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Jennifer Kate Hudson (n. 12 septembrie 1981) este o actriță, cântăreață și textieră americană. Artista a devenit cunoscută în anul 2004, în urma participării la emisiunea-concurs American Idol, unde s-a clasat pe locul al șaselea, în timpul celui de-al treilea sezon al competiției. În 2005, Hudson a fost distribuită în drama Dreamgirls, unde a interpretat rolul lui Effie White, pentru care a fost recompensată cu un Glob de Aur și un Premiu Oscar. În urma succesului întâmpinat, actriței i-au mai fost oferite roluri în filme de succes, printre care Totul despre sex sau Viața secretă a albinelor, ambele înregistrând încasări superioare bugetelor.

Succesul în cinematografie i-a redeschis interpretei ocazia de a-și promova muzica. Primul album de studio al solistei, intitulat Jennifer Hudson, a fost lansat în Statele Unite ale Americii în toamna anului 2008. Discul a debutat pe poziția secundă în Billboard 200 și a inclus șlagărul „Spotlight”. Pentru acest produs discografic, artista a primit patru nominalizări la premiile Grammy, câștigând un trofeu la categoria „Cel mai bun album R&B”. În martie 2011, Hudson a lansat cel de-al doilea album de studio din cariera sa, I Remember Me, care este precedat de promovarea discului single „Where You At”. Având un timbru caracteristic mezzo-sopranelor, interpreta posedă o întindere vocală care însumează aproximativ șase octave.

La finele anului 2008, mama, fratele și nepotul artistei au fost găsiți împușcați mortal, suspectul fiind pus sub trei capete de acuzare. Cu câteva luni înainte artista se logodise cu David Otunga, care a devenit tatăl copilului pe care l-a născut în vara anului 2009. Până în februarie 2012, artista a vândut peste 1.280.000 de albume și 2.237.000 de cântece în Statele Unite. În 2013 a primit o stea pe Hollywood Walk of Fame.

David Daniel Otunga Sr. (n. 7 aprilie 1980, Hollywood, Statele Unite ale Americii) este un wrestler american cunoscut pentru timpul petrecut în WWE în anii 2009-2015. A debutat datorită apariției sale în Nexus, alături de liderul Wade Barrett.

Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972), known professionally as Common (formerly known as Common Sense), is an American rapper and actor. The recipient of three Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award, he signed with the independent label Relativity Records at the age of 20. The label released his first three studio albums: Can I Borrow a Dollar? (1992), Resurrection (1994) and One Day It'll All Make Sense (1997). He maintained an underground following into the late 1990s, and achieved mainstream success through his work with the Black music collective Soulquarians.

After attaining a major label record deal, he released his fourth and fifth albums, Like Water for Chocolate (2000) and Electric Circus (2002), to continued acclaim and modest commercial response. He guest performed on fellow Soulquarian, Erykah Badu's 2003 single, "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)", which became his highest entry — at number nine — on the Billboard Hot 100 and won Best R&B Song at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards. He signed with fellow Chicago rapper Kanye West's record label GOOD Music, in a joint venture with Geffen Records to release his sixth and seventh albums Be (2005) and Finding Forever (2007); both were nominated for Best Rap Album Grammys, while the latter became his first to debut atop the Billboard 200 and contained the song "Southside" (featuring Kanye West), the recipient of Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. His eighth album, Universal Mind Control (2008), was met with a critical decline and served as his final release with GOOD.

Common's label imprint, Think Common Entertainment, was founded in 2011 and entered a joint venture with Warner Bros. Records to release his ninth album, The Dreamer/The Believer (2011), and later No I.D.'s ARTium Recordings, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings to release his tenth album, Nobody's Smiling (2014). Both received critical praise and further discussed social issues in Black America; his eleventh album, Black America Again (2016) saw widespread critical acclaim and served as his final release on a major label. Signing a contract with Loma Vista, he later released his twelfth album Let Love (2019), thirteenth album A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 1 (2020), and fourteenth album A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2 (2021), to positive reviews. For collaborative effort, he worked with Karriem Riggins and Robert Glasper on the album August Greene (2018) under the supergroup of the same name, and with Pete Rock on the album The Auditorium Vol. 1 (2024).

Lynn won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for his song "Glory" (with John Legend), which he released for the film Selma (2014), wherein he co-starred as civil rights leader James Bevel. His other film roles include Smokin' Aces (2006), Street Kings (2008), American Gangster (2007), Wanted (2008), Date Night (2010), Just Wright (2010), Happy Feet Two (2011), Now You See Me (2013) Run All Night (2015), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), Smallfoot (2018), Alice (2022), and Fool's Paradise (2023). In television, he starred as Elam Ferguson in AMC western series Hell on Wheels from 2011 to 2014, and has played a supporting role in the Apple TV+ science fiction series Silo since 2023. His song "Letter to the Free" was released for the Ava DuVernay-directed Netflix documentary 13th (2017), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. He made his Broadway acting debut on the play Between Riverside and Crazy (2023), which won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama.