Frank Lucas earns his living as a chauffeur to one of Harlem's leading mobsters; after his boss dies, Frank uses his own ingenuity and strict business code to become one of the inner city's most powerful crime bosses; veteran cop Richie Roberts senses a change in the mob's power structur...
In 1993, Tupac was charged with shooting an off-duty police officer who almost ran over the rapper with his car. Age: Dec. at 25 (1971-1996) Birthplace: Harlem, New York, USA Profession: Record producer, Poet, Songwriter, Rapper, Screenwriter Dig Deeper A Timeline Of How Biggie And Tu...
Bob Main, the night manager of a long-gone nightclub called Harlow's at 8058 S. Cicero Ave.,told the Chicago Tribune in 1992that he saw Resurrection Mary at his club twice. He described her as having blonde hair in "big spooly curls," a very pale complexion, and an old dress that h...
Growing up in Dublin in the 1960s, Lynott fronted several bands as a lead vocalist, most notably Skid Row alongside Gary Moore, before learning the bass guitar and forming Thin Lizzy in 1969. After initial success with Whiskey in the Jar, the band found strong commercial success in the mid...
In 1993, Tupac was charged with shooting an off-duty police officer who almost ran over the rapper with his car. Age: Dec. at 25 (1971-1996) Birthplace: Harlem, New York, USA Profession: Record producer, Poet, Songwriter, Rapper, Screenwriter Dig Deeper A Timeline Of How Biggie And Tu...
In 1993, Tupac was charged with shooting an off-duty police officer who almost ran over the rapper with his car. Age: Dec. at 25 (1971-1996) Birthplace: Harlem, New York, USA Profession: Record producer, Poet, Songwriter, Rapper, Screenwriter Dig Deeper A Timeline Of How Biggie And Tu...
Born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of a Pentecostal minister, D'Angelo taught himself piano as a child. At eighteen, he won the amateur talent competition at Harlem's Apollo Theater three weeks in a row. After a brief affiliation with hip-hop group I.D.U., his first major success ...
He was associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, where he was a regular performer. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular big bands from the start of the 1930s to the late 1940s. Calloway's band included trumpeter...
Birthplace: Harlem, New York City, New York Also ranks #2 on The Greatest Black Female Poets Also ranks #5 on The Greatest Black Female Authors in the History of Literature Dig Deeper 32 Famous Lesbian Poets Who Heavily Influenced Modern Poetry Patricia Roberts Harris Dec. at 60 (1924-1985...
Geoffrey Canada (born January 13, 1952) is an American educator, social activist and author. Since 1990, Canada has been president of the Harlem Children's Zone in Harlem, New York, an organization that states its goal is to increase high school and college graduation rates among students in...