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Pope Benedict XVI was born in Germany and grew up under war reparations from World War I and as the Nazi regime was gaining power. He was briefly a member of the Hitler Youth in his early teens, after membership became mandatory in 1941. He turned to theological studies after the war, helping found the [...]

Hillary Clinton was born on October 26, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois. She married Bill Clinton in 1975. She served as first lady from 1993 to 2001, and then as a U.S. senator from 2001 to 2009. In early 2007, Clinton announced her plans to run for the presidency. During the 2008 Democratic primaries, she conceded [...]

Rapper, record producer, and actress Dana Owens aka Queen Latifah was born on March 18,1970 in Newark, New Jersey. Her first album All Hail to the Queen sold over a million copies and the single “U.N.I.T.Y” earned Latifah her first Grammy Award. Latifah’s acting received strong reviews where she earned her first Oscar nomination for [...]

Kim Kardashian was born October 21, 1980 in Beverly Hills, California. In recent years, the she has garnered a Paris Hilton-like celebrity status thanks to her curvaceous style, a hit reality TV show, a string of workout DVDs, and last, but not least, a scandalous video showcasing her sexual exploits with former boyfriend, rapper Ray [...]

Spike Lee was born Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was making amateur films by age 20, and won a Student Academy Award for his graduate thesis film. Lee drew attention with his first feature, She’s Gotta Have It—one of the most profitable films made in 1986—and continues to create [...]

Kanye Omari West was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 8, 1977. He left college to pursue a musical career, producing tracks for Jat-Z while polishing his demo. He released “The College Dropout” in 2002. It sold 2.6 million copies and won Best Rap Album. His follow-up releases have been equally successful and West has [...]

Born Shawn Corey Carter on December 4, 1969, Jay-Z grew up in Brooklyn’s drug-infested Marcy Projects. He used rap as an escape, and appeared on Yo! MTV Raps in 1989. After selling millions of records with his own Roc-A-Fella label, Jay-Z then created his own clothing line. Early Life Jay-Z was born Shawn Corey Carter [...]

Debra Lee is currently the Chairman & CEO of BET, Inc. and has served in this capacity since 2005.  As CEO of B.E.T., Ms. Lee is in charge of a network whose programming spans the spectrum from music, television series, original productions, public affairs programming, and Sunday morning Christian programs. B.E.T. reaches more than 80 [...]

Born Robyn Rihanna Fenty, on February 20, 1988 in Barbados, Rihanna signed with Def Jam records at age 16 and released her first album, which sold more than 2 million copies worldwide, in 2005. She went on to release more albums and hit songs, including “Unfaithful,” “Disturbia,” and “Umbrella.” Rihanna has also won multiple awards [...]

Queen Elizabeth II was born Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on April 21, 1926, in London, to Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. She married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh in 1947, became queen on February 6, 1952, and was crowned on June 2, 1953. During her reign, she has [...]