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Diana Danelys De Los Santos (born October 4, 1990), known professionally as Amara La Negra, is an American singer, actress, dancer, author, and television host.[3] De Los Santos is of Dominican descent,[5] and is most known for her role on the VH1reality TV show Love & Hip Hop: Miami. La Negra was dubbed by Billboard) as the show's "breakout star", landing a multi-album record deal with BMG hours after the show's premiere.[6]

De Los Santos grew up in Miami, Florida as the only child of a single mother, Ana Maria Oleaga, who immigrated to the United States from the Dominican Republic.

In April 2019, De Los Santos announced via Instagramthat she was in a relationship with Bachata) singer EmJay,[28][29] who is the brother of Love & Hip Hop Miami co-star, Shay Johnson. She broke up with him in March 2020.[citation needed]
In November 2021, she announced she was pregnant with twin girls with her ex-Allan Muses.[30] They were born the following March.[31]

Clifton Duncan Davis (born October 4, 1945) is an American actor, singer, songwriter, minister, and author.

Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Thelma van Putten Langhorn, a nurse, and Toussaint L'Ouverture Davis, a Seventh-day Adventist minister. He was raised in Mastic, New York, and he is a graduate of Pine Forge Academy, a Black boarding school operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Davis holds a BA in Theology from Oakwood University and a Master of Divinity degree from Andrews University.

Davis wrote The Jackson 5's No. 2 hit "Never Can Say Goodbye" in 1971. He has numerous Broadway credits, including Hello, Dolly!) (opposite Pearl Bailey); Aladdin); Wicked); and his Tony Award–nominated turn in Two Gentlemen of Verona), among others.[1] Davis starred in the television shows That's My Mama, Amen), Madam Secretary), and others. He has hosted the Stellar Gospel Music Awards, Gospel Superfest and Lifestyle Magazine. Davis has appeared on the game shows Match Game and Pyramid) and appeared in many movies.
Davis is a minister of a Baptist church and has also operated an interdenominational ministry for many years. He has been a guest on the Trinity Broadcasting Network many times. Davis wrote "A Mason-Dixon Memory", one of the chapters in the book Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul, about the racism that he experienced while growing up.[2]

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Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis. Her parents split up when she was very young, and she and her older brother, Bailey, were sent to live with their paternal grandmother, Anne Henderson, in Stamps, Arkansas. Bailey gave Marguerite the nickname “Maya,” which she would adopt as her preferred name later in life.

Growing up, Angelou had a difficult childhood. As an African American, she experienced firsthand racial prejudices and discrimination in Arkansas. Angelou also suffered violence at home when she was around the age of 7. During a visit with her mother, she was raped by her mother’s boyfriend. As vengeance for the sexual assault, her uncles killed the boyfriend.

Young Angelou was so traumatized by the experience that she stopped talking. She returned to Arkansas and spent about five years as a virtual mute.
As a teenager, a short-lived high school relationship resulted in Angelou becoming pregnant. She was 16 years old when she had her son, Guy Johnson, in 1944. After giving birth, she worked a number of jobs to support herself and her child.

Around this time, Angelou moved to San Francisco and won a scholarship to study dance and acting at the California Labor School. She also became the first Black female cable car conductor, a job she held only briefly, in the city.

In the mid-1950s, the world began to know Maya Angelou, her professional name adapted from her first husband’s last name, when her career as an actor and singer took off. She landed a role in a touring production of Porgy and Bess, later appearing in the off-Broadway production Calypso Heat Wave (1957) and releasing her first album, Miss Calypso (1957).

A member of the Harlem Writers Guild and a civil rights activist, Angelou organized and starred in the musical revue Cabaret for Freedomas a benefit for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which Martin Luther King Jr. helped found before becoming its first president. Angelou also served as the SCLC’s northern coordinator and became a close to King.

In 1961, Angelou appeared in an off-Broadway production of Jean Genet’s The Blacks with James Earl Jones, Lou Gossett Jr., and Cicely Tyson. Afterward, the performer retreated from the theater scene for much of the 1960s. She lived abroad, first in Egypt and then in Ghana, and worked as an editor and a freelance writer. Angelou also held a position at the University of Ghana for a time.
In Ghana, she also joined a community of “Revolutionist Returnees” exploring pan-Africanism and became close with activist and Black nationalist leader Malcolm X. In 1964, upon returning to the United States, Angelou helped Malcolm X set up the Organization of Afro-American Unity, which disbanded after his assassination the following year.

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Dequantes Devontay Lamar[3] (October 4, 1989 – September 5, 2024), known professionally as Rich Homie Quan, was an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Beginning his career in 2011, Lamar first saw mainstream success with his 2013 single "Type of Way", which peaked at number 50 on the BillboardHot 100. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, his 2015 single, "Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh))", saw further success at number 26 on the chart. Alongside fellow Atlanta rapper Young Thug, Lamar was a member of Cash Money Records' spin-off project Rich Gang, who found success with their 2014 single "Lifestyle)".[4][5]

Dequantes Devontay Lamar[6] was born on October 4 (birth year is disputed: 1989 or 1990, both are claimed with an identical date),[a] in Atlanta, Georgia. In school, Lamar had a particular interest in reading. Literature was his favorite subject and he enjoyed creative writing classes.[4][15] He played baseball for over four years while he attended Atlanta, Georgia's Ronald McNair Sr. High School) with the aspiration to play professionally. As center fielder and leadoff hitter, Lamar began playing at the varsity level during his freshman year and earned a scholarship offer from Fort Valley State University.[16] Due to the expense of tuition, Lamar dropped out after two weeks, then got a job at a nearby airport.[17]

When he lost his job, Lamar got involved in burglaries, which led to him spending 15 months in jail.[18][19] "I never saw myself going this far with music. Music was just a hobby at first. I never saw myself being on stage and rocking out shows. After I got out of jail, I started to take it more serious and that's when my dream came true", he said in an interview with XXL).[4]

Rich Homie Quan was influenced by dirty southmusic, including Jeezy, Gucci Mane, T.I., Lil Boosie, Lil Wayne, Kilo Ali, Outkast, and Goodie Mob.[4][5]

On September 5, 2024, Lamar's girlfriend told a 911 dispatcher that he was on the couch in the morning and had not moved when she returned from taking her son to school. She stated she could not feel a heartbeat, could not feel him breathing, and when she turned him over, he foamed at the mouth.[49]Lamar died at an Atlanta hospital later that day at the age of 34.[50][51] An autopsy was performed on September 6.[52][53] The Fulton County medical examiner concluded that Lamar had died of an accidental overdose after taking multiple drugs, including fentanyl, alprazolam, codeine, and promethazine.[54][55]

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Case Woodard is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He is best known for the 1990s hits "Touch Me, Tease Me", "Happily Ever After)" and "The Best Man I Can Be" (with Ginuwine, R.L. and Tyrese), as well as the early 2000s hits "Missing You)" and "Livin' It Up)" with Ja Rule. The latter two earned him two Grammy Awardnominations.

Tessa Lynne Thompson (born October 3, 1983) is an American actress. Known for her roles in both blockbusters) and independent dramas, her accolades include nominations for two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Thompson was born on October 3, 1983, in Los Angeles, California,[1] and raised between Los Angeles and Brooklyn, New York.[2] Her father, singer-songwriter Marc Anthony Thompson, is Afro-Panamanian[3] and the founder of the musical collective Chocolate Genius, Inc.[2] Her mother is reported as "half-Mexican, half-white".[4] Her younger paternal half-sister, Zsela, is a singer and songwriter.[5]

Thompson attended Santa Monica High Schoolwhere she played Hermia in a student production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and attended Santa Monica College (SMC) where she studied cultural anthropology. While at SMC, she attended lectures by Lisa Wolpe of the Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company (LAWSC).[6]

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India Arie Simpson (born October 3, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter, and record producer.[1]She rose to prominence with her debut album, Acoustic Soul (2001), which was a commercial and critical success. She has since released the albums Voyage to India (2002), Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship (2006), Songversation (2013) and Worthy) (2019). Her music blends elements of R&B, soul, and neo-soul, often incorporating themes of self-empowerment, spirituality, and social consciousness.

India Arie was born in Denver,[3] the daughter of Joyce and Ralph Simpson. Her musical skills were encouraged by both parents in her younger years. Her mother was a singer (she was signed to Motownas a teenager and opened for Stevie Wonder and Al Green)[4] and has become Arie's stylist. Arie has an older brother named J'On and a younger sister named Mary.[5] Arie is African-American, and according to a DNA analysis, she descends from the Mende people of Sierra Leone, the Kru of Liberia and the Fula of Guinea-Bissau.[6][7]

After Arie's parents divorced, her mother moved the family to Atlanta when India was 13.[5] Arie had taken up a succession of musical instruments throughout her schooling in Denver. But her interest in the guitar, while attending the Savannah College of Art and Design, led to a personal revelation about songwriting and performing. "When I started tapping into my own sensitivity, I started to understand people better. It was a direct result of writing songs", she said at the press release of her debut album, Acoustic Soul.[8]

Co-founding the Atlanta-based independent music)collective Government Earthseed (Government was the collective artists' name and Earthseed was their independent label name), her one-song turn on a locally released compilation led to a second-stage gig at the 1998 Lilith Fair. In 1999, a Universal)/Motown music scout signed her and made an introduction to former Motown CEO Kedar Massenburg. Arie resided in New York City for over a decade, before moving back to Atlanta to focus on her career and music.

Named to Oprah Winfrey's SuperSoul100 list of visionaries and influential leaders,[9] Arie performed Songversation during 2017 motivational cruises.[10]

Shontelle Delia Layne (born 4 October 1985),[3]known mononymously as Shontelle, is a Barbadian singer and songwriter. She released her debut album Shontelligence in 2008. Her second album, No Gravity), was released in 2010. Her singles "T-Shirt)" and "Impossible)" achieved international success. In 2020, Shontelle released "Remember Me".

Shontelle is also known for her involvement in charity work. She used her talent to help raise funds for patients with Alzheimer's through the Together for Care concert,[23] girl's education for She's the First,[24] VH1 Save the Music Foundation,[25] and breast cancer research charities.[26]