- Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 - August 16, 1977), was an American singer, musician and actor. He is often known simply as Elvis; also "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", or simply "The King". Presley began his career as one of the first performers of rockabilly, an uptempo fusion of country and rhythm and blues with a strong back beat. His novel versions of existing songs, mixing 'black' and 'white' sounds, … - Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake, (born January 31 1981), sometimes known as JT, is an American pop-R&B singer and actor. He came to fame as the frontman of pop boy band 'N Sync and has won four Grammy Awards. In 2002, he released his debut solo album, "Justified", which sold over seven million copies worldwide. Timberlake's second solo release, "FutureSex/LoveSounds", was released in 2006 with the #1 U.S. hit singles "SexyBack", "My Love", … - B. B. King
Riley B. King, better known as B. B. King or "The King of Blues" (born September 16 1925 in Itta Bena, Mississippi), is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, widely considered one of the best and most respected blues musicians of all time. He was also ranked 3<sup>rd</sup> on the Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. - Juicy J
Juicy J A.K.A. The Juice Man (born Jordan Micheal Houston on April 5, 1975) is one of the producers of Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia and collective Hypnotize Minds. Both he and DJ Paul rap and produce music for the group. He is the brother of rapper Project Pat. Juicy J and DJ Paul won an Oscar for Best Song "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" in Craig Brewer's "Hustle & Flow". Juicy is best known for his humorous solo "Slob On My Knob". - Dj Paul
DJ Paul (born Paul Beauregard in 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee) is one of the producers (along with Juicy J) of Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia and collective Hypnotize Minds. He is the brother of group member Lord Infamous. Three 6 Mafia won an Academy Award for Best Song for "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp". - Project Pat
Patrick Earl Houston (born 1972), better known as Project Pat, is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee and close affiliate to Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia. His stage name is likely a reference to Memphis' Cypress Gardens Projects. He is the older brother of rapper/producer Juicy J of the Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia, a member of the Hypnotize Minds rap collective and often featured artist on Three 6 Mafia tracks. - Gangsta Boo
Gangsta Boo (born Lola Mitchell on August 7, 1979), also known as Lady Boo, was a member of the Memphis, Tennessee-based rap group Three 6 Mafia's Hypnotize Mindz, self-proclaimed Queen of the South, the Undisputed Underground Queen (U.G.Q), and is the Co-Queen of Memphis, Tennessee alongside fellow former Three 6 Mafia associate, La' Chat. She was the sole female member of the group, … - Lil Wyte
Lil Wyte (born Patrick Lanshaw)(c. 1982), is a rapper, and is also a member of the Memphis, Tennessee rap collective Hypnotize Camp Posse. Lanshaw began his career with the all-white underground rap group Shelby Forest Clique. His first album, "Doubt Me Now", produced by DJ Paul & Juicy J of Three 6 Mafia, sold over 130,000 copies independently. - Koopsta Knicca
Robert Cooper, aka Koopsta Knicca or Koop, was a member of the Memphis, Tennessee rap group Three 6 Mafia. He is characterised by his fast rap, which made him one of Three Six's most recognized and lauded MCs. Koopsta Knicca, and several other members (Crunchy Black, K-Rock, T-Rock, Gangsta Boo, MC Mack, Kingpin Skinny Pimp, Playa Fly, and La' Chat), left the group, citing monetary disputes. - Lord Infamous
Lord Infamous is a member of the Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia. He also goes by the aliases Scarecrow and Keyser Söze. Lord Infamous has been a member since its inception in the early-mid 1990s and has played a critical role in the underground success of the multi platinum-selling group. Best known for his often horrific, diabolical, violent lyrics, and ability to rap in many different styles, … - Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American R&B, Pop and Gospel singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has been called for many years "The Queen Of Soul", but many also call her "Lady Soul," as well as the more affectionate "Sister Ree." She is renowned for her soul recordings but is also adept at jazz, rock, blues, pop, gospel, and even opera. She is generally regarded as one of the greatest vocalists ever, … - Howlin' Wolf
Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 - January 10, 1976), better known as Howlin' Wolf or sometimes, The Howlin' Wolf, was an influential blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. - Al Green
Albert Greene (born April 13, 1946), better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer who enjoyed great popularity in the early and mid 1970s. - Jerry Lawler
Jerry O'Neil Lawler (born November 29, 1949) is an American professional wrestler and wrestling commentator, known throughout the wrestling world as "The King". He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working and wrestling on its "RAW" brand as the color commentator. He also wrestles and occasionally commentates for the Memphis Wrestling promotion. - Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes (born August 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee) is an American soul and funk singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger, and actor. Hayes is best known as one of the creative forces behind Stax Records, for which he served as both an in-house songwriter/producer and a recording artist. In addition to his work in popular music, Hayes has also written scores for several motion pictures as well. - Ric Flair
Ric Flair (real name:Richard Morgan Fliehr, born on February 25, 1949 in Minneapolis, MN), is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its "SmackDown!" brand. Also known as "The Nature Boy," Flair is considered by many as the best all-around pro wrestler ever, as he combined superlative ring skills with unparalleled showmanship while crafting the model for the ideal champion in the modern era. - Frayser Boy
Frayser Boy (born Cedric Coleman) is the name of a rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. He is recently signed with Hypnotize Minds, the label owned and run by Three 6 Mafia members DJ Paul and Juicy J. His biggest hit to date came when he released his single "I Got Dat Drank" with Mike Jones and Paul Wall. He is seen on much of the work by Three 6 Mafia. - Yo Gotti
Yo Gotti (born Mario Mims on May 19 1980) is a rapper from Frayser, Memphis, Tennessee. Formally with Kinfolk Kia Shine on the Rap Hustlaz label, Yo Gotti got recognition with the album "Life", and the hit single "Sell My Dope." He is currently signed to TVT Records, Prophet Entertainment, Cash Money Records and his own record company, Inevitable Entertainment. Yo Gotti is still with TVT and did not leave, as was rumored, for a solo deal with Cash Money Records. - La' Chat
La' Chat, (born Chastity Daniels), is an underground female rapper who was the second female member to be associated with Three 6 Mafia, and the Co-Queen Of Memphis, Tennessee alongside the self-proclaimed "Queen of the South", Gangsta Boo. First gaining wide recognition for her 2001 appearance on Project Pat's "Chickenhead" song, she, along with Gangsta Boo, lent a female's perspective to Three 6 Mafia's often misogynistic raps. - Gangsta Blac
Gangsta Blac is a rapper native of Memphis, Tennessee. He was formerly associated with the group Three 6 Mafia, with his underground album, "Breakin Da Law", & main stream debut album, "Can it Be?", being produced by DJ Paul & Juicy J. He left the group around 1995 and has been releasing a number of solo efforts on different record labels ever since. Gangsta Blac should not be confused with Crunchy Black, who has also left the group. - Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Marie Presley (born February 1, 1968) is an American singer/songwriter. Lisa Marie is a close friend of her father's ex-girlfriend Linda Thompson. In 2003, after advice from Thompson's record producer and then-husband David Foster, she launched a career as a singer. Her debut album, "To Whom It May Concern," reached #5 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and was certified gold. To promote it she presented a concert in the UK, something that her father never did. - Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, film director, and regular film narrator. He became known during the 1990s, after having appeared in a series of successful Hollywood films. - Kia Shine
Kinfolk Kia Shine is a rapper and record producer (born Nakia Shine Coleman on October 17, 1980) in Memphis, Tennessee. His hit singles are "Respect My Fresh", "Stunna Shades", "Wow", "Krispy", "See You Looking" and "Respect My Grind" featuring Jim Jones. He has worked with artists like La' Chat, Mike Jones, Yo Gotti, Nelly, Jim Jones, Blak Jak, Project Pat, Wifey, and more. His aliases are Nakia Shine, Kinfolk, Kia Shine, and Kinfolk Jones. - Kingpin Skinny Pimp
Kingpin Skinny Pimp (born Derrick Dewayne Hill) is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. - Playa Fly
Playa Fly (born Ibn Young on September 2, 1977) is a rapper from Memphis, Tennessee's South Parkway. Fly was, at one time, an associate of the Three 6 Mafia (then known as Lil' Fly), but he stopped collaborating in 1995 due to monetary disputes and philosophical differences after recording one album under the group's guidance. - Eddie Bond
Eddie Bond (born July 1, 1933 in Memphis, Tennessee) was a pioneer singer and guitar player of American Rockabilly music. In the mid 1950s, Eddie Bond recorded for Sun Records and toured with Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Warren Smith and others. He is most infamous for having made fun of the then 18-year-old Elvis Presley, after seeing him perform live, at a Memphis club, … - Al Kapone
Al Kapone (born Alphonzo Bailey) is a rapper from Memphis, Tennessee who gained notoriety for his song "Whoop That Trick" featured in the 2005 film "Hustle & Flow". Also referring to himself as Ska-Face Al or Al Kapeezy, Kapone is one of the most known underground rappers to ever come out of Memphis, emerging in the late 1980s. His new album will be collaboration with Atlanta producer/mixer Billy Hume (Shop Boyz, … - Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty (September 1 1933 - June 5 1993), born Harold Lloyd Jenkins) was one of the United States' most successful country music artists of the 20th century. He had the most singles (55) reach Number 1 on various national music charts. Most commonly thought of as a country music singer, he also enjoyed success in early Rock and Roll, R&B, and Pop music (among others). - Jimmy Hart
"The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart (also known as "The Colonel") (born January 1, 1944) is a professional wrestling manager, executive, composer and musician. He has worked in the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA), Memphis Wrestling, the WWF, USWA, WCW, XWF, WrestleXpress and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He has managed many notable professional wrestlers, including Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Ric Flair and The Honky Tonk Man. - Joe Oliver
Joseph Melton Oliver (born July 24, 1965, in Memphis, Tennessee) was a Major League Baseball catcher. Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1983 MLB amateur draft, Oliver would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Cincinnati Reds on July 15, 1989, and appear in his final game on October 6, 2001. Oliver was a member of the Cincinnati Reds team that defeated the Oakland Athletics in the 1990 World Series. - Bill Black
William Patton "Bill" Black, Jr. was an American musician. He is noted for being Elvis Presley's bassist. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, and one of nine children, Bill Black played bass ('slapped/rockabilly' upright double) with guitarist Scotty Moore while Elvis Presley played rhythm guitar and sang "That's All Right (Mama)" in a Sun Studios session in Memphis that is considered a seminal event in the history of Rock and Roll. - Jazze Pha
Jazze Pha (pronounced "Jazzie Fay") is the stage name of Phalon Anton Alexander (born 1975 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA). He is an American record producer, songwriter, singer and rapper. His father is Bar-Kays bassist, James Alexander. He is named after the late Phalon Jones, a member of his father's group. His mother is an experienced singer named Denise Williams, but contrary to widespread belief, … - Joe Brown
Judge Joe Brown was born July 5, 1947 in Washington, DC and raised in Los Angeles, CA. He earned a bachelors in political science and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree at UCLA, before moving to Memphis, Tennessee in 1974. Joe Brown became the first African American prosecutor in the City of Memphis. He would later open his own law practice before becoming a Judge on the State Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee. - Josey Scott
Josey Scott (born Joseph Sappington May 3, 1972 in Memphis, Tennessee) is the lead singer of post-grunge band Saliva. In addition to the success associated with his band Saliva, Scott garnered fame from a duet with Chad Kroeger of Nickelback. Together, they wrote and performed "Hero", which was used as one of the theme songs to the 2002 film "Spider-Man". He made a cameo appearance on Jay-Z's "Takeover" on his 2001 album The Blueprint. - Sunnyland Slim
Albert "Sunnyland Slim" Luandrew, was a blues pianist born on a farm near Vance, Mississippi. He moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1925, where he performed with many of the popular blues musicians of the day. In 1942 he followed the great migration of southern workers to the industrial north in Chicago. At that time the electric blues was taking shape there, and through the years Sunnyland Slim played with such musicians as Muddy Waters, Robert Jr. Lockwood, and Little Walter. - Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim (3 September 1915 in Memphis, Tennessee - 24 February 1988 in Paris, France) was a blues pianist and singer. - Kirk Fordice
Daniel Kirkwood "Kirk" Fordice, Jr. was a politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi. He was the Governor of Mississippi from 1992 until 2000. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Fordice studied engineering at Purdue University, earning a BS and MS in 1956 and 1957, respectively. After graduation he served with the United States Army as an engineer officer in the 1st Infantry Division for two years. He remained in the Army Reserve until 1977, retiring with the rank of colonel. - Tommy Wright III
Tommy Wright III (born May 6, 1976) is a underground gangsta rapper from Memphis, Tennessee that began his career during the early 90s. Also referring to himself as The 1 Man Gang, Tommy Wright III is known for his fast paced rap style, distinguishing voice, brutal lyrics, and his instantly recognizable original backbeats. He is also the head of many Memphis rap groups including the Manson Family and Ten Wanted Men (composed of Jesse James, La Chat, 2-Face, … - Hank Crawford
Bennie Ross Crawford, Jr, aka Hank Crawford, (born December 21, 1934 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an R&B, hard bop, jazz-funk and soul-jazz alto saxophonist. From 1958 to 1963 he worked in Ray Charles's backup band. He also has done musical arrangement for Etta James, Lou Rawls, and others. Much of his career has been in R&B, … - Chris Bell
Chris Bell (January 12, 1951 - December 27, 1978) was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Memphis, Tennessee. Along with Alex Chilton, he led the power pop band Big Star, which recorded albums during the early 1970s. Chris Bell left the group after their first album, "#1 Record", but contributed some music and lyrics to their second LP, 1974's "Radio City".
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