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Major is a military rank. The word derives from Latin maior, which means greater. It may also refer to:

Music[link]

• Major and minor, types of scale, key, chord or interval; also,
  • Major scale
  • Major chord
  • The names of various intervals, such as a Major third or Major sixth
• Major, a method of Change ringing rung on eight church bells
• The Majors (band), an American R&B group
• Majors (band), a Danish hip-hop group

People[link]

Surname

• Clarence Major (born 1936), American poet
• Edward Major (1615–c. 1655), Virginia colonial politician
• John Major (born 1943), British Prime Minister
• John C. Major (born 1931), Canadian jurist
• Corporal Leo Major (1921–2008), Corporal in the Canadian Army
• Mark Major (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
• William James Major (1881–1953), Canadian politician and jurist
• Bill Majors (born 1960), American Christian missionary
• Johnny Majors (born 1935), American football player and coach
• Lee Majors (born 1939), American actor
• Shirley Majors (1914–1981), American football coach; father of several notable football players and coaches, the most famous being Johnny Majors
• Les Major (1926–2001), English footballer
• William T. Major (1790-1867), American pastor

Given or nickname

• Major Applewhite (born 1978), American football quarterback and coach
• Major Harris (born 1968), American football quarterback
• Marshall Taylor (1878–1932), known as 'Major' Taylor, American cyclist
• Rod Majors, nom de porn of porn star and award winning journalist Matt Sanchez

Fictional

• Major Gowen, character on the British television series Fawlty Towers
• Major Major Major Major, character in Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22
• The Major (Hellsing), character in the Japanese manga series Hellsing
• The Major, nickname of Motoko Kusanagi, character in the Japanese anime/manga series Ghost in the Shell

Places[link]

• Major, Saskatchewan, a village in Canada
• Lake Major, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Mount Major, a small mountain in New Hampshire, United States
• Major, the Hungarian name for Maieru Commune, Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania

Species[link]

Latin binomial abbreviations for species

Sport[link]

• Description of some professional sports leagues when they represent an important (often the highest) level of competition in the hierarchy:
  • Major League Baseball
  • Major League Soccer
  • mid-major (American college sports)

• In golf, a "major championship" is one of an elite tier of annual tournaments:
  • Men's golf:
    • Men's major golf championships (these are the first ever "major" titled annual tournaments in any sport)
      • The Masters
      • U.S. Open
      • The Open Championship (also called "British Open")
      • PGA Championship
    • Senior major golf championships
      • Senior PGA Championship
      • The Tradition
      • Senior Players Championship
      • U.S. Senior Open
      • The Senior Open Championship
  • Women's major golf championships
    • Kraft Nabisco Championship
    • LPGA Championship
    • U.S. Women's Open
    • Women's British Open

• In tennis, the four Grand Slam events are referred to as the "majors":
  • Australian Open
  • French Open
  • The Championships, Wimbledon
  • US Open

• The Major Brothers, the professional wrestling tag team of Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder,
• "Major score" or "major", an alternate term in Canadian football for the scoring play also known as a touchdown.

Other[link]

• Academic major, the primary focus of a Bachelor's degree, in the United States and some other countries
• Major (law), a person with the full legal rights of an adult
• Major (manga), a baseball-related Japanese manga/anime series
• Major film studios, film studios (mostly United States-based) that produce many films per year
• Major, an older sibling, when two British Public school students have the same surname
• Major, an American tactical missile developed by Redstone Arsenal
• Major, an Irish cigarette brand produced by Carroll's, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco

See also[link]

• Majority
• Majorat
• Mayor

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Planet Asia
Planet Asia performing in 2005
Background information
Birth name	Jason Green
Born	(1976-10-24) October 24, 1976 (age 35)
Genres	Hip hop
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Interscope, Avatar, Gold Chain, Wandering Worx
Associated acts	Cali Agents Dilated Peoples Tha Liks Zion I Talib Kweli Termanology Grand Agent Swollen Members Strong Arm Steady Blu Fashawn Lee Bannon Self Scientific Asterix (musician) Mizz Nina

Planet Asia aka King Medallions (real name Jason Green, born October 24, 1976)^[1] is an underground hip hop MC from Fresno, California who is a member of hiphop groups the Cali Agents, and Skhool Yard. He is also well known for his vast discography of mixtapes.

History[link]

During the 1990s, Planet Asia moved from Fresno, California to San Francisco, California and started rapping religiously. From 1997-2001, Planet Asia had been releasing various popular 12 inch singles. These singles such as "Definition of ILL" and "Place of Birth" were released by various labels such as Stones Throw and ABB Records. He reached full acclaim in 2001 when The Source gave him the First Round Draft Pick and Independent Album of the Year awards for How the West Was One. How The West Was One was recorded with fellow rapper Rasco under the group name Cali Agents and landed him a deal with Interscope Records.

While signed to Interscope Records, Planet Asia was not promoted like more popular Interscope acts Eminem and 50 Cent. The Fresno rapper stayed with Interscope until 2003 without releasing an album. He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2002 for the song "W" by Mystic. Planet Asia has collaborated with famous artists such as Linkin Park, Bun B, Talib Kweli, Tupac Shakur and Ghostface Killah.

In 2003, Avatar Records signed Planet Asia to an exclusive world-wide recording contract and in 2004 released Planet Asia's debut album, The Grand Opening, to positive feedback. It earned him another Independent Album of the Year award from The Source. Avatar also released 12" vinyl records including "Summertime In The City" b/w "G's & Soldiers" featuring Kurupt produced by J. Wells, "Its All Big" b/w "Right or Wrong", and "Real Niggaz" featuring Ghostface. His record "G's & Soldiers" featuring Kurupt was prominently featured in John Travolta's 2005 film "Be Cool" released by MGM. After leaving Avatar, Planet Asia started his own record label, Gold Chain Music, with Walt Liquor.

His next album, The Medicine, was released on October 3, 2006 on ABB Records. The entire album was produced by Evidence of Dilated Peoples, with co-production credits from The Alchemist, Nucleus & Bravo.

On June 26, 2007, Planet Asia released "The Jewelry Box Sessions: The Album" on Gold Chain Music. The album featured the single "Havin' Things".

In 2010, Planet Asia collaborated with Malaysian artist, Mizz Nina, on a song called Hope.

In 2011, Planet Asia was a judge on the Ultimate MC TV show alongside with Royce da 5'9", Sean Price, Organik, and Pharoahe Monch.^[2]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• 2002: Still in Training
• 2003: Life as It is (Unreleased)
• 2004: The Grand Opening
• 2006: The Medicine
• 2007: Jewelry Box Sessions: The Album
• 2008: Pain Language (with DJ Muggs)
• 2010: Crack Belt Theatre
• 2011: The Bar Mitzvah (Digital Only Release)
• 2011: Camouflage Jackets (with G-Force)
• 2012: Black Belt Theatre (February 28)^[3]

EPs[link]

• Planet Asia (1998)
• The Last Stand (2000)
• Cracks in the Vinyl (with Madlib) (2011)

Mixtapes[link]

• The Steady Gang Mix (2004)
• The Sickness Part 1 (2006)
• Direct from C.A. (2008)
• Planet Asia & The Architekt: Blak Majik (King Medallion vs. Arch Angel) (2008)
• DJ Muggs vs. Planet Asia: The Pain Language Mixtape (Mixed by DJ Warrior) (2008)
• Planet Asia Present: Turbin - The Boys a Problem Vol.1 (2009)
• Planet Asia & F. L. O. : Planet F. L. O. (2009)

Compilations[link]

• Collabos and Bullets (2003)
• Throwbacks (Classics 1997-2001) (2004)

with Cali Agents[link]

• How The West Was One (2000), Ground Control
• Head of the State (2004), Pockets Linted/Groove Attack
• Fire & Ice (2006), Pockets Linted Entertainment

with Skhoolyard[link]

• Representation EP (1997) - as Yard Massive
• A New Way of Thinking (2002)

with Gold Chain Military[link]

• Chain of Command (2010)

with General Monks[link]

• Each Step becomes Elevated (2011)

with Durag Dynasty[link]

• TBA (2012) (Produced by The Alchemist)

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Planet Asia's Official Website
• Interview with DJ Muggs
• "Havin' Thangs MP3"
• Planet Asia's Career History
• Discography
• Last Plane to Jakarta review of The Grand Opening

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Lee Majors
Lee Majors, 2008
Born	Harvey Lee Yeary (1939-04-23) April 23, 1939 (age 73) Wyandotte, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1964–present
Spouse	Kathy Robinson (1961-1964) Farrah Fawcett (1973-1982) Karen Velez (1988-1994) Faith Noelle Cross (2002-present)
Children	3 sons, 1 daughter

Lee Majors (born Harvey Lee Yeary on April 23, 1939) is an American television, film and voice actor, best known for his roles as Heath Barkley in the TV series The Big Valley (1965 - 1969), as Colonel Steve Austin in The Six Million Dollar Man (1973–1978) and as Colt Seavers in The Fall Guy (1981–1986).

He is also known as Owen Marshall's law partner/friend, Jess Brandon, in the 1971–1974 series Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law. In the late 1980s and 1990s he reprised the role of Steve Austin in a number of TV movies, and appeared in a number of supporting, recurring and cameo roles in feature films and TV series, and lent his voice to a number of animated TV series and video games.

Early life[link]

Majors was born in the Detroit suburb of Wyandotte, Michigan. Parents Carl & Alice Yeary were both killed in separate car accidents (prior to his birth and when he was one year old respectively) and at age two, Majors was adopted by an uncle and aunt, Harvey and Mildred Yeary, and moved with them, and their biological son, Bill, to Middlesboro, Kentucky.^{[citation needed]}

Since his adoptive older brother had been a football star in school, Majors tirelessly committed himself to the sport. While a student at Middlesboro High School, he participated in many sports from track to football. He graduated in 1957, and earned a scholarship to Indiana University, where he again competed in sports. Majors transferred to Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky, in 1959. He played in his first game the following year, but suffered a severe back injury which left him paralyzed for two weeks, and ended his college football career. Following his injury, he turned his attention to acting and performed in plays at the Pioneer Playhouse in Danville, Kentucky. Majors graduated from Eastern in 1962 with a degree in History and Physical Education.^{[citation needed]}

After college, he received an offer to try out for the St. Louis Cardinals football team. Instead, he moved to Los Angeles and found work at the Los Angeles Park and Recreation Department as the Recreation Director for North Hollywood Park. This was after a brief stint playing for the new football franchise Boston Patriots as a safety. In LA, Majors met many actors and industry professionals, including Dick Clayton, who had been James Dean's agent, and Clayton suggested he attend his acting school. After one year of acting school, Clayton felt that Majors was ready to start his career. At this time, he picked up the stage name Lee Majors as a tribute to childhood hero Johnny Majors who was a player and future coach for the University of Tennessee. Majors also studied at Estelle Harmon's acting school at MGM.^{[citation needed]}

Career[link]

Early roles[link]

At age 25, Majors landed his first, although uncredited, role in Strait-Jacket (1964), which starred Joan Crawford. After appearing in a 1965 episode of Gunsmoke, he starred as Howard White in an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, “The Monkey’s Paw - A Retelling,” based on the short story by W. W. Jacobs later the same year.

Majors got his big break when he beat out over 400 young actors, including Burt Reynolds, for the co-starring role of Heath Barkley in a new ABC western series, The Big Valley, which starred Barbara Stanwyck. Also starring on the show was another newcomer, Linda Evans, who played Heath's younger sister, Audra. Richard Long and Peter Breck played his brothers Jarrod and Nick, respectively. One of Heath's frequently used expressions during the series was "Boy howdy!" Big Valley was an immediate hit. During the series, Majors co-starred in the 1968 Charlton Heston film Will Penny, for which he received an "Introducing" credit, and landed the lead role in The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969), a made-for-television film which was first broadcast by ABC. The film is notable as being one of the very first films to deal with the subject matter of Vietnam veterans "coming home". That same year, he was offered the chance to star in Midnight Cowboy (1969), but The Big Valley was renewed for another season and he was forced to decline the role (which later went to Jon Voight). When The Big Valley was cancelled in 1969, he signed a long-term contract with Universal Studios. In 1970, Majors joined the cast of The Virginian for its last season.

In 1971, he landed the role of Arthur Hill's partner, Jess Brandon, on Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, which garnered critical acclaim during its three seasons on ABC. In one episode, his then girlfriend, Farrah Fawcett, guest-starred.

[edit] The Six Million Dollar Man

Majors' co-starring role on Owen Marshall led him to a starring role as Colonel Steve Austin, an ex-astronaut with bionic implants in The Six Million Dollar Man, a 1973 television movie broadcast on ABC.

In 1974, the network decided to turn it into a weekly series. The series became a huge international success, being screened in over 70 countries, turning Majors into one of the leading pop icons of the 70's, and, along with his then wife Farrah Fawcett, who herself was soon to become a leading pop icon of the 70's, into one of Hollywood's high-profile power couples with both appearing on the cover of magazines everywhere.

Majors also made his directorial debut in 1975, on an episode called "One of Our Running Backs Is Missing" which co-starred professional football players such as Larry Csonka and Dick Butkus.

In 1977, with The Six Million Dollar Man still a hit series, Majors tried to renegotiate his contract with Universal Television. The studio in turn filed a lawsuit to force him to report to work due to stipulations within his existing contract that had not yet expired. When he did not report to work that June, studio executives relented and offered Majors a raise.^{[citation needed]} However, ratings began to decline and The Six Million Dollar Man was cancelled in March 1978 (as was The Bionic Woman). In November 2010, Time Life released a 40 DVD set featuring every episode and bonus features from the show.^[1]

[edit] The Fall Guy

In 1981, Majors returned in another long-running television series. Producer Glen A. Larson (who had first worked with Majors on Alias Smith and Jones, where Majors had a one-episode part, and later on The Six Million Dollar Man) asked him to star in the pilot of The Fall Guy. Majors played Colt Seavers, a Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a bounty hunter. Majors was also a producer and a director on the show, and even sang its theme song, the self-effacing "Unknown Stuntman." Majors also invited several longtime friends, Linda Evans, Peter Breck, Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, to guest-star in various episodes. The series ran for five seasons until it was cancelled in 1986.

1987 - present[link]

Between 1987 and 1994, Majors and Lindsay Wagner reunited in three The Six Million Dollar Man/The Bionic Woman TV movies. Majors also made a cameo appearance in the 1988 holiday comedy Scrooged.

In 1990, he had a recurring role in Tour of Duty, and a recurring role in the short-lived 1992 series, Raven. He also made cameo appearances in Out Cold (2001) Big Fat Liar (2002) and The Brothers Solomon (2007) The Story of Bonnie and Clyde (2010)

Majors voiced the character of "Big" Mitch Baker in the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

Majors played Jaret Reddick's disconnected father in Bowling For Soup's 2007 video, "When We Die." That same year, he played Grandpa Max in Ben 10: Race Against Time, and voiced a character on the APTN animated children's program Wapos Bay: The Series that was named "Steve from Austin". He also played a minor role in Stephen King's The Mist.

Majors played Coach Ross on the CW Network's television series The Game, which ran from October 1, 2006 to May 20, 2009.^[2]

Majors appeared in the role of God in "Jim Almighty" a 2007 episode of According to Jim. He would later return to the role in that show's 2009 series finale, "Heaven Opposed to Hell". Also in 2008, Majors played a member of the Minutemen (dedicated to preventing illegal border crossings) in Season Four of the Showtime series Weeds, where he recruits Kevin Nealon’s character.

Lee Majors appeared on ITVs The British Comedy Awards 2009 on December 12, 2009 alongside Claudia Winkleman.

In March 2010 Majors played the crusty sailing instructor in the Community episode "Beginner Pottery". The following month, he appeared as the mentor of the series lead in "Christopher Chance", the 12th episode of Human Target. Later that year, he provided the voice of General Abernathy in G.I. Joe: Renegades. He would later reprise the role in a 2011 episode. In 2011 he also made a brief appearance as Don Reger in the 2011 episode "Well Suitored" of the CBS series $#*! My Dad Says.

In March to April 2012, Majors will be in a film in Seattle called Matt's Chance alongside Edward Furlong, Margot Kidder and Gary Busey.

Personal life[link]

Majors has been married four times:

• Kathy Robinson (married 1961, divorced 1964). The couple had one child, Lee Majors II (born April 8, 1962) who would later appear in an episode of The Fall Guy and the three Six Million Dollar Man/Bionic Woman reunion movies with his father.
• Farrah Fawcett, actress, (married July 28, 1973, separated 1979, divorced February 16, 1982). During the first six years of their marriage, she was billed as Farrah Fawcett-Majors. In 1976, the couple simultaneously starred in separate top-rated shows (The Six Million Dollar Man and Charlie's Angels). After they split, Fawcett famously said, "If he's the six-million-dollar man, I'm the ten-billion-dollar woman." When Fawcett died on June 25, 2009, after her three-year-long battle with anal cancer, Majors issued a statement which read, "She fought a tremendous battle against a terrible disease. She was an angel on earth and now an angel forever." Besides attending her funeral, several reports indicated that Majors reconnected with Fawcett before her death.^[3]
• Karen Velez, Playboy Playmate, (married 1988, divorced 1994); one daughter, Nikki Loren, and twin sons, Dane Luke and Trey Kulley.^[4]
• Faith Majors, actress and model, (married on November 1, 2002).

In the middle of 2003, Majors had heart bypass surgery.^[5]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lee Majors

• Lee Majors at the Internet Movie Database

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Kelly Price (born April 3, 1973) is an American R&B and soul singer, formerly on the Def Soul label.

Life and music career[link]

Kelly Cherelle Price was born in Queens, New York. She began singing in church as a toddler. Her first professional engagement was with George Michael at Madison Square Garden in January 1992. As destiny would have it Price was over heard singing by Mariah Carey who after arriving to her own rehearsal late for the Grammys walked into a room where Price was singing in the rehearsal hall while everyone else was on a meal break. Carey subsequently introduced Price to Sony Columbia's then CEO Tommy Mottola.^[1] She made a name for herself as a backing and guest vocalist, appearing on a number of hit singles such as Mariah Carey's "Fantasy", The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Mo Money Mo Problems", and Whitney Houston's "Heartbreak Hotel". She has also sung background vocals for Faith Evans, Aretha Franklin, Brian McKnight, SWV and R. Kelly.

Prior to becoming a recording artist Price's career as a writer flourished. She collaborated and performed with and for well-known artists such as Brian McKnight, Faith Evans, The Notorious BIG, Jay-Z, Puff Daddy, Mase, Faith Evans, Mic Geronimo, Da Brat, Jermaine Dupree, SWV, Aretha Franklin, LL Cool J, Wynona Judd, Mariah Carey, Ronald Isley, The Isley Brothers, Angela Winbush, Karen Clark Sheard, Yolanda Adams, Whitney Houston, Dallas Austin, MC Lyte, The Lox, ScarFace, Will Downing, Mary J. Blige, Gerald Levert, JOE, Angelique Kidjo, Coco Lee, KeKe Wyatt, Tamia, R. Kelly and Elton John.

Price issued her debut album, Soul of a Woman, in 1998 on Island Records, which contained the hit single "Friend of Mine". A remix of the song, also included on the album, features R. Kelly and Ronald Isley. In the remix, Isley takes on the fictional role of the singer-protagonist's Godfather ("Mr. Biggs"), taking her husband (R. Kelly) to task for cheating on her with her best friend. The "Friend of Mine" LP version and the remix both charted as #1 hits on the U.S. R&B chart and made history by doing so with no music video to support the song.

She issued her second album, Mirror Mirror, in 2000 on the Def Soul imprint of Def Jam Records; Island and Def Jam had merged in 1999, with Price and labelmates Dru Hill being reassigned to Def Soul. Mirror Mirror featured the singles "You Should've Told Me" and the Grammy Award nominated^[2] "As We Lay", a cover of Shirley Murdock's 1986 hit. A remix of "Love Sets You Free" was issued a single in 2000, produced by Teddy Riley and starring a number of fellow R&B performers, including Babyface, Tamar Braxton, Aaron Hall, Blackstreet, and Def Soul labelmates Dru Hill, Case, Montell Jordan, LovHer and Kandice Love.

Price was featured in the 2003 film, Bringing Down the House, performing a cover of the 1983 Rufus & Chaka Khan hit "Ain't Nobody."

A Christmas album, One Family, was issued in 2001 which had a piano appearance from GospelJazz pioneer, Ben Tankard. Two years later, Price returned with her third regular studio album, Priceless. In October 2005, Price recorded her first live gospel project. The This Is Who I Am album has been released on October 24, 2006 on her own label, EcclecticSounds Records. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard Gospel Charts and peaked at #9 on the R&B album chart.

Price was inducted as an honorary member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority in July 2006.

In early 2007, Price kicked off a tour with the 'Sisters in the Spirit 2007'.^[3]

In 2006, she recorded the song "Why?" for the soundtrack Why Did I Get Married?, the film version of the stage play of the same name where Price birthed the role of Sheila along side Hollywood mogul Tyler Perry who used the song titles and lyrical content of Price's hit recordings to develop the story.

In early 2009, Price was featured on Coko's gospel album entitled The Winner In Me on the track "Oh Mary".

In June 2010, Price promoted her single "Tired" on The Jazz Joy and Roy syndicated radio show as "some of the best work of my career to date."^[4] The song was also featured in Tyler Perrys 2011 film Madea's Big Happy Family

On February 9, 2012, in a pre-Grammy party to celebrate Price's nominations, the singer sang "Jesus Loves Me" with Whitney Houston in what turned out to be Houston's last public performance two days prior to her untimely death.

The Queen Project[link]

In September 2009, it was announced she would be joining Deborah Cox and Tamia to form the super group The Queen Project. The women seek to empower women of all ages, races and backgrounds by doing a number of community service projects.^[5]

Legal issues[link]

On July 16, 2010, a lawsuit was filed in a Texas federal court by Kelly Price against a nationally known prosperity ministry, New Light Church of Houston, Texas, et al. Other defendants in the case include New Light's pastor, I. V. Hilliard, wife, Bridget Hilliard and daughter, Preshea Hilliard. Price claims she wrote and copyrighted the tune, "Women Who Win," which New Light Church and three members of the Hilliard family used without permission in a church show, on DVDs, on a website and at a "Women Who Win" conference in Houston. The original court docket indicates that the involved parties continued to use the work in a variety of ways despite being refused license to use.

Family[link]

Price grew up in a second apartment in the Edgemere Projects in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York. Her father died when she was nine years old. Residing outside of Atlanta, Georgia, Price lives with her husband/manager, Jeffrey Rolle, and their children, Jeffrey Jr. and Jonia.^[6]

Price's grandfather is the Bishop Jerome Norman, the pastor of the Full Gospel Mission Church of God in Christ in Queens and Jurisdictional Prelate of the First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Barbados since 1990 by the late Presiding Bishop J.O. Patterson. Her mother, Claudia Price, is the former musical director of the church. Price began singing in the church at the age of six; with her voice, she gained the nickname 'Little Mahalia Jackson'.^[7]

Breast cancer activist[link]

In December 2000, Price donated $250,000 to fight breast cancer. She presented a check to Tony Martell of the T.J. Martell Foundation and Denise Rich of G&P Foundation For Cancer Research to help with the ongoing fight against breast cancer. Price donated the proceeds from her single "Love Sets You Free" which she recorded in January 2000.^[8]

In April 1999, Price volunteered to showcase her fashion designs during a special charity gala and fashion show to help the National Breast Cancer Awareness Initiative raise money for breast cancer education for minority women.^[9] The previous year, Price learned that her mother-in-law had breast cancer. Later in 1998, Price's own mother also was diagnosed with the disease. Her mother-in-law died from the disease.^[10]

Claudia Price, the mother of Kelly, is a survivor of inflammatory breast cancer which is the deadliest and most deceptive type of breast cancer.^[11] Claudia, who is a New York City resident, has become a breast cancer activist to educate the public about the disease. She was the chairwoman of the seventh annual Sister to Sister Fitness Festival held in Dallas, Texas which was sponsored by the Celebrating Life Foundation.

Claudia experienced pain in her breast in 1997, but said fear and a lack of insurance kept her from seeking immediate medical attention. Instead, she waited two years before seeing a doctor. While at work one day in 1999, her doctor called and said she had inflammatory breast cancer. Doctors gave her two months to live. She underwent chemotherapy, and the disease is in remission as of October 2006.^[12]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Singles[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

• American Music Awards
  • 2001, Favorite R&B Female Artist (Nominated)

• Grammy Awards
  • 2012, Best R&B Song: "Not My Daddy" (Nominated)
  • 2012, Best R&B Vocal Performance: "Not My Daddy" (Nominated)
  • 2012, Best R&B Album: Kelly (Nominated)
  • 2011, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: "Tired" (Nominated)
  • 2004, Best Traditional R&B Performance: "He Proposed" (Nominated)
  • 2001, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: "As We Lay" (Nominated)
  • 2000, Best R&B Performance by a duo or Group: "Heartbreak Hotel" (Nominated)

• MTV Video Music Award
  • 1999, Best R&B Video: "Heartbreak Hotel" (Nominated)

• Soul Train Awards
  • 2001, Favorite Female R&B/Soul Album: Mirror, Mirror (Nominated)
  • 1999, Favorite Female R&B/Soul Single: "Friend of Mine" (Nominated)
  • 1999, Favorite R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist (WON)
  • 1999, Favorite Female R&B/Soul Album: Soul of a Woman (Nominated)

• SoulTracks Readers' Choice Awards
  • 2011, Favorite Female Vocalist of The Year (Winner)
  • 2011, Indie Album of The Year KELLY (Winner)

See also[link]

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• VIBE Profile

Kristy "Krash" Majors (born Chris Maggiore on February 3, 1968 in New York) is an American rock guitarist most famous for playing with the band Pretty Boy Floyd. He also has a solo project which he continues with currently.

Biography[link]

His musical career began on the east coast playing for heavy metal act Jett Blakk in New York. The band recorded some material and distributed it on several compilation records, this material has become extremely rare to attain.

Majors formed his most famous band; Pretty Boy Floyd in Hollywood, California during 1987 as the original lead guitarist and main songwriter on the 1989 debut album; "Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz" which went on to sell over 500,000 copies worldwide.

Pretty Boy Floyd broke up in 1991 and Majors began to work in the record industry, managing and scouting bands amongst other things. Pretty Boy Floyd reformed in the mid-1990s and Majors was involved with the project. They put out an EP and album together in 1998; A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock N Roll and Porn Stars respectively.

Recent times[link]

The early 2000s saw Majors take up a solo career, the sound of the project blended his previous hard rock works with punk rock music. He even released a Ramones cover album entitled "For Those About To Sniff Some Glue... (We Salute You)". He has been featured on several movie and television soundtracks as well as producing/mastering artists in his own studio "Highway to Hell Studios." A clothing line called "Sex Drugs Rock Roll Clothing" in which several celebrities like Guns N' Roses, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Avril Lavigne, Sixx AM and many more are all wearing.

In regards of original solo work released, Majors has put out; "The Devil In Me", "Goodbye Rock-N-Roller" and most recently in 2007 "Sex, Drugs 'N' Rock N Roll". In March 2007 he completed a tour of the United Kingdom with other Hollywood acts Love/Hate and Bang Tango supporting his new album Sex, Drugs & Rock N Roll.

Pretty Boy Floyd and Kristy Majors continue to tour the world and plan on releasing new albums in 2010.

Discography[link]

With Pretty Boy Floyd[link]

• Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz - (1989) US #130
• A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock N Roll - (1998)
• Porn Stars - (1998)
• Live at the Pretty Ugly Club - (2001)
• Tonight Belongs to the Young - (2003)

With Shameless[link]

• Backstreet Anthems - (1999)

As Kristy Majors[link]

• The Devil in Me - (2002)
• For Those About To Sniff Some Glue... (We Salute You) - (2003)
• Goodbye Rock-N-Roller - (2003)
• Sex, Drugs & Rock N Roll - (2007)

External links[link]

• Kristy Majors - Official Website
• Kristy Majors - Official MySpace Music Profile
• Pretty Boy Floyd - Official Website
• Pretty Boy Floyd - Official MySpace Music Profile