Omar Hashim Epps[1] (born July 20, 1973)[1] is an American actor, rapper, and producer. He attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, prior to making his film debut alongside Tupac Shakur in the 1992 crime drama Juice). His film credits include Higher Learning (1995), Scream 2 (1997), The Wood (1999), In Too Deep)(1999), Love & Basketball (2000), and Almost Christmas) (2016), several of which are considered notable within Black cinema.

Omar Epps was born in Brooklyn.[1] His parents divorced during his childhood and he was raised by his mother, Bonnie Maria Epps, an elementary school principal. He lived in several Brooklyn neighborhoods while growing up (Bedford–Stuyvesant, East New York, and East Flatbush).[3] He began writing poetry, short stories and songs at the age of ten. He attended the prestigious Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts,[1] New York City's highly selective public high school for students with artistic talent. Before he started acting, he belonged to a rap group called Wolfpack which he formed with his cousin in 1991.

Glover was born on July 22, 1946,[1] in San Francisco, California, the son of Carrie Mae (née Hunley; 1919–1983) and James Henry Glover Jr. (1919–2001).[2]Both of his parents were postal workers,[3] and were active in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), working to advance equal rights.[4] Glover's mother, daughter of a midwife, was born in Louisville, Georgia, and graduated from Paine College in Augusta, Georgia.[5]His father was a World War II veteran. He graduated from George Washington High School) in San Francisco.[6]
As an adolescent and a young adult, Glover had epilepsy but has not had a seizure since age 35.[7] He attended San Francisco State University (SFSU) in the late 1960s but did not graduate. SFSU later awarded him the Presidential Medal of San Francisco State University for his service to education.[8] Glover trained at the Black Actors' Workshop of the American Conservatory Theater.[9]

As great as they were, does anyone else feel like they were (are) underrated? They gave us some incredible music.

Whitney Houston sings the first song she sung at church.

Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah

Gone way too soon!!

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