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Shaniqua
Shaniqua is a female given name in the English language, originating in the African-American community, gaining popularity beginning in the 1970s and peaking in the early 1990s. It is often given as the prototypical example of a "ghetto names, ghetto name", i.e. a name likely to belong to low-income African-Americans, and has been used in racism-related incidents to Angry black woman, stereotype "rude" Black women. People with the name Shaniqua or close variations *Chamique Holdsclaw (born 1977), American WNBA player *Chanequa Walker-Barnes, American theologian and psychologist *Chanique Rabe (born 1997), Namibian model and fashion designer *Linda Miles (born 1978), American professional wrestler who went by the name Shaniqua *Shanica Knowles (born 1990), American actress and singer *Shaniqua Okwok, British actress *Shaniqua Tompkins, former partner of rapper 50 Cent *Shanique Dessing (born 2000), Dutch footballer *Shanique Speight (born 1978), American politician *Sheniqua Ferg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Miles
Linda M. Miles (born August 28, 1978) is an American former professional wrestler and professional wrestling manager. She worked under the ring name Shaniqua for World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) WWE SmackDown, SmackDown brand between 2002 and 2004. She won the second season of ''WWE Tough Enough'' alongside Jackie Gayda, receiving a one-year contract with WWE. Basketball After graduating from Hughes STEM High School, Hughes High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, Miles attended Rutgers University, where she played basketball for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball, Rutgers Scarlet Knights. She graduated from Rutgers in 2001. In May 2001, she tried out for a roster spot with the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association, WNBA, but was released during the team's training camp. Miles and her Rutgers teammates were featured in a 2004 documentary film of the team's 2000–2001 season entitled ''This Is A Game, Ladies''. Professional wrestling career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaniqua Okwok
Shaniqua Okwok is a British actress. She is best known for her roles as Maia in Paramount+ series '' The Flatshare'' (2022) and Dominique in the Sky Max series '' Wolfe'' (2021). Okwok has also made appearances as Solly Babatunde in ''It's a Sin'' (2021), Patty in '' Small Axe'', Lotta Nagel in ''Van der Valk'', and Leah in ''War of the Worlds''. Early life Okwok was born in Surrey to a Ugandan mother and a Jamaican father. She attended The BRIT School and The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama where she graduated in 2018. After receiving the Laurence Olivier Bursary Award from the Official London Theatre in 2017, she went on to make her television debut on BBC One in 2018 as Helen Nedarson in Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators. Okwok originally wanted to be a stock broker and planned to study economics at LSE LSE may refer to: Education * London School of Economics, a public research university within the University of London * Lahore School of Economi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaniqua Tompkins
Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, and television producer. Born in Queens, a borough of New York City, Jackson began pursuing a musical career in 1996. In 1999–2000, he recorded his debut album ''Power of the Dollar'' for Columbia Records; however, he was struck by nine bullets during a shooting in May 2000, causing its release to be cancelled and Jackson to be dropped from the label. His 2002 mixtape, ''Guess Who's Back?'', was discovered by Detroit rapper Eminem, who signed Jackson to his label Shady Records, an imprint of Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records that same year. His debut studio album, ''Get Rich or Die Tryin''' (2003), was released to critical acclaim and commercial success. Peaking atop the ''Billboard'' 200, it spawned the ''Billboard'' Hot 100-number one singles " In da Club" and "21 Questions" (featuring Nate Dogg), and received nonuple platinum certification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little-T And One Track Mike
Little-T and One Track Mike (sometimes stylized as Little T & One Track Mike) was an American hip-hop and alternative rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey. Founded in 1999 while its members attended Rutgers University, the band included vocalist and lyricist Timothy "Little-T" Sullivan, producer and sound designer Michael "One Track Mike" Flannery, drummer Justin "J-Ride" Riddle, bass guitarist Jesse "Savior" Saul, and guitarist, and keyboardist and backing vocalist Daniel "Shank Bone Mystic" Saks. History Timothy Sullivan was given the nickname "Little T" as a child by his older brother. While attending Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1998, Sullivan introduced himself to dorm mate Michael Flannery, "the lanky kid on the next floor with the computer and four-track", looking for someone to help him launch a career in rap. Prior to the release of their debut album, the group performed at the last four stops of the Vans Warped Tour in August 2001. The band's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African-American Names
African-American names are an integral part of African-American tradition. While many Black Americans use names that are popular with wider American culture, several specific naming trends have emerged within African-American culture. History Enslaved Black people remained legally nameless from the time of their capture until American enslavers purchased them. Economic historians Lisa D. Cook, John Parman and Trevon Logan have found that distinctive African-American naming practices happened as early as in the Antebellum period (mid-1800s). However, those early names are no longer used. It is widely held that before the 1950s and 1960s, most African-American names closely resembled those used within European-American culture. Even within the European American population, a few very common names were given to babies of that era, with nicknames often used to distinguish among various people with the same name. It was also quite common for immigrants and cultural minorities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanika
Shanika is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Shanika Bruce (born 1995), Barbadian cricketer * Shanika Karunasekera, Sri Lankan engineer * Shanika Madumali (born 1990), Sri Lankan rugby sevens player * Shanika Minor (born 1991), American criminal * Shanika Roberts-Odle, Barbadian politician * Shanika Warren-Markland, British actress See also * Chanika (other) * Shanica * Shaniqua Shaniqua is a female given name in the English language, originating in the African-American community, gaining popularity beginning in the 1970s and peaking in the early 1990s. It is often given as the prototypical example of a "ghetto names, gh ... {{given name Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghetto Names
African-American names are an integral part of African-American tradition. While many Black Americans use names that are popular with wider American culture, several specific naming trends have emerged within African-American culture. History Enslaved Black people remained legally nameless from the time of their capture until American enslavers purchased them. Economic historians Lisa D. Cook, John Parman and Trevon Logan have found that distinctive African-American naming practices happened as early as in the Antebellum period (mid-1800s). However, those early names are no longer used. It is widely held that before the 1950s and 1960s, most African-American names closely resembled those used within European-American culture. Even within the European American population, a few very common names were given to babies of that era, with nicknames often used to distinguish among various people with the same name. It was also quite common for immigrants and cultural minorities to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chanika (other)
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Chanika may refer to: * Emmie Chanika (1956–2022), a Malawian human rights activist * Chanika, Handeni, an administrative ward in Tanzania * Chanika, Ilala, an administrative ward in Tanzania See also * Shanica * Shanika * Shaniqua Shaniqua is a female given name in the English language, originating in the African-American community, gaining popularity beginning in the 1970s and peaking in the early 1990s. It is often given as the prototypical example of a "ghetto names, gh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African-American
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the U.S. after White Americans. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Africans enslaved in the United States. In 2023, an estimated 48.3 million people self-identified as Black, making up 14.4% of the country’s population. This marks a 33% increase since 2000, when there were 36.2 million Black people living in the U.S. African-American history began in the 16th century, with Africans being sold to European slave traders and transported across the Atlantic to the Western Hemisphere. They were sold as slaves to European colonists and put to work on plantations, particularly in the southern colonies. A few were able to achieve freedom through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanica Knowles
Shanica Knowles (born November 17, 1990), also known mononymously as Shanica, is an American actress, singer-songwriter and instrumentalist, known for her roles as Amber Addison on ''Hannah Montana'', Shauna Keaton on ''Jump In!'', and Vanessa on ''Unfabulous''. She has also portrayed the roles of Tichina Arnold on '' Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le'', Simone Burch on ''The Young and the Restless'', and Tahlia on '' Life-Size 2''. Career Knowles made her first major acting appearance in 2005 when she played the recurring character Vanessa on season two of the hit Nickelodeon television show ''Unfabulous''. She was later in the Disney Channel Original Movie, ''Jump In!'' as Shauna Keaton, alongside Corbin Bleu and Keke Palmer. In 2007, she played a small role in '' Super Sweet 16: The Movie''. Her biggest and most well-known role to date, however, has come from her recurring role as Amber Addison, a snobby popular mean girl and frenemy/rival of main characters Miley Stew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shenique Fortune
Shenique Fortune is an Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party politician, who was appointed to the Senate of Antigua and Barbuda for the Barbuda Council The Barbuda Council is a local authority that manages the internal affairs on the island of Barbuda. The council has the authority to buy, acquire, hold, mortgage, and dispose of land and other property. It also possesses a common seal and per ... on 24 June 2014. On 20 June 2016, Fortune was replaced by Knacyntar Nedd due to undisclosed health issues. References Living people 21st-century Antigua and Barbuda politicians Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party politicians Members of the Senate (Antigua and Barbuda) Year of birth missing (living people) {{Antigua-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University (ODU) is a Public university, public research university in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Established in 1930 as the two-year Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary, it began by educating people with fewer financial assets in the Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk-Virginia Beach, Virginia, Virginia Beach area of the Hampton Roads region. In 2023, it had an enrollment of 23,494 students and its main campus covers 250 acres. The university offers 175 undergraduate and graduate degree programs from seven colleges and three schools. Deriving its name from one of Virginia's state nicknames, "Colony of Virginia#Old Dominion, The Old Dominion", given to the state by Charles II of England, King Charles II of England for remaining loyal to the crown during the English Civil War, Old Dominion has approximately 165,000 alumni in all 50 states and 67 countries. ODU has a Carnegie Classification of "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
