Alicia's full name is Alicia Augello Cook, she was born January 25, 1981 in Hell's Kitchen Manhattan, New York, she is 36 years old. She is a actor, musician and singer Her parents are Teresa Augello and Craig Cook and her father is a flight attendant and he is African American and her mother Teresa Augello her real name is Teresa Joseph and she is a part-time actress and paralegal and she is mixed with Jamaican, Scottish, and Irish. Her parents separated when she was two and she got raised by her mother in a one-bedroomed apartment in Hell's kitchen in a rough neigh neighborhood on the other side of their city and her mother always wanted what was best for her so she let her do what she might think is best at. When she was four she got picked …show more content…
When she graduated from her school in 1998 she signed a deal with Clive Davis the head of the Arista Records. When she graduated she wanted to focus only on her music as she got accepted to Columbia University on a full scholarship. She got a decision if she wanted to go to Columbia University on scholarship or to sign with Columbia Records and chose her music over her college. She wrote a soundtrack of " Men In Black" and she got attention of how she made the song. She recorded two more songs for her soundtracks and released her song " A Minor" on June 2001 and in 2004 she performed with Beyoncé's and Missy Elliott on the Version Ladies First Tour and got to go to Asia and .Auastralia Also she won Best Female R & B Vocal and Best R & B Albums Performances for the songs " If I Ain't Got You", " You Don't Know My Name" by Duo or the group " My Boo". She also won the Best R & B video in 2004 and in 2005 music …show more content…
She won the Grammy Award for her new artist and song of the year called “Fallin’” and she got 39 nominations and won 22 favorite new artist and ect. In 2011 she also won the Grammy Award for the best Rap song “Empire State Of Mind”. Throughout her career she sold over 18.4 million albums in the U.S and more than 30 million albums around the world. Personal Life She got married to Swizz Beatz July 31, 2010 they met when she was 16 and he was 17 one of her friends introduced her to him and he wanted them to work together and every since them they kinds=a or did like each other. She has two sons Egypt and Genesis. Egypt is 7 years old and was born October 14, 2010 and Genesis is 3 years old and was born December 27, 2014.
She made her feature acting debut in the film "Romeo Must Die." She also had signed on to appear in two sequels to the high-tech thriller "The Matrix." "She was like one of my daughters, she was one of the sweetest girls in the world," said Quincy Jones, 68, the Grammy-winning producer, arranger and composer. "She vacationed with me and my family together in Fiji. I loved her and respected her and I am absolutely
Billy Graham once said, "The one badge of Christian discipleship is not orthodoxy but love." By this definition, June Callwood, a social activist and journalist, displays true discipleship through her work of bringing awareness to groups often discriminated against. June loved everybody equally and realized that gender, age, pecuniary possessions, or race do not define a person's worth. In other words, June Callwood is a disciple because she worked towards making a better world where the rights of every human are respected.
Her first movie was “Carmen: A Hip Hopera” which aired in 2001. After the production,“Dream Girls” in 2006 she was nominated with the Golden Globe Award. Although she was with “Destiny’s Child” she wanted to start acting to become known, and to make a name for herself. When Beyonce went solo in 2003 she released an album called, “Dangerously In Love”. She earned five Grammy Awards and she also featured in the Billboard Hot 100 with the singles, “Crazy in Love” and “Baby Boy”. In 2005, Beyonce released her second album “B’Day” which contained the hits, “Deja Vu”, “Irreplaceable”, and “Beautiful Liar” So far in Beyonce’s career she has won twenty Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, eight Billboard Awards, sixteen MTV Video Music Awards, and three World Music
In 1980, Whitney Houston was 16 years old and discovered by a New York modeling management. Her fashion photos appeared in the magazines Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Young Miss, and Mademoiselle. While Whitney was struggling with many different things, she continued to further her career in acting. She starred in many famous films such as “The Bodyguard”, which uncovered her signature song “I Will Always Love You” at the end of the movie. Whitney also starred in,“Waiting to Exhale”, “The Preacher’s Wife”, “Cinderella”, and “Sparkle”. The soundtrack for each film arised her music career and generated hit singles for her. Not only was Whitney Houston a great singer, she was very talented in many other different
Alexandra Rose Raisman was born on May 25 1994 in the town of Needham Massachusetts. Aly Raisman's’ parents are Lynn and Rick Raisman. Aly is the oldest of four siblings. Her siblings are Brett, Chloe, and Madison Raisman. According to biography.com started gymnastics when she when she was two years old and her mother put her in mommy and me classes. At the age of ten Aly Raisman raised her bar she began to work with new coaches at a new gym. She worked with Mihai and Slyvie Brestyan at the American Gymnastics Club. At the age of 14 Aly started competing in the elite level.
In late 1999, Alicia followed Clive Davis to his new J Records where she continues to chart her arrival to the music world. Creations now rising out of the studio show signs of both a critical and commercial monster - a deep, melodic, soulful gem of an album that showcases Alicia in all her universal glory. Though most of the album- including the luminous "Fallin'" and the moving "Troubles" - was written and produced by Alicia Keys, the artist collaborates with Jermaine Dupri on "Girlfriend" and with Isaac Hayes on "Rock Wit U" from the Shaft soundtrack. Her debut album, Songs in A Minor, is set for release on J Records in late June.
Karen Page is the secretary/office manager/legal assistant for the law offices of Nelson & Murdock and later, an investigative reporter for the New York Bulletin. Page’s crusade to do good came about when she was nearly murdered by an associate of Wilson Fisk, but saved by Daredevil at the last minute. When she discovers that her employer is the blind vigilante, her romantic feelings for and trust in Matt Murdock are severely tested.
Aretha was born into a family that attended a Baptist church, with her father named, C.L Franklin, who was a Baptist preacher and gospel singer. Her mother was also a gospel singer and somehow there came to be reports that her mother had abandoned Aretha and her siblings, but she claims it to be all a lie (“CNN”). She was the fourth of five children, and lost her mother in 1952, a few years after her parents had gotten divorced.
...veral American Music Awards. Ross was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 as part of the Supremes” (Duckett, 2013). In 2007, she was also presented with an award for her hard work, when she received the BET Lifetime Achievement Award. Ross was honored by Michael Jackson in the year of 2009. He titled her as a possible caretaker for his children. The list goes on.
In 1994, at the age of 15, Aaliyah catapulted onto the R&B charts herself with her debut album, Age Ain't Nothing But a Number. Produced by the successful singer R. Kelly, the album quickly sold a million copies and eventually earned platinum status based largely on the success of two hit singles, "Back and Forth" and "At Your Best (You Are Love)." Later that year, tabloid reports surfaced claiming that the sultry teen singer had married the 27-year-old Kelly, but Aaliyah denied the union and the marriage was reportedly annulled.
But it is very impressive how working from a stripper in Manhattan to a starting on a reality tv to become one of today’s most prominent female artist. Cardi B is known as a rapper. Her music taste influences a lot of words that many of you may know and it might be very inappropriate, but that does not stop her to continue rapping does songs into them. Cardi B has shown us that she really does not care what others around her have to say about her. She knows what she is and that is the only thing that matters to her. Cardi B was signed by Atlantic Records and Quality Control Music. If it was not for them she would not be in the position she is right now and more than likely she would still be the stripper she was well known in Manhattan. Cardi has not opened or has not mentioned any organization for her music, but in the future maybe her rapping will inspire more rappers and they will open organizations to help people
The contract that started it all was with Def Jam records, which accompanied her rising for a considerable period of time.
...o 2). She had become the female artist with the second most Grammys of all time with a whopping eighteen Grammys (bio 1). She has also received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a Grammy Living Legend Award (Sony 1). In 1987, Aretha was the first woman ever to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 (Glickman 2). Many years later, in 2005, she received a Presidential Medal of Freedom honor (Sony 1).
Katherine is first introduced to us as a child who is exceedingly smart for her age and is solving problems that even adults would never dream of attempting. Much to her teachers delightment, the screens shows Katharine hard at work, chalk in hand, scribbling away at the blackboard. It is mentioned early on in the movie that Katherine can calculate any numbers you put in front her her, there isn't a problem out there she in incapable of solving. She takes pride in informing people, when they underestimate her, that she was the first Negro female student at West Virginia university graduate school. Katherine constantly displays diligence with everything she does and dedicates all her efforts and most of her time towards her job.
Mother Teresa is one of the most recognized women in the world. Teresa brought in a revolutionary change in the world with her positive thoughts and love for humanity. Her missionary work started way back 1931 when she was still a little girl. She joined the Nuns as a kid in 1931, and she was later named Teresa from Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. It was in respect and honor of the Saints of Theresa. Mother Teresa’s missions were concentrated around helping the poor people with their basic needs such as food, water and shelter. She also demonstrated a lot of interest in taking care of the weak and defenseless people in the society. For example, it has been recorded that she spent a lot of time caring for the elderly, disabled and injured. At the same