Jamie Foxx
Eric Morlon Bishop, Jr. (born December 13, 1967 in Terrell, Texas), better known by his stage name Jamie Foxx, is an Academy Award winning actor, Grammy Award winning multi-platinum selling R&B singer, and critically acclaimed comedian. As a singer he has three multi-platinum releases; 1994’s Peep This, 2005’s Unpredictable and 2008’s Intuition. His fourth studio album, Body, will be released sometime in 2010. Foxx received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 14, 2007. He is perhaps best known for playing Ray Charles in the movie Ray and being featured on Kanye West's hit single Gold Digger.
One of the most popular African-American comedians of the late 1990s, TV star turned screen actor Jamie Foxx first became known for his many roles on Keenen Ivory Wayans’ long-running comedy variety show In Living Color. Since then, Foxx has played both raucous and sensitive nice-guy roles in a number of films, and earned particular acclaim for his portrayal of a talented but egotistical quarterback in Oliver Stone’s Any Given Sunday.
Born Eric Bishop in the small town of Terrell, Texas, on December 13, 1967, Foxx was raised by his grandparents after his paren...
2010-03-20 SILA and The African Rock Special
At the 41st Annual NAACP Image Awards on February 26, San Francisco ensemble Sila and the AfrofunK Experience won "Outstanding World Music Album" for their sophomore recording Black President (Visila Records, 5/26/09). In a category with such stellar nominees as Zap Mama and Omou Sangare, the win was a notable achievement and something of a surprise for Sila Matungi, who released the album independently on his own Visila label. Other 2010 winners in the music categories include Maxwell, Jamie Fo...
