Curated category
African-American businesspeople
- Michael JacksonMichael Joseph Jackson entered the world on the 29th of August 1958 inside a two-bedroom house on Jackson Street in Gary, Indiana.
- Birdman (rapper)Bryan Christopher Brooks was born on the 15th of February 1969 at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana. His mother Gladys Brooks died when he was five…
- Rick RossWilliam Leonard Roberts II was born on the 28th of January 1976, in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He grew up in Carol City, Florida, where he attended Miami Carol…
- Will SmithWillard Carroll Smith II arrived in the world on the 25th of September 1968. He grew up in the Wynnefield neighborhood of Philadelphia with his mother…
- Suge KnightMarion Hugh Knight Jr. arrived in the world on the 19th of April 1965 within the city limits of Compton, California. His father was named Marion Knight Sr…
- Russell SimmonsRussell Wendell Simmons was born in the Hollis neighborhood of Queens on the 4th of October 1957. His father worked as a public school administrator while…