Jamie Foxx
Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and singer. For his work in the film Ray, Foxx won the Academy Award and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for Best Actor. He has also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a musical/comedy and has been nominated for several Grammy Awards.
Foxx began piano lessons at age five. In 1994, Foxx released an album (on the Fox record label) entitled Peep This. In 2001, he hosted the MTV Video Music Awards. His music career went into a higher gear when, in 2004, he was featured on rapper Twista’s song, “Slow Jamz”, which also featured Kanye West. The song reached number
one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, as well as number three on the UK singles chart. Foxx’s second collaboration with Kanye West, “Gold Digger”, in which he sang the “I Got a Woman” Ray Charles-influenced hook, went straight to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained there for 10 weeks. In 2005, Foxx was featured on the single “Georgia” by Atlanta rappers Ludacris and Field Mob. The song sampled Ray Charles’ hit “Georgia on My Mind”.
Foxx has a daughter, Corinne Bishop, who was born in 1995. Former Jamie Foxx Show co-star Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon made a public announcement on The Wendy Williams Show stating that Foxx has a second child.
Jamie Foxx performed a public service announcement for Do Something to promote food drives in local communities.
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