Big Daddy Kane Talks DJ Stint Before Becoming An MC In New Interview

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Big Daddy Kane Talks DJ Stint Before Becoming An MC In New Interview

One of the genre's greatest talents is detailing his career like never before. Big Daddy Kane reveals his transition from being a DJ to a God MC in a new interview series.

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Tyson, Mike (Michael Gerald Tyson), 1966–, American boxer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. At the age of 12, Tyson was sent to reform school, where he began to box. In a whirlwind career begun in 1985 when he turned pro, his spare, brutal style (36 knockouts in his first 41 wins) rescued him from the ghetto and

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Clyburn, James Enos (1940– )

James Enos Clyburn was born in Sumter, South Carolina on July 21, 1940 to parents Enos and Almeta Clyburn. James Clyburn’s father was a minister and his mother was a cosmetologist. In 1957 James Clyburn graduated from Mather Academy located in Camden, South Carolina. Four years later he

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Jul

1940

Helene Gayle

Born: 8/16/1955 Buffalo, New YorkCEO of McKinsey Social Initiative, a nonprofit organization that implements programs that bring together varied stakeholders to address complex global and social challenges. McKinsey Social Initiatives first program, Generation, addresses the problem of youth

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Perkins, Marvin (1963– )

Marvin Perkins is an accomplished recording vocal artist, a sought-after public speaker, and a leader in the effort to correct misunderstanding and incorrect assumptions about blacks, especially in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day

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Kelly, Samuel Eugene (1926-2009)

Samuel Eugene Kelly, soldier and educator, was born in Greenwich, Connecticut on January 26, 1926 to James Handy Kelly, a minister, and Essie Matilda Allen-Kelly, a homemaker. Educated at Greenwich public schools, Kelly dropped out of high school in 1943 and joined the United States Army the

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Jan

1926

Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla

Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla khōl-ēhlä´hlä mändā´lä [key], 1918–2013, South African statesman. He earned a degree (B.A., 1943) after being expelled from the University College of Fort Hare (for taking part in a student protest) and finishing his studies with the Univ. of South Africa, studied

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Michael Jordan

Michael Jeffery Jordan is an American basketball legend who played for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards for 15 seasons. Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina. In high school he played baseball, football, and basketball. When he

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Feb

1963

Angela Bassett, actress born

Angela Bassett ACTRESS Birthplace: New York, New York August 16, 1958- Angela has starred in the following films: The Jacksons: An American Dream Malcolm X Whats Love Got To Do With It? (received Oscar nomination) Strange Days Vampire in Brooklyn

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Aug

1958

Bullitt, Katherine Muller, Seattle, Washington

Katherine Muller (Kay) Bullitt was born and raised in Massachusetts. She earned her B.A. (with honors) in Government from Radcliff College and taught in Cambridge, Massachusetts before heading west in 1953. Shepicked Seattle as the place she wanted to

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The Notorious B.I.G.

The Notorious B.I.G. was an iconic East Coast rapper who released only one album during his lifetime, but rose to fame after his untimely death in a shooting incident. He was born Christopher George Latore Wallace on May 21, 1972 to Voletta Wallace and George Latore and raised in Brooklyn, New

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May

1972

Saint Augustine

St. Augustine, (Aurelius Augustinus, A.B. 354-430 bishop of Hippo,(now Souk-Ahras in modern Algeria),wrote the City of God, setting forth the Christian view of the world and humanity, in A.D. 410.

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410

Fort Worth, Texas, Where the West and the South Meet: A Brief History of the City's African American Community, 1849-2012

In the article below, Fort Worth historian Richard Selcer introduces us to the African American community which has been a presence in this city since its founding in

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1850

Cuba

National name: República de Cuba

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Friedan, Betty Naomi

Friedan, Betty Naomi frēdăn´ [key], 1921–2006, American social reformer and feminist, b. Peoria, Ill. as Bettye Goldstein, educated at Smith College (B.A., 1942) and the Univ. of California at Berkeley. A suburban housewife and sometime writer, she published The Feminine Mystique

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Jordan, Michael Jeffrey

Jordan, Michael Jeffrey, 1963–, American basketball player, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. As a freshman at the Univ. of North Carolina, he made the shot that won the 1982 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament final over Georgetown. Joining the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball

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Smith, Barbara (1946- )

Beginning in the 1970s, Barbara Smith broke new ground as a black feminist, lesbian, activist, author, and book publisher of women of color. She and her twin sister, Beverly Smith, were born on December 16, 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio. Their mother, Hilda Smith, maternal grandmother, and a great aunt

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Dec

1946

Chisholm, Shirley (1924-2005)

Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm, an advocate for the rights of people of color and for womens rights, became in November 1968 the first black woman elected to the United States Congress. Four years later she became the first black person to seek a major party’s nomination for the U.S. presidency

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White, Lois Jean(1938- )

Lois Jean Barron White, the first African American President of the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) was born in Nashville, Tennessee on March 21, 1938. She was raised by her grandmother, Rosa Barron, as her own mother lived away in Massachusetts. White’s grandmother taught her the value

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Mar

1938

Scott, David (1946- )

David Scott represents Georgia’s 13th district in the U.S. House of Representatives. The 13th district includes portions of Cobb, Clayton, Douglas, Fulton, Henry, and DeKalb

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Jul

1946

Pierce, Roger Dwayne (1951--)

Roger D. Pierce, U.S. Ambassador to Cape Verde, was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Pierce earned his B.A. degree in Spanish Language and Latin American Studies at Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia. He received his M.A. in Latin American Literature at the University of Maryland in

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Jun

2005

Sharpton, Alfred Charles “Al” (1954- )

Born in Brooklyn, New York on October 3, 1954, Alfred Charles Sharpton, Jr., is an American Baptist minister and political, social, and human rights advocate. Known as “the Wonder Boy” as a youth, he was licensed and ordained as a Pentecostal minister and toured with the gospel singer

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Oct

1954

Maynor, Dorothy Leigh (1910–1996)

Dorothy Leigh Maynor was an international concert soprano, founder of the Harlem School of the Arts, the first African American to sing at an American president’s inauguration (Harry S. Truman’s, on January 20, 1949), the first African-American artist to perform at Constitution Hall, the first

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Barnett, Powell S. (1883-1971)

Powell S. Barnett was a child when his father arrived in Roslyn to work in the coal mines. Seeing no future in mining, Powell left for Seattle in 1906, and quickly found work. Years later, after working in construction and for hotels, he served as a clerk for State Senator Frank Connor. Barnett

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Dr. Dre

Dr. Dre is an American rap singer and producer who is sometimes referred to as the most influential rap producer of all time. Dre was born Andre Romelle Young on February 18, 1965 in Compton, California to Theodore and Verna Young, who were both singers. His parents separated when Dre was 3 years

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Feb

1965

Timbaland

Timothy Zachery Mosley, born on March 10, 1972 in Norfolk, Virginia, is a popular American musician and recording artist. He attended Salem High School at Virginia Beach. Having interest in music since his childhood, he was known as “DJ Tim” or “DJ Timmy Tim”. The first

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Mar

1972

Dill, Augustus Granville (1881-1956)

Augustus Granville Dill, sociologist, business manager, musician, and colleague of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) co-founder W.E.B. Du Bois, is best known for his work overseeing the publication of Du Bois’s journal, The Crisis, between 1913 and 1928. He also

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University of South Carolina opened to all races

University of South Carolina opened to all races.Two Blacks B.A. Boseman and Francis L. Cardozo were elected to seven-man board of trustees.

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Mar

1869

Gaborone, Botswana (1880- )

Gaborone is the capital and largest city in the African country of Botswana. Formerly known as Gaberones, the name was changed and the town was declared the capital of the country shortly after Botswana won its independence from Great Britain in 1966. Its history, however, extends back much

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Smith, Samuel J. (1922-1995)

Samuel J. Smith, a Washington State Legislator and Seattle City Councilmember was born on July 21, 1922, in Gibsland, Louisiana. Listening to speeches by Franklin Roosevelt broadcast on radio in the early 1930s persuaded young Smith that he wanted a future in

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Jul

1922

Alexander Lucius Twilight

Alexander Lucius Twilight, who was probably the first Black to graduate from an American college, received B.A. degree at Middlebury College.

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Sep

1817

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