Ali Shaheed Muhammad: The Pioneering Force Behind A Tribe Called Quest and Beyond
Ali Shaheed Muhammad, raised in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant, is the DJ and producer of A Tribe Called Quest and a pioneer...
Alicia Keys: The Piano Prodigy Who Set the Music World ‘On Fire’
Alicia Keys, born Alicia Augello Cook on January 25, 1981 in New York City, is a classically trained pianist turned...
André 3000: The Maverick Maestro who Elevated Southern Rap
Andre 3000, born Andre Lauren Benjamin in Atlanta, is one half of OutKast and one of hip-hop's most inventive artists....
André Harrell: The Visionary Maestro Behind Uptown Records and More
Andre Harrell was a music executive whose Uptown Records, founded in 1986, defined the hip-hop and R&B fusion of the...
Anthony Bodden: A Luminous Force in the Filmmaking Realm
Anthony Bodden is a filmmaker and marketing innovator best known for co-writing the cult hip-hop film Belly. As founder of...
Ashanti: The R&B Sensation Who Took the Music World by Storm
Ashanti, born Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas on October 13, 1980 in Glen Cove, New York, is an R&B singer who became...
