Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson
Also known as Curtis Jackson.
Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as "50 Cent," is an American rapper, songwriter, television producer, actor, and entrepreneur. Known for his impact in the hip hop industry, he has been described as a "master of the nuanced art of lyrical brevity".
Born in the South Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, Jackson began selling drugs at age 12 during the 1980s crack epidemic. He later began pursuing a musical career and in 2000 he produced Power of the Dollar for Columbia Records, but days before the planned release he was shot and the album was never released. In 2002, after Jackson released the compilation album Guess Who's Back?, he was discovered by Eminem and signed to Shady Records,
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50 Cent
Also known as Curtis Jackson.
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Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as "50 Cent," is an American rapper, songwriter, television producer, actor, and entrepreneur. Known for his impact in the hip hop industry, he has been described as a "master of the nuanced art of lyrical brevity".
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Jeg er født i 1985 og startede med at skrive som 13-årig. En dag satte jeg mig bare ned ved computeren og begyndte at skrive på den historie, der havde vokset i mine tanker den sidste lange tid. Jeg skrev hver dag efter skole og bogen blev længere og længere.
Jeg fortalte ikke nogen, at jeg skrev. Det var en hemmelighed det første lange stykke tid. Nok især fordi jeg på det tidspunkt ikke var særlig god i skolen. Jeg var en af dem, der havde mindst 10 fejl i diktat og tit også 20 eller 30 fejl. Men jo mere jeg skrev, jo bedre blev jeg også i skolen, og da jeg startede i 9. klasse var jeg blandt de dygtige elever og havde også en færdig bog på computeren.
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Gareth Timmins
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Larry Doyle
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David Weaver
David Weaver is Founder of the Compensation and HR Group and is responsible for compensation consulting within the organization. Previously, David spent twenty years managing a human resources membership organization, and he also held positions with industry leaders as a corporate human resources professional.
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The RZA
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Anne E. Schraff
Anne Elaine Schraff grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. She received both her bachelor's and master's degrees from California State University at Northridge and taught high school for ten years.
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Anne paid her way through college by writing short stories for magazines. Since college she has written hundreds of stories and over eighty books including historical fiction, biographies, science books, and her favorite, fictional books for young people. She is published as both Anne Schraff and Anne E. Schraff.
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Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter, better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010. He has sold approximately 50 million albums worldwide, while receiving thirteen Grammy Awards for his musical work, and numerous additional nominations. He is consistently ranked as one of the greatest rappers of all-time. He was ranked so by MTV in their list of The Greatest MCs of All-Time in 2006. Two of his albums, Reasonable Doubt (1996) and The Blueprint (2001) are considered landmarks in the genre with both of them being ranked in Rolling Stone magazine's list o
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Robert Justice
Novelist by night...Justice does not sleep!
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After a decade as a Forbes senior editor, Zack O’Malley Greenburg now writes exclusively at Substack, where he’s serializing his fifth book, We Are All Musicians Now (sign up here). His other books include A-List Angels: How a Band of Actors, Artists, and Athletes Hacked Silicon Valley and the Jay-Z biography Empire State of Mind. He has also written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Vibe, McSweeney's and Sports Illustrated, tackling topics from public pension fund scandals to Kanye West's quest to overtake Air Jordan. Zack has lectured at Yale, Harvard and Princeton, and appeared as an expert source for 60 Minutes, BBC, MTV and others. Full bio here.
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Mark Bowden
Mark Bowden is a world renowned author, trainer and keynote speaker on human communication, body language and behaviour in business. He is the creator of TRUTHPLANE™, a communication training company and unique methodology for anyone who has to communicate to an audience with impact. His communication techniques, in which he trains individuals and groups worldwide, are used by top executives and political leaders around the globe who want to gain an advantage beyond words when they speak. Over his 20 years of experience, he has garnered a reputation for being one of the world's experts in presentation skills training, and he is a highly sought after for his business presentation skills at such universities as international top 10 business s
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Gabourey Sidibe
Gabourey Sidibe is an award-winning actress who is best known for the title role of Precious, based on the novel Push by Sapphire. She has since starred as Queenie in FX’s American Horror Story: Coven and Denise in Difficult People, and can currently be seen as Becky on Fox’s smash-hit sensation Empire. Sidibe recently made her directorial debut with the short film, The Tale of Four. This Is Just My Face is her first book. She was born in Brooklyn and raised in Harlem, New York.
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Zan Perrion
Zan Perrion is internationally recognized as one of the most original and insightful voices on relationships and seduction in the world today. A regular media commentator, he has been widely featured in the international press.
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Zan is the founder of the Ars Amorata philosophy— a celebration of the art of seduction, the rebirth of romance, and a lifelong quest for beauty and adventure. He is also a co-founder of the Amorati network of men.
Zan divides his time between Canada and Romania and can be found at www.zanperrion.com and www.arsamorata.com -
Michael Konik
Based in Southern California, Michael Konik is a writer, composer, record producer, artist, improviser, former television personality, unusually articulate stoner, burgeoning thought leader and generally decent person.
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Trish MacGregor
Patricia Janeshutz MacGregor. Also writes under the pseudonyms of Trish Janeshutz, T.J. MacGregor, and Alison Drake.
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Neil Russell
Neil Russell is the founder and CEO of Hollywood Artists Pictures Corporation (HAPCORP), which creates, acquires and licenses intellectual properties for exploitation across all entertainment media. HAPCORP also produces motion pictures, television and music and has begun publishing books through its Rothington House imprint. Neil acquired his first intellectual property when he was in college, and over the course of his career has acquired the rights to hundreds of books, movies, plays, screenplays, short stories, formats, titles, magazine articles, life stories, songs, pitches and trademarks.
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A former executive with Paramount, Columbia, MGM and United Artists, he formed his first company, Horizon Entertainment, in 1983, which was later acq