Samuel Edward Wright  (November 20, 1948 – May 24, 2021) was an American actor and singer. He was best known as the voice of  Sebastian  in  Disney 's  The Little Mermaid , for which he provided the lead vocals to " Under the Sea ", [1]  which won the  Academy Award for Best Original Song . He played  Dizzy Gillespie in the  1988 biographical film  about  Charlie Parker . Wright also played the part of  Mufasa in the original cast of  The Lion King  on Broadway and voiced Kron the  Iguanodon  in Disney's 2000  CGI /live-action film  Dinosaur

Chi Modu  (born 1966) is an American documentary photographer of Nigerian descent, renowned for his photographs of hip-hop artists during the 1990’s, the defining years of the hip hop era.His subjects included Biggie, Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg,Mobb Deep, LL Cool J, Mary J. Blige, the Notorious B.I.G. and Wu-Tang Clan.His photos are especially notable for the personal and intimate camera angles of the famous music artists.

Paul Gladney  (August 4, 1941 – May 19, 2021), better known by the stage name  Paul Mooney , was an American comedian, [1]  writer,  social critic , and television and film actor. He is best known as a writer for comedian  Richard Pryor , [1] [2]  playing singer  Sam Cooke in  The Buddy Holly Story  (1978) and Junebug in  Bamboozled  (2000), and his appearances on  Chappelle's Show .