Nathaniel "Nat" Turner (October 2, 1800 – November 11, 1831) was an American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831 that resulted in 60 white deaths and at least 100 black deaths, the largest number of fatalities to occur in one uprising prior to the American Civil War in the southern United States. He gathered supporters in Southampton County, Virginia. Turner was convicted, sentenced to death, and hanged. In the aftermath, the state executed 56 blacks accused of being part of Turner's slave rebellion. Two hundred blacks were also beaten and killed by white militias and mobs reacting with violence. Across Virginia and other southern states, state legislators passed new laws prohibiting education of slaves and free blacks, restricting rights of assembly and other civil rights for free blacks, and requiring white ministers to be present at black worship services.

At birth, Turner's owner recorded only his given name, Nat, although he may have had a last name within the slave community. In accordance with common practice, the whites referred to him by the last name of his owner, Benjamin Turner. This practice was continued by historians. Turner knew little about the background of his father, who was believed to have escaped from slavery when Turner was a young boy. Turner remained close to his paternal grandmother, Old Bridget, who was also enslaved by Benjamin Turner. Turner's maternal grandmother was one of the Coromantee from present day Ghana, a group known for slave revolts. She was captured in Africa at thirteen years of age and shipped to America.

Michael Felton aka Brian Pumper or B Pumper (born April 25, 1981 in Hempstead, New York, USA) is an American pornographic actor, rapper, and director.

He began performing in adult films in 2001, and in 2004 won the AVN Award for Best Three-Way Sex Scene, Video for Weapons of Ass Destruction 2. He won in 2007 for "Best Hardcore Anal" and in 2009 for "Best Interracial Oral". His directing career began with the company Black Ice, and in 2006 he signed a distribution deal with West Coast Productions. Pumper signed an exclusive directing contract with Evil Angel in 2008, but the agreement was terminated in 2009, after he forged an STD test for a female performer.

He formed his own production company Freaky Empire. He has appeared in over 750 titles since 2001. On July 30, 2010 it was announced that he will star in a film with Montana Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne's 19 year old daughter, who is using the alias "Chippy D". On September 1, 2010 Brian Pumper's mixtape "I Get Biz" was released on iTunes. In 2011 he released a rap video entitled "They Call Me Pumper".

Curtis Cross, (born August 14, 1982) better known as Black Milk, is a hip hop producer and MC from Detroit, Michigan.

In 2004, he formed B.R. Gunna, with Young RJ, and Fat Ray, and together they released Dirty District: Vol. 2, a follow up to a compilation released in 2001 by Slum Village, which he had contributed production to. Black Milk released a solo album, Sound of the City, Vol. 1, the following year and in 2006 he signed a record contract with Fat Beats Records (Fat Beats is currently distributed by Koch Entertainment, the largest independent distributor in the U.S.). In the fall of 2006, he released an EP, entitled Broken Wax. March 13, 2007 he released a second album, Popular Demand.

In addition to Slum Village, Black Milk has worked with J Dilla,Elzhi, Phat Kat, Frank-N-Dank, Lloyd Banks, Canibus, and Pharoahe Monch, and handled most of the production on T3's Olio mixtape of 2006.

In the Winter of 2007/2008 Black Milk paired with Aftermath recording artist Bishop Lamont to release a mixtape entitled Caltroit, which was nominated for Best Hip Hop Mixtape at Justo's Mixtape Awards.^{[citation needed]}

Bruce Washington (born April 3, 1977), better known by his stage name, Hussein Fatal, is an American rapper and a member of Outlawz. His rapper stage name is named after former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Washington began rapping and drug dealing at a young age and went to the same school as Outlawz member, Yafeu Fula, later known as Yaki Kadafi. Kadafi told him that he knew Tupac Shakur, but Washington didn't believe him until Fula's mother said they were going to visit him in jail. When they went to visit him, Washington did a freestyle for Shakur and impressed him with his lyrical skills. Tupac quickly added Washington to his new group "Outlaw Immortalz", and gave him the alias "Hussein Fatal", after Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, for the Outlawz tyrant theme.

On February 13, 1996, Hussein Fatal made his debut on Tupac Shakur's 9x Platinum Double LP All Eyez on Me on the songs "All Bout U", & "When We Ride".

On June 4, 1996, Fatal was featured on Shakur's infamous diss song "Hit 'Em Up". The song is widely considered the most vicious diss song ever recorded due to its explicit lyrics and seriousness of violent intent towards Tupac's enemies. Fatal did the second verse on the song, attacking Shakur's rival's The Notorious B.I.G., Puffy, & the rap group Junior M.A.F.I.A..