy Award for her writing contributions on the TLC hit "No Scrubs".

Tamela Mann

Music

Tamela Mann is an American gospel singer, and actress. She began her career as a singer with the gospel group Kirk Franklin and The Family. She was a featured soloist on several tracks while with Franklin's group.

Tags: Grammy Award Winner · Gospel · David Mann · Kirk Franklin · TBS · BET · Tyler Perry's Assisted Living · Meet the Browns · Tilly Mann Music Group · Fort Worth, Texas

Tamika D. Mallory

Activism

Tamika D. Mallory is an American activist. She was one of the leading organizers of the 2017 Women's March, for which she and her three other co-chairs were recognized in the TIME 100. She is a proponent of gun control and the Black Lives Matter movement.

Tamika Scott

Music

Xscape is a female R&B, vocal quartet from Atlanta, Georgia. Tamika Scott is a member of the group. The group released their debut album "Hummin' Comin' at 'Cha" in 1993, which spawned two of their biggest hits "Just Kickin' It" and "Understanding".

Tammy Faye Bakker

Television

Tamara Faye Messner (formerly Bakker) was a Christian singer, evangelist, author, and television personality. She initially gained notice for her work with The PTL Club, a televangelist program she co-founded with her then-husband Jim Bakker in 1974.

Tanner Buchanan

Television

Tanner Buchanan is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Leo Kirkman in the ABC political drama "Designated Survivor" and Robby Keene in the YouTube Premium series "Cobra Kai".

Tara Lipinski

Sports

Tara Lipinski is a former competitive figure skater. A former competitor in ladies' singles, she is the 1998 Olympic champion, the 1997 World champion, a 2-time Champions Series Final champion (1997 - 1998), and the 1997 United States national champion.

Taraji P. Henson

Film

Taraji P. Henson is an actress. She received praise for her role as Katherine Johnson in the critically acclaimed drama film "Hidden Figures", for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

Tarana Burke

Activism

Tarana Burke is a civil rights activist from Bronx, New York who founded the Me Too Movement. In 2006, she began using the phrase "Me Too" on social media to raise awareness of the pervasiveness of sexual abuse and assault in society.

Taryll Jackson

Music

3T is an American R&B/pop music group featuring the three sons of Tito Jackson (from The Jackson 5 and The Jacksons) and Delores "Dee Dee" Jackson. The band members include, from eldest, Taj, Taryll, and TJ.

Tasha Cobbs Leonard

Music

Tasha Cobbs Leonard released the EP "Grace" in 2013 with EMI Gospel (now Motown Gospel). The EP reached No. 61 on the Billboard charts. At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, she won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance.

Tashera Simmons

Activism

Tashera Simmons an Ambassador at YWCA Yonkers, located in Yonkers, New York. The members and supporters of YWCA Yonkers include women from many different faiths, ages, backgrounds, beliefs, and cultures. Simmons is the ex-wife of recording artist DMX.