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Music History Events: Births

July 11, 1975 Lil' Kim is born Kimberly Denise Jones in New York City. In 1995 she joins The Notorious B.I.G. in the group Junior M.A.F.I.A., establishing herself as a hard-core rapper who can go toe-to-toe with the guys. Her debut album, Hard Core, is released in 1996 on Atlantic Records; in 2001 she becomes the first female rapper to appear on a #1 hit when "Lady Marmalade" tops the chart.

June 21, 1975 Justin Cary (bassist for Sixpence None the Richer) is born in New York's Catskill Mountains.

June 18, 1975 Rapper Silkk The Shocker, brother of Master P, is born Vyshonne King Miller in New Orleans, Louisiana.

May 29, 1975 Melanie Brown is born in Leeds, England. With Spice Girls, she is known as Mel B or "Scary Spice."

May 27, 1975 Rapper Andre 3000 (of OutKast) is born André Lauren Benjamin in Atlanta, Georgia.

May 26, 1975 Lauryn Hill is born in East Orange, New Jersey. She can both sing and rap at the highest levels, as evident on the 1996 album The Score with her group Fugees, and on her landmark solo album, The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, released in 1998.

May 8, 1975 Enrique Iglesias is born in Madrid, Spain, to Spanish singer Julio Iglesias and journalist Isabel Preysler.

April 26, 1975 Nathan "Joey" Jordison, Slipknot's drummer from 1995-2013, is born in Des Moines, Iowa. He dies in 2021 at 46; the cause of death is not disclosed.

April 13, 1975 Latin-pop singer Lou Bega is born David Lubega to a Ugandan father and a Sicilian mother in Munich, Germany.

April 10, 1975 Alt rock singer-songwriter Chris "Ender" Carrabba (of Dashboard Confessional) is born in West Hartford, Connecticut.

April 8, 1975 Dutch singer-songwriter Anouk is born Anouk Teeuwe in The Hague, Netherlands.

March 27, 1975 Fergie (Stacy Ferguson) of Black Eyed Peas is born in Hacienda Heights, California.

March 25, 1975 Melanie Blatt (of All Saints) is born in Camden, London, England.

March 25, 1975 Rapper Juvenile (of The Hot Boys) is born Terius Gray in New Orleans, Louisiana.

March 17, 1975 Justin Hawkins, lead singer/guitarist for the glam-pop band The Darkness, is born in Chertsey, Surrey, England. His musical philosophy: "If something's worth doing, it's worth overdoing."

March 15, 1975 will.i.am (of Black Eyed Peas) is born William Adams in Los Angeles.

March 10, 1975 Jerry Horton (lead guitarist for Papa Roach) is born in Charleston, South Carolina.

February 20, 1975 Brian Littrell of Backstreet Boys is born in Lexington, Kentucky. His cousin is bandmate Kevin Richardson.

February 4, 1975 Natalie Imbruglia is born in Sydney, Australia. Before embarking on a singing career, she stars on the soap opera Neighbours.

February 2, 1975 Billy Mohler, best known as a member of The Calling, is born in Laguna Beach, California.

February 2, 1975 Stevie Wonder's daughter Aisha (heard crying at the beginning of "Isn't She Lovely") is born. Aisha is Wonder's first child, born to Yolanda Simmons.

February 1, 1975 Big Boi (of the hip-hop duo OutKast) is born Antwan André Patton in Savannah, Georgia.

January 2, 1975 Doug Robb (lead singer for Hoobastank) is born in Agoura Hills, California.

December 10, 1974 Meg White (of The White Stripes) is born Megan Martha White in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.

December 9, 1974 Rapper Canibus is born Germaine Williams in Kingston, Jamaica. He would spend his childhood moving to various cities, following his mother's career.

December 7, 1974 Nicole Appleton (of All Saints) is born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

November 28, 1974 Rapper Apl.de.Ap (of Black Eyed Peas) is born Allan Pineda Lindo in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines. He relocates to the US at age 14, where he is adopted by lawyer Joe Ben Hudgens.

November 21, 1974 Kelsi Osborn (of SheDaisy) is born in Magna, Utah.

November 14, 1974 Singer-songwriter Adina Howard is born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Known for her debut single, "Freak Like Me" (1995).

November 2, 1974 Nelly is born Cornell Haynes, Jr. in Austin, Texas, but grows up in St. Louis, where he becomes the first major rapper to emerge from the city.