Tlc Biography

I interviewed a beautiful and courageous woman, of African descent. Born and raised in Monrovia, Liberia on May 20, 1969. In addition, she has one biological brother and three step siblings. Currently she resides in Loganville, Georgia, where she lives with her two children. By the same token, she and her husband been married for twenty-one years to her loving high school sweetheart husband. Due to unfortunate circumstances, she lost her husband in the line of duty. Causing her to become a widow, continuing to survive life without her husband. When I conducted this interview, had one topic in mind that I wanted to learn more about her life as an immigrant and how did influence her life.

All she has done is “learned about Montezuma and the Aztecs in sixth grade” (Raya 121). In terms of her physical features, Raya doesn’t “even look Latina” (Raya 121). There have been countless times where “people have just assumed that I’m white or asked me if I’m Asian”. More importantly, “I never thought I would wish my skin were darker shade or my hair a curlier texture” (Raya 121). However, due to the social norms that her college categorizes in order to be considered Latina she has “many times” (Raya 121).

Steven Adam Markowitz, now known as Hoodie Allen was born on August 19th, 1988 and raised in a Jewish household along with his younger brother Daniel*DAMMMMNNNNN DANIEL*, on Long Island, NY. Hoodie attended the Long Island School for the Gifted from Pre-K to the 9th grade, then later attended John F. Kennedy High School, where he played football and then continued his football career at the University of Pennsylvania as a defensive back. After he finished college in 2010 with a degree in marketing and finance he started working at Google as an AdWords associate in their Standardized AdWords Reseller Training program. But while his Music career was taking off he felt like he was working 2 full time jobs and it was becoming very difficult

Ochoa began as a young girl living in Kenner, LA from a low socioeconomic family. As the daughter of two Honduran immigrants, Dr. Ochoa learned from an early age the value of hard work, the importance of family, and especially the value of an education. Dr. Ochoa credits much of her success to her family for their support and guidance throughout her

Armando Christian Perez, otherwise known as Pitbull, was born in Miami, Florida on January 14, 1981. At a young age his parents divorced and he was raised by his mother until she found out about his drug dealing business. Once his secret was revealed his mother placed him in the foster system and he then grew up with a family in Roswell, Georgia. He went to school at Coral Park High School, where he graduated and made the tough decision to not continue on to college. Pitbull persued his rapping dreams until he was noticed by a famous rapper and from there his career really began. Pitbull is most prominent for his rapping, but he has also played parts in many movies and has developed his own school.

Marshall says that they survived just on welfare checks and money from lawsuits that she dreamed up and sometimes got lucky and got money for things she claims that company’s or someone have done/said. There´s evidence to support Marshall´s claims of his mother´s history, there are some papers of cases where she has tried to sue a plethora of people and organizations over minor incidents. A few years later in 2001 she tried to sue her son for defamation of character. She claims that her lawyer had it as an option and that he did it without her permission, and that she did not intend to sue her son. Marshall also has a younger brother, Nathan Mathers that´s today a small rapper, going by the name Nate Kane. Marshall has claimed that he practically raised Nathan himself and that his mother would abuse his little brother and constantly pretending he was ill. This has been confirmed by the fact that Deborah was diagnosed with Münchausen syndrome and had Nathan taken from her by social services. He made a song about this and how his mother threated them as kids, one of them is called “Cleaning Out My Closet” and came out 2002 that became a big hit. Marshall have done many big hits thru his years as a rapper, among he was rewarded the Oscar for his movie “8

The database of Chicano Por Mi Raza conveys the lives of these many great and inspiring women from the earth of history to the light. One of these great lives was of Sonia Lopez. Though it was hard to decide on which these women carried the best story, because many of their stories carried the weight of a great-lived history. However, Sonia’s story, her history resonated brighter and glowed with a greater depth. Her struggle in early life, political activism in and out of college, and her path toward Chicano academics is what makes her story an adventure that Robert Frost would say, “I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”

mother died of lung cancer. After these devastating events took place, it was a phone call from her twin sister Becka, and knowing that therapy alone or coupled with AA weren’t enough to break her physical and emotional addiction with alcohol, that

Lee gained a rapper name of Tablo, and he started his musical life. Tablo formed a hip-hop group named Epik High with Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz. Their first album was Map of the Human Soul. However, they did not earn fame until their second album, High Society. They came up with many more albums after it which were all hits. The albums include Swan Songs, Pieces Part One, [e],

Sean "Puffy" Combs has established himself as one of the biggest names in hip-hop (Heal). Combs a Harlem native whose father was killed when he was only 3 years old, rose from the mean streets to the top of the music business (AP wire, March 18). "It is true that he started from scratch, and I don't think that because he was arrested, people will stop buying his albums (AP wire, March 18). Before pursuing his career as a vocalist, Combs was a business-minded Howard University student and an intern at Andre Harrell's Uptown Records. Combs soon became the A&R representative for Uptown. He then began producing for soon to be mega-stars Mary J. Blige, Heavy D., and Jodeci to name a few. After being let go

At Aaliyah’s funeral everyone is crying, sobbing, or they have this look like they just lost something they loved. Which was true because everyone loved Aaliyah, her voice, her character, her everything. Everyone’s watching her parents as they see their daughter for the last time. Missy Elliot sings a song and the press were shock at the famous guest who came to say their last goodbye’s, some of them being Jay-Z, R.Kelly, Diamond Dash, and many more. Aaliyah was one in a million and she left a mark on this world that can never be

Her parents, an interracial couple, were Eric Trethewey, a poet and professor and Gwendolyn Ann Turnbough, a social worker. As a child, her father encouraged her to read and write, expressing her feelings through words.

Our subject is an African American female. The historical roots of the African American family are in Africa and as a result the family can trace its origin to a distinct culture and society.

Billie went through years of hard drug and alcohol use mixed in with bad relationships. (www.numberonestars.com, 2010)

Mother is Irish and Italian, was born in the United States, and raised in Englewood, N.J. Mother’s mother is Irish. Irish American mothers tend to remain home to care to their homes or children, and this is what mother’s mother did. Mother’s father is Italian. Italian American fathers tend to be