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21st-century African-American businesspeople

  • LeBron JamesLeBron Raymone James entered the world on the 30th of December 1984, inside Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital. His mother Gloria Marie James was only…
  • Kanye WestKanye Omari West was born on the 8th of June 1977, in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents divorced when he was three years old, and he moved with his mother to…
  • Jay-ZShawn Corey Carter entered the world on the 4th of December 1969 within Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. He grew up inside the Marcy Houses public…
  • Dr. DreAndre Romell Young was born on the 18th of February 1965 in Compton, California. His parents married in 1964 and divorced four years later.
  • Queen LatifahDana Elaine Owens arrived in the world on the 18th of March 1970 within the city limits of Newark, New Jersey. Her childhood unfolded primarily in nearby…
  • Mariah CareyMariah Carey was born on the 27th of March 1969, in Huntington, New York. Her name came from the song They Call the Wind Maria, which appeared in the 1951…
  • MC HammerStanley Kirk Burrell grew up in a three-bedroom housing project apartment in East Oakland, California. He was born on the 30th of March 1962, into a family…
  • Sean CombsSean John Combs was born on the 4th of November 1969, in Harlem, New York City. His father Melvin Earl Combs worked at a hair salon and served in the U.S.
  • Kendrick LamarKendrick Lamar Duckworth was born on the 17th of June 1987, in Compton, California. He grew up in Section 8 housing and relied on welfare and food stamps…
  • Snoop DoggCalvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. arrived in Long Beach, California on the 20th of October 1971. His biological father left the family three months after his…
  • 50 CentCurtis James Jackson III was born on the 6th of July 1975 in Queens, New York City. He grew up in the South Jamaica neighborhood after his mother died in a…
  • Magic JohnsonEarvin Johnson Jr. was born on the 14th of August 1959 in Lansing, Michigan. His father worked at General Motors while his mother cleaned homes and prepared…
  • Shaquille O'NealShaquille Rashaun O'Neal entered the world on the 6th of March 1972, in Newark, New Jersey. His biological father was Joe Toney, a high school basketball…
  • Lupe FiascoWasalu Muhammad Jaco arrived in Chicago on the 16th of February 1982. He grew up as one of nine children born to Shirley and Gregory Jaco.