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Dana Elaine Owens, also known as Queen Latifah, is a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, rapper, actress, talk show host, and producer, was born on this day in 1970 in Newark, New Jersey. She is a cultural icon whose influence is vast.

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Wilson Pickett, also known as the ‘Wicked Pickett’, singer, and songwriter, was born on this day in 1941 in Prattville, Alabama.

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Vanessa Lynne Williams, singer, actress, model, beauty queen, was born on this day in 1963 in New York. She was the first African American Ms. America in 1984.