Accomplished black men in the arts born between 1965 - 1975

Over the years, I've been researching four writers, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Aaron McGruder, Colson Whitehead, and Kevin Young. Among other discoveries, I've come to realize that those four figures have a broad range of accomplished black men contemporaries. Consider the achievements in the arts and entertainment of the following black men born between 1965 - 1975:

Chris Rock b. 1965 -- comedian, actor 
KRS-ONE b. 1965 -- rapper
Dr. Dre b. 1965 -- rapper, record producer, entrepreneur
Kyle Baker b. 1965 -- cartoonist, illustrator
Stuart Scott b. 1965 -- sports commentator 
Kenny Smith b. 1965 -- former basketball player, basketball commentator
Keith Knight b. 1966 -- comic book artist, writer 
Stephen A. Smith b. 1967 -- sports commentator 
Jamie Foxx b. 1967 -- actor, comedian 
Rakim b. 1968 -- rapper
Will Smith b. 1968-- rapper, actor
Ice Cube b. 1969-- rapper, actor, producer
Diddy b. 1969 -- rapper, producer
Tyler Perry b. 1969 -- actor, producer
Colson Whitehead b. 1969 -- novelist
Cory Booker b. 1969 -- politician, senator 
Jay-Z b. 1969 -- rapper, producer
Hype Williams b. 1970 -- video director 
Kevin Young b. 1970 -- poet, editor
Tupac (1971 - 1996) -- rapper, actor
Snoop Dogg b. 1971 -- rapper, entertainer 
Touré  b. 1971 -- writer, cultural commentator
Keegan-Michael Key b. 1971 -- comedian, actor
Saul Williams b. 1972 -- poet, actor, singer
Christopher Wallace "Notorious B.I.G." (1972 - 1997) -- rapper
Shaquille O'neal b. 1972 -- former basketball player, basketball commentator 
Jermaine Dupri b. 1972 -- music producer
Timbaland b. 1972 -- music producer
Nas b. 1973 -- rapper
Dave Chappelle b. 1973 -- comedian, actor 
Chris Webber b. 1973 -- former basketball player, basketball commentator
Jalen Rose b. 1973 -- former basketball player, basketball commentator
Aaron McGruder b. 1974 -- cartoonist
Big Boi b. 1975 -- rapper, actor
André Benjamin b. 1975 -- rapper, actor
Ta-Nehisi Coates b. 1975 -- journalist, blogger

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• A Golden Age of Inspiration for Black Men Writers, 1977 - 1997 
• Black men in the arts, humanities & politics born between 1948 - 1969