birthdays

Three D.C. area besties, Ruth Chatman Hammett, Gladys Ware Butlerand, Bernice Grimes Underwood, celebrated their 100th year of life over the weekend at a ceremony at Zion Baptist Church, The Washington Post reports. All three were born in June or July of 1916.

Admired poet and author Maya Angelou celebrates 85 candles today, and her influence continues to impact others around the nation. She has produced six autobiographies,five books of essays, and several plays and volumes of poetry. Angelou has written about her past dealing with sexual abuse as a prostitute, as well as being a Civil Rights […]

Grammy Award-winning American singer Jill Scott turns 41 today. The soulful philadelphia native actress and poet has made a reputation for  being a classic and provoking artist. Ms. Scott’s “Who Is Jill Scott? Words And Sounds Vol. 1” album went multi-platinum in 2000.   Scott  also grew up in North Philadelphia where she was raised […]

Mariah Carey, singer-songwriter, record producer, actress and philanthropist turns 43 today. Carey is one of the last of her kind to ever do it, she a singer who has sold millions of CD’s and made fun music videos that fans couldn’t wait to see. She has had quite the journey, just a couple years ago […]

Today rapper/ actor LL CooL J turns 45-years-old. The lip licking rapper had his first album go platinum back in 1985. The rapper brought sexy to rap when his B-boy brought the female audience to rap. LL has had one of few lasting careers of rappers from the 80’s. How has he managed to stay […]

Singer Monica turns 32 today.  Monica has been a musical sensation since she arrived on the music scene in the mid 90’s and she continues to produce R&B hits.  She is a Grammy Award winning singer, song writer, producer, mother and wife. We cant get enough of this woman. Monica’s music is timeless and classic. She has […]

Its’ October 18th and Neyo is celebrating his birthday today. Last year the singer/song writer/ actor celebrated his birthday with an all out Las Vegas celebration.Wonder how he will celebrate this year? Neyo is scheduled to release his fifth album, “R.E.D”, on November 6th 2012. Yup, that’s right, Election Day! We hope your celebration of […]