Singer Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins is best known as one of the original members of the R&B/hip-hop group TLC. The all-female R&B trio also included Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas. TLC’s smooth blend of R&B, funk …
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Black Celebrity: Regina Hall
Regina Hall began appearing in commercials at age 26, and then made the giant leap into movies. Her fame came with her role in the comedy-horror spoof Scary Movie. Her recurring role in Scary Movie and …
Black Celebrity: Donna Summer
Most people know about her hits. Great songs like “Last Dance”, “Hot Stuff”, “On The Radio” and “She Works Hard For The Money.” What most people don’t know is that Donna started off as Donna …
Black Celebrity: Lynn Whitfield
The incredibly talented Lynn Whitfield was one of the most visible and lauded Black actresses of the 1980s. Beginning the decade with a powerful performance in the screen adaptation of Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who …
Black Celebrity: Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, on July 1, 1971. Elliott worked as a songwriter and producer before getting her own record label. Her inventive style and ability to transcend hip-hop’s ideas about women …
Black Celebrity: Luther Vandross
In the world of contemporary music, there are just a handful of superstars whose first name alone brings instant recognition. Check Aretha, Whitney, Mariah, Diana and Dionne. But when it comes to male vocalists, the …
Black Celebrity: Gabrielle Union
Gabrielle Union was born on October 29, 1972, in Omaha, Nebraska. However, at the age of 8, her family moved to Pleasanton, California, where she grew up and attended high school. In high school, Union …
Black Celebrity: Keri Hilson
Born October 27, 1982 in Decatur, Georgia, Keri Hilson is an award winning R&B singer and renowned songwriter signed to Interscope Records. She is part of a famous group of writers and producers known as The Clutch. Hilson showed …
Black Celebrity: Hazel Scott
Hazel Scott was one of the most prominent African Americans of the 1930s, 40s and 50s. One of the premier pianists of her time, she traveled the world playing classical and jazz music. Scott began …
Black Celebrity: Kelly Rowland
Kelendria Trene “Kelly” Rowland was born February 11, 1981. She rose to fame in the late 1990s with R&B girl-group Destiny’s Child, one of the world’s best-selling girl groups of all time. During their hiatus, Rowland released her debut …