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After failing to make his high school's varsity basketball team, he went home, locked himself in his room, and cried. However, after winning 6 NBA championships and 5 MVPs he is considered the best NBA player of all time.
Michael Jordan
Music industry reps told her that she didn't have the right look, wasn't pretty enough to be a headline singer, and that none of the songs she'd written would be hits. However, her song released in 2018 with Bradley Cooper Shallow showed us her versatility and singing skill set.
Lady Gaga
After being a part of Girl's Tyme, Star Search, and a famous girl group that failed she is worth nearly $500 million and is one of the most successful recording artist in history! She recently came out with a movie on Disney plus called Black is King.
Beyonce
He was raised by a single mom in the projects of Brooklyn and dropped out of high school. Later, he was rejected by every major record label and told the market was too small for his style of music. Now he is a music mogul and is married to one of the most successful singers of all time from Texas.
Jay - Z
She was born to a teenage mother, her father left when she was a toddler, and she grew up in a rough area in London. Now she has one of the strongest voices in the singing industry. One of her most famous songs is Rolling in the Deep.
Adele
At the age of 13 she was booed off the stage at Showtime at Apollo. 10 years later she has released hit songs such as That Thing and was a part of the group the Fugees. She has since also won 3 Grammy awards.
Lauryn Hill
She was demoted from her first - ever job as a news anchor because, according to her boss, she was too emotional and not a good fit for television.
Oprah.
This actress moved to New York at the age of 18 and had to live in a homeless shelter. Today she has appeared as the leading lady in movies such as Cat Woman. She is the only black woman to win an Oscar for best leading actress.
Halle Berry
He is the founder of the "happiest place on earth" for adults and children alike. Millions flock to Florida to visit this special place each year. However, he faced set backs at the start of his career by having to fill bankruptcy, suffering from a mental breakdown, and also enduring a devastating strike.
Walt Disney
Naya Rivera
She started off as a struggling dancer, singer, and actress. She even had to live at home with her mother until her hit role in the movie Selena. Now she is one of the most popular Latina singers in the industry.
Jennifer Lopez
In 2008 her father Sergio Ocasio - Roman passed away and her family was forced to sell their home. During this time she worked extra shifts as a waitress to support her family. She is now a congresswoman at the age of 29.
Alexandra Ocasio - Cortez
After a year long suspension from the Yankees baseball team, that cost this athlete $45 million, he turned his life around and became a great entrepreneur in one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S.
Alex Rodriguez
His mother died when he was nine. His first love died when he was 26. He suffered such a deep depression that his friends and neighbors worried about him. However, he became one of the most famous presidents in our nation's history. He signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freeing all slaves.
Abraham Lincoln
Growing up in a Spanish speaking household where his parents never made it past elementary school, this NFL kicker now plays for the Chicago Bears and highly values education surrounding most of his philanthropy work around it.
Roberto Garza
After a life of struggle, this resilient man turned his sad stories into 'seriously funny' comedy skits
Sidney Poitier
Born in Mexico, his family later moved to the United States of America during the Great Depression where he became a farmer worker. He later went on to become famous activist for farmers right's and also Latino civil rights as well.
Cesar Chavez.
After many small roles on TV series, this actor became the face of the famous bizarre high school comedy, Napoleon Dynamite.
Efren Ramirez
Born on a farm in Louisiana in 1867, she became an orphan at the age of 7. Later she went onto become the first female self made millionaire with her famous hair products for African American women.
Madam CJ Walker
After being diagnosed with Diabetes Type 1 at the age of 7 she was told that she would not be able to have a long life span. This pushed her to accomplish all of her goals early in life and she became the first Latina and Hispanic Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in 2009.
Sonia Sotomayor