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Double theTalent!

Oldies but Goodies

Ladies’ Night

AnythingGoes

Who Knew that?

Double the Talent! 10 points

• My real name is James Todd Smith.

• I almost always wear a hat and 1 pant leg rolled up


• LL Cool J


• I began singing when I was a boy – in a church choir.

• I discovered Justin Beiber via youtube.com


• Usher


• I won a Grammy Award for the song “Summertime” during my rap carrer

• Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [1998]

• I have three children.

• My wife is also an actress.


• Will Smith

Double the Talent! 40 points• I enjoyed singing in my church choir and was

inspired by such musical artists as Sam Cooke, Stevie Wonder, and Michael Jackson.

• Left public school for private, home-tutoring to concentrate on my music career

• Played against his slick R&B image as a band geek and love interest for Kaitlin Cooper on the fourth season of The O.C.

• Made his film debut in Stomp the Yard (2007


• Chris Brown


• Starred in 30 movies

• Played the trumpet

• Performed with many other singers during the early 1900s

• King of Jazz


• Louis Armstrong

Oldies but Goodies: 10 points

• blind from birth - mainly because he was a premature baby

• no sense of smell due to a car crash


• Stevie Wonder


• “My Girl”

• must successful group of the Motown Records


• The Temptations


• we were a group of 5 siblings from Gary, IN

• 2 of us made it as solo artists

• 1 of us made it BIG and died in 2009


• The Jackson Five


• received a lifetime achievement award at the 2007 Black Entertainment Awards in Los Angeles.

• wrote two autobiographies: Secrets Of A Sparrow: Memoirs 1993 and Goin' Back (a scrapbook collection of photos & poems)

• played little league baseball, tap danced and took majorette lessons as a child. It wasn't until her early teens that she developed an interest in singing


• Diana Ross


• best known for his smash hit "All Night Long.“

• honored with a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame in June of 2003

• wanted to become an Episcopalian Priest when he was young.


• Lionel Richie

Ladies’ Night: 10 points

• born in a parish in Barbados• Her ex-boyfriend, Chris Brown, was

sentenced to five years of probation, six months of community service and one year of domestic violence counseling as a result of his attack on her in February, 2009


• Rihanna


• wishes her ears were smaller, because to her they are big

• named Forbes Richest Celebrity Under 30, with a total earnings of $80 million.

• me & the husband Jay-Z were named the richest celebrity couple of 2008, with a combined earnings of $162 million.


• Beyonce


• stated in an interview with AOL that her first musical interest was to be a singer, not a rapper

• does voice-overs on the Pizza Hut commercials

• quit smoking after she saw The Oprah Winfrey Show guest Dr Mehmet Oz demonstrate the effects of cigarettes

• first hip-hop artist honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame


• Queen Latifah


• was paid US$1 million to sing just four songs at a New Year's Eve party at the Nikki Beach Club on the Caribbean island of St Barts. The party was held by Libyan dictator Colonal Gaddafi's son Saif

• owns a dog named Jackson P. Muttley - Jack in shor

• worst selling album, Glitter, was released on the tragic day of September 11, 2001.


• Mariah Carey


• Turned down a track scholarship to Hampton University to pursue her singing career

• Born to a Half African-American, Half Chinese father and an African-American mother

• Movies: John Tucker Must Die, Coach Carter, Resident Evil


• Ashanti

Who Knew That? 10 points

• Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.• started rapping at age 8• got his start as part of the Hot Boys• Is giving up music to pursue a career in

skateboarding


• Lil’ Wayne


• murdered• the song "I'll be Missing You" was dedicated

to him


• Biggie Smalls


• He has two poetry books which are The Rose That Grew From Concrete and Inside a Thug's Heart.

• first major role with acting was as Travis in the play "A Raisin in the Sun”


• Tupac


• real name: Cameron Jibril Thomaz• military family• moved around a lot - Pittsburgh and South Carolina, Georgia, Oklahoma, Germany, Japan, and England• mother served in Operation Desert Storm


• real name: Juaquin Malphurs• born in South Jamaica, Queens, New York• Named after the Muppets character Fozzie

Bear's catch phrase


• Wiz Khalifa


• Waka Flocka Flame

Anything Goes: 10 points

• often has an Afro• Still drives his 1992 Acura Legend because it

"keeps me grounded."• Christopher Brian Bridges• breakthrough with his album titled "Back

for the First Time"


• Ludacris


• trademark - bandaid• lived in Spain as a child• always wears clothing bearing the logos of

St. Louis' sports teams


• Nelly

Anything Goes: 30 points• Hardcore rapper• real name: Curtis James Jackson II• Teamed up with high-profile car maker Pontiac to

produce his own customized G8 sedan (November 2007)

• apBriefly arrested Sept 8th, 2006 in New York City, cited for making an unsafe lane change, as well as driving without his license, vehicle insurance and registrationpeared on the "8 Mile" (2002) soundtrack


• 50 Cent


• accepted into the Professional Performance Arts School of Manhattan and her musical talent as well as her grades allowed her to graduate, as valedictorian, at only sixteen.

• secret talent is that she is a very good swimmer

• born as Alicia Cook


• Alicia Keys


• trademark is her braids

• favourite TV shows are Moesha, Beavis & ButtHead, Parent Hood, Family Matters and Home Improvement

• thinks her eyes are too far apart

• played in Moesha, I Still Know What you Did Last Summer, Cinderall (Roger’s and Hammerstein’s version), and had a small role in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

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