EDISON CHEN

SHORT INFO

Edison Koon-Hei Chen is a Hong Kong-based Chinese Canadian film actor, rapper, Cantopop singer, model, record producer, fashion designer, and a pop icon. Chen is also the founder of CLOT Inc., and the CEO of Clot Media Division Limited. His native language is English, he is able to speak and sing Cantonese and Mandarin fluently, and he speaks conversational Japanese, which allows him to be a part of multiple entertainment industries around the world. On 21 February 2008 he publicly announced that he intended to step away "indefinitely" from the Hong Kong entertainment industry due to the sex photo scandal in 2008.

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EVE

BIOGRAPHY

born eve jihan jeffers on 10 november 1979, the future first lady of the ruff ryders spent her childhood as a philadelphia tomboy—a fact that would prepare her for her eventual role as the only female member of one of rap music's hottest outfits. teenage parents, eve's mother and father separated when she was only twelve, leaving her to be raised by her mother and grandmother; though eve had contact with her father after the separation, the two have not communicated since she turned eighteen. two years after their separation, eve's mother remarried and gave birth to eve's brother, farrod.
throughout her childhood, eve was a performer, earning recognition at school for writing short stories, plays and poems. she began rapping under the moniker gangsta—as part of the dancing/singing/rapping trio edgp—as a teenager. when the fickle group of teens split up after only a few performances, eve began the pursuit of a solo career, adopting the name eve of destruction. on her own, eve pursued her dreams with practicality and determination; through performances at local clubs, parties and talent competitions she earned recognition. eve had vowed that she would give up her pursuit of music if her dreams were not realized by the early age of twenty-one and a troubled youth threatened to keep her from ever reaching that goal. "i was a goddamn delinquent," a reflective eve explains, "i didn't even think i was going to graduate from high school." rather than allow poor grades, drug trafficking and the occasional relationship with a certified "gang-sta" halt her career, eve channeled her experiences into her work and only grew stronger.

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EMINEM

BIOGRAPHY

Eminem, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, 17 October 1973, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. This white rapper burst onto the US charts in 1999 with a controversial take on the horrorcore genre. Mathers endured an itinerant childhood, living with his mother in various states before eventually ending up in Detroit at the age of 12. He took up rapping in high school before dropping out in ninth grade, joining ad hoc groups Basement Productions, the New Jacks, and D12. The newly named Eminem released a raw debut album in 1997 through independent label FBT. Infinite was poorly received, however, with Eminem earning unfavourable comparisons to leading rappers such as Nas and AZ. His determination to succeed was given a boost by a prominent feature in Source's Unsigned Hype column, and he gained revenge on his former critics when he won the Wake Up Show's Freestyle Performer Of The Year award, and finished runner-up in Los Angeles' annual Rap Olympics. The following year's The Slim Shady EP, named after his sinister alter-ego, featured some vitriolic attacks on his detractors. The stand-out track, "Just Don't Give A fuck", became a highly popular underground hit, and led to guest appearances on MC Shabaam Sahddeq's "Five Star Generals" single and Kid Rock's Devil Without A Cause set. As a result, Eminem was signed to Aftermath Records by label boss Dr. Dre, who adopted the young rapper as his protege and acted as co-producer on Eminem's full-length debut. Dre's beats featured prominently on The Slim Shady LP, a provocative feast of violent, twisted lyrics, with a moral outlook partially redeemed by Eminem's claim to be only "voicing" the thoughts of the Slim Shady character. Parody or no parody, lyrics to tracks such as "97 Bonnie & Clyde" (which contained lines about killing the mother of his child) and frequent verbal outbursts about his mother were held by many, outside even the usual Christian moral majority, to be deeply irresponsible. The album was buoyed by the commercial success of the singles "My Name Is" and "Guilty Conscience" (the former helped by a striking, MTV-friendly video), and climbed to number 2 on the US album chart in March 1999.

http://www.eminem.net/biography/

KEVIN FEDERLINE

BIOGRAPHY

Born in the Fresno area, Kevin knew he wanted more than a small rural town. He packed his bags and tried his hand at the entertainment industry. He got gigs as a back-up dancer, and had two children with "Moesha" star Shar Jackson. Things between Shar and Kevin didn't work out, and before his second child was born, he started dating pop queen Britney Spears. Criticized for being a "dead-beat dad," Kevin didn't let the tabloids get to him. He and Britney married, and have two boys together.Kevin's first rap album, released in Fall 2006, was widely criticized, but he is succeeding in the entertainment biz, despite it. He recently starred in an insurance commercial during the 2007 Super Bowl. Other projects include his own search engine, "Search With Kevin." He has been seeing his children with Shar more regularly, and he has a job, working as a dance instructor. In November 2006, Britney filed for divorce from Kevin. As of March 2007, their divorce has been finalized, and they have agreed to joint-custody of their children.

Early life

Federline was born to parents Mike, a car mechanic, and Julie, a former bank teller from Oregon; the name "Federline" is of German origin. Federline has one brother, Chris. His parents divorced when he was eight years old. When Federline was eleven, he and Chris moved back to his father's Fresno house. Federline dropped out of high school in the ninth grade and soon started dancing with a non-profit organization called Dance Empowerment. Federline later earned a GED.

Career

Back-up dancer
Federline was a back-up dancer for a number of years for Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Gwen Stefani, Pink, Christina Milian, and LFO.

Rapper

Federline initially released two singles, "Y'all Ain't Ready" and "PopoZão" shortly after his marriage to Spears. Following poor critical reaction, neither song was included on his debut album. Instead, the first official single was "Lose Control", which he premiered on the Teen Choice Awards show on the Fox network in late summer 2006. He released his debut album, Playing with Fire, on October 31, 2006 which became one of the worst received albums in recent music history, receiving the lowest score in an overwhelming majority of reviews as well as lackluster sales.
Model
Federline has been signed to model for the Five Star Vintage line by the San Francisco-based Blue Marlin clothing company. The initial series of ads ran in August 2006, and was subsequently extended for Holiday 2006. The line he modeled for the Fall 2006 was the top selling line in Macy's, Kitson in Los Angeles and Lord & Taylor.

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T.I.

Mini Biography

T.I. was born on September 25, 1980 as Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also known as T.I.P. and "Rubberband Man". T.I. is from the streets of Westside Bankhead Zone 1 in Atlanta. He is of both Native American and African American descent. His original stage name, T.I.P., it stems from his childhood nickname "Tip", given by his grandfather. He later changed it to T.I. out of respect for label mate Q-Tip. He was dubbed "the Jay-Z of the South" by Pharrell Williams, T.I. gradually established himself as one of rap's greatest and most successful MCs during the early 2000s. T.I. has been active with helping the community especially with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, T.I. worked with troubled youths at Paulding Detention Center in Atlanta, provided scholarships for single parent families at Boys and Girls Clubs. He has had successful movies roles such as: ATL (2006) and most notably American Gangster(2007) along side Denzel Washington.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Steve Huey