104 Black Celebs You May Not Know Are of Caribbean Descent

Actress Kerry Washington's mother is Jamaican. R&B singer Alicia Keys' father is Jamaican. Artist and Black Eyed Peas member Will.i.am has Jamaican parents. Minister Louis Farrakhan's father is from Jamaica. Both of the parents of the late rapper The Notorious B.I.G. are from Jamaica. Rapper and actor Christopher Reid has a Jamaican father. Former NBA star Patrick Ewing was born in Jamaica. Rapper Bushwick Bill was born in Kingston, Jamaica. Model Naomi Campbell's parents are from Jamaica. Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph's mother is from Jamaica. Ralph was raised in Mandeville, Jamaica. WWE intercontinental champion Big E Langston's parents are from Jamaica. The father of David Paterson, the first Black New York governor, is from Jamaica. Rapper Astro's mother is Jamaican. Singer and model Grace Jones was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica. NBA player Ben Gordon's mother and father are from Jamaica. The mother of political activist Harry Belafonte is from Jamaica. The founder of hip-hop music, DJ Kool Herc, was born in Kingston, Jamaica. Both parents of model Camille McDonald are Jamaican. Rapper Busta Rhymes has Jamaican parents. Rapper Canibus was born in Kingston, Jamaica. Rapper Chubb Rock was born in Kingston, Jamaica. Late rapper Heavy D was born in Mandeville, Jamaica. Actor Corbin Bleu has a Jamaican father. Rapper Pete Rock's parents hail from Jamaica. Rapper KRS-One is of Jamaican descent. Artist Sean Kingston's parents hail from Jamaica. He moved to the island when he was 6 and attended high school in Ocho Rios. R&B singer Olivia is of Jamaican descent. Both parents of the late pioneer journalist Gil Noble were Jamaican. Pioneer rapper Slick Rick's parents are from Jamaica. Eighties rapper Special Ed's mother and father are from Jamaica. Rapper Gunplay's mother is from Jamaica. Popular television newscaster Al Roker's mother is Jamaican. Former heavyweight champion boxer Lennox Lewis was born to Jamaican parents. Jackee Harry, the 227 and Sister, Sister actress, was born in Trinidad. Actor Romany Malco's parents are from Trinidad and Tobago. Actress Nia Long has some Trinidadian roots as her mother is from the island. Actor Alfonso Ribeiro's parents are from Trinidad. Actress Karyn Parsons' mother hails from the twin island. Black activist and civil rights leader Stokely Carmichael was born and raised in Trinidad. Rapper Foxy Brown was born to Trinidadian parents. Rapper Nicki Minaj was born in Trinidad and Tobago before she migrated to New York. Actress Jada Pinkett Smith’s mother is of Afro-Caribbean descent, specifically Bajan. Rapper/actor LL Cool J's grandfather was from Barbados. Meagan Good's father is from Barbados. U.S. attorney general Eric Holder was born to Bajan parents. Actress Stacey Dash is the daughter of a Bajan father. Rapper A$AP Rocky’s father is from Barbados. Canadian model and actress Melyssa Ford's father is Afro-Barbadian. Actor Cuba Gooding Jr.’s grandfather was a native of Barbados. Popular DJ Grandmaster Flash was born and raised in Barbados. Rapper Doug E. Fresh was born in Barbados before he moved to New York as a child. Singer Rihanna was born in Barbados before moving to New York. American author Paule Marshall was born to Barbadian parents. NFL player Winston Justice's mother is from Barbados. American track and field athlete Christian Taylor was born to Barbadian parents. Actor Lamman Rucker's father is from Barbados. Singer/songwriter Shontelle grew up in Barbados. British singer-songwriter Estelle was born of a Senegalese mother and a Grenadian father. Rock music singer and The Butler actor Lenny Kravitz's mother is Bahamian. Veteran New York DJ Calvin LeBrun, known to many as Mister Cee, has said his father was born in Trinidad. Former Wall Street investment banker-turned-actor Laz Alonso's parents are from Cuba. America's favorite twins, actresses Tia and Tamera Mowry, visited the Bahamas to reconnect with their mother's side of the family. Baggage Claim actor Derek Luke's father is from Georgetown, Guyana. NFL cornerback Antonio Cromartie was born to Haitian parents. F1 driver Lewis Hamilton's father is from Grenada. Four-time Olympic gold champion Sanya Richards-Ross was born in Kingston, Jamaica. Former Victoria's Secret model Selita Ebanks was born in the Cayman Islands. Two-time Grammy Award-winning singer Melanie Fiona was born to Guyanese parents. New York Jets quarterback, Geno Smith, gets his Caribbean lineage and perhaps his athletic abilities from his great-grandfather and uncle. Smith's great-grandfather, Cyril Smith, was a bodybuilding legend in the Bahamas, and his great-uncle, Yama Bahama, is another Bahamian legend and a member of the Florida Boxing Hall of Fame. Rapper Trina has said, "My dad is Dominican and my mom is from the Bahamas." Martial artist Kimbo Slice was born in Nassau, Bahamas.