Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording
debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have
her first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993, a series of hit records
established her position as Columbia's highest-selling act.
Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1976), better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper. He rose to fame
with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) and The Massacre (2005). Both albums achieved multi-platinum
success, selling more than twenty-one million copies combined. Born in South Jamaica, Queens, 50 Cent began drug dealing at
the age of twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic.
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American Grammy Award-winning
rapper. Formerly a member of the rap group the Hot Boys, he joined the Cash Money Records collective as a teenager. Get It
How U Live!, released in 1997, was Lil Wayne's first album with Hot Boys, and Tha Block is Hot, his solo debut, came out in
1999.
Aliaune Badara Akon Thiam better known by his middle and stage name Akon, is a Senegalese-American R&B singer-songwriter,
record producer, businessman, and philanthropist. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up”, the
first single from his debut album Trouble. His second album, Konvicted, earned him a Grammy Award nomination of the single
"Smack That". He has since founded two record labels, Konvict Muzik and Kon Live Distribution.
Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. (born March 13, 1972), better known by his stage name Common (previously Common Sense), is an American
actor and rapper. Common debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar? and maintained a significant underground following
into the late 90s, after which he gained notable mainstream success through his work with the Soulquarians. His first major
label album, Like Water for Chocolate, received widespread critical acclaim and moderate commercial success.
Mýa Marie Harrison (born October 10, 1979), professionally known mononymously as Mýa, is an American R&B singer-songwriter,
record producer, actress, dancer, and choreographer. Born and raised in Washington, D.C. , Harrison's eponymous debut album
with Interscope Records was released in April 1998, and sold over a million copies in the United States, producing the gold-certified
top ten single "It's All About Me" featuring Sisqo.
