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
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.
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.
Comparison between Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston’s Music and Personal lives. Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston were two of the biggest music acts in the world, selling hundreds upon thousands of records between them. Both acts rose to fame at an early age eventually earning the titles ‘The King of Pop’ (The Guardian, 2009) and ‘The Voice’ (IMDB, 2012) as well as earning plentiful awards in their careers; It is claimed that Whitney Houston is the most awarded female artist of all time. As well as preforming at some of the biggest and most prestigious venues around the world we can only dream about visiting and gaining world-wide fame they ended up meeting an untimely death due to addiction.
During his early years he dropped out of high school and was a drug dealer for some years. He was good friends with Ice Cube and Dr. Dre. They started making songs for their new album that was called “Boyz-N-The Hood”. In 1987 they made another album that was called “Straight Outta Compton” that album
Family Background Ms. Thorpe comes from a diverse multicultural family background, her grandmother is Scottish, her grandfather is Cherokee, her mother is Scottish and Puerto Rican, and her father is a mixture of African American and Puerto Rican. Ms. Thorpe grew up in Puerto Rico, at the age of seventeen her parents got divorced after claiming they grew apart. She described Puerto Rico as the most beautiful yet heartbreaking place.
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
Biography & Wiki Lil Boosie was brought up in Southside Baton Rouge in Louisiana, which is a very dangerous place known a lot for gunplay and drugs. His father was addicted to the drug and fought with it till his death in 1997. Mother of Lil Boosie was a school teacher and the number of his siblings are 7. In childhood, he was a good basketball player. Her mother saw his potential in sports and motivated him but he got caught up in drugs and is kicked from his school.
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was a famous tejano singer, fashion designer, and dancer. She lived from 1971-1995. Many fans still carry on her memory. She was a Mexican American and sang both Mexican music and American music. Her life story is interesting and many should know about how she
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
Although, not every accomplished life started off great in the beginning, Travis’ childhood wasn’t so amazing. Travis was the first of eleven children yet he loved all of his siblings. When Travis’ was only 11 he was forced to move to Alabama due to
Sean Puffy Combs Biography 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
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
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
Daniel Seunwoong Lee was born in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 22, 1980. He moved around several times to Indonesia, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Canada, and Korea. He attained a Bachelor’s Degree in English literature and a Master’s Degree in creative writing from Stanford. Also, during his early life, Lee suffered from