The Winner Is...
This is the highest award you can achieve as a musician; the winners are voted on by members from the Recording Academy, who are actively in the music industry themselves.
Grammy Award
This civil rights activist (male) was arrested in Atlanta in 1960 for refusing to leave their seat at a segregated diner.
MLK Jr
Marilyn Monroe
Norma
This famous woman now has her own talk show and a magazine named after her-- but she grew up living in boarding houses with different family members, and was even fired from her first TV job.
Oprah
This man mostly acts in movies now, but he was originally a successful 90's hip-hop artist who also starred in a TV show that was titled after his stage name.
Will Smith
This is the highest award you can achieve in the film industry.
Oscar/Academy Award
This civil rights activist (female) was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL.
Rosa Parks
Robyn
This famous man grew up in the Bronx and sold drugs before he became a successful rapper (hint: Beyonce's husband).
Jay-Z
This comedic movie and TV actor was actually an unsuccessful NFL player before he pursued jobs in the film industry.
Terry Crews
This award recognizes people that have had major positive contributions to world peace or human rights; the categories for this award include Peace, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, and Literature.
Nobel Peace Prize
This famous actress was last arrested in 2019 for protesting climate change; she was also arrested when she was much younger for protesting the Vietnam War.
Jane Fonda
Ice-T
Tracy
This 90's funny guy, who starred in movies like Liar Liar (1997) and The Mask (1994), lived in a van with his family during his childhood.
Jim Carrey
Before she became a massively successful rapper, this woman worked as an exotic dancer and was on two seasons of VH1's reality show Love & Hip-Hop.
Cardi B
This is the highest award you can achieve as a TELEVISION actor; there are different ceremonies for daytime TV actors and primetime TV actors.
Emmy Awards
This actor has been arrested at least 66 times for protesting various human rights issues (hint: this actor is also father of Charlie Sheen).
Martin Sheen
Wiz Khalifia
Cameron
This Latina-American woman was briefly homeless and would sleep on couches in dance studios, before she became a successful singer and actress. HINT: one of her most popular films is The Wedding Planner (2001).
Jennifer Lopez
Before this female artist became "the Queen of Pop", she was fired from Dunkin Donuts within a week of starting the job.
Madonna
This prestigious award was established to recognize excellent performance in the field of journalism, and now includes categories for literature and music.
Pulitzer Prize
This famous male actor was arrested in 2012 for protesting at the Sudan Embassy in DC.
George Clooney
Lada Gaga
Stefani
This actress, who starred in major movies like Ghost (1990) and GI Jane (1997), originally grew up in a trailer park with her alcoholic parents.
Demi Moore
This Korean-American man was a licensed and practicing doctor, before pursuing his dreams of being in the film industry and becoming a highly successful comedic actor (hint: he stars in all three of The Hangover movies).
Ken Jeong