* Keisha from Total and Monica are cousins
* Meagan Goode's older sister is singer LaMiya from Isyss
* Mekhi Phifer has a twin brother
* X-Con is Sidney Potiers nephew
* Tupacs given name was Lesane Parish Crooks and his moms was Alice Fay Walker, his mom named his after Inca Native American cheif Tupa Amaru and Shakur is Arabic from "thanks be unto God", and her name Afeni is Yoruba for' dear one' or 'lover of the people'
* The first video Tupac was in was Same Song by Digital Underground, and he was wearing African clothing
*Tupac was planned to be in Cool Runnings, Menace II Society, How To Be A Player, Higher Learning , and John Singelton would have put him in Baby Boy if he was still alive
* Biggie, Jay Z and Busta Rhymes all went to the same downtown Brooklyn high school
* B.I.G stood for Business Instead of Game, and the aliases 'Frank White' and 'Biggie Smalls' were from characters in the movies King of New York and Lets Do It Again
Post interesting celeb facts
J-Boog from B2K is Marques "Batman" Houston's first cousin. Their parents are brother and sister. (Learned that today on 106 & Park!)
I already knew that Raz B & Chris Stokes are cousins.
Ashanti passed up a track scholarship to Princeton to sing. :?
Will Smith passed up a full ride to MIT to pursue acting.
Mekhi Phifer and Cam'Ron went to the same high school in Harlem.
Stacey Dash and Damon Dash are cousins (T or F)?
J-Boog from B2K is Marques "Batman" Houston's first cousin. Their parents are brother and sister. (Learned that today on 106 & Park!)
I already knew that Raz B & Chris Stokes are cousins.
Ashanti passed up a track scholarship to Princeton to sing. :?
Will Smith passed up a full ride to MIT to pursue acting.
Mekhi Phifer and Cam'Ron went to the same high school in Harlem.
Stacey Dash and Damon Dash are cousins (T or F)?
Stacy and Dame are cousins..
Another fact..
50's "In Da Club" is the most played song in radio history
Did yall know that Krystle Johnson, one of the sisters from "JS" (Ice Cream) married Earth, Wind, & Fire's Philip Bailey. for those of you non-old school heads. That's dude who sings lead for "Reasons". Krystle is the one who was in the Isley Bros video, Busted
David Banner also said he was working on his masters from UMES. i have mad respect for him. rather than giving away tickets to concerts or other bullshyt like that he funded a scholarship for inner-city kids... dont have any ohter useless facts--
Amerie has a degree in English from Georgetown University
Jackie Reid graduated from Clark Atlanta University & Mase went to CAU but i'm not sure he graduated :?
Marlon Wayans has a degree from Howard University
(that's all that i can think of right now) :wink:
Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen are sisters and alumni of Howard Univeristy
Tim Reid (Ray from Sister-Sister) graduated from Norfolk State University
Tim Montgomery (Track Star) graduated from Norfolk State University
Walter Payton graduated from Jackson State University
Pastor Shirley Caesar graduated from Shaw University
Jesse Jackson graduated from North Carolina A & T State Univeristy
Oprah Winfrey is an alumna of Tennessee State University
Wanda Sykes graduated from Hampton University(she must grew out of her bougerouisness :roll: ). Ashanti was also giving a full scholarship to Hampton but decided to go with the record deal.
