Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981), occasionally known by his initials JT, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer.
Raised in Tennessee, he appeared on the television shows Star Search and The All-New Mickey Mouse Club as a child. In the late 1990s, Timberlake rose to prominence as one of the two lead vocalists and youngest member of NSYNC, which eventually became one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.
Timberlake began to adopt a more mature image as an artist with the release of his debut solo album, the R&B-focused Justified (2002), which yielded the successful singles "Cry Me a River" and "Rock Your Body", and earned his first two Grammy Awards.
Justin Timberlake Calls For 'Disgusting' Confederate Statues to Come Down
billboard.comJustin Timberlake made a passionate plea for change in his home state of Tennessee on Monday (July 6). In an Instagram post, Timberlake, 39, joined Taylor Swift in urging officials to take down or relocate Confederate memorials in the midst of the country's national reckoning about racial justice."When we protest racism in America, people think we are protesting America itself.
Why is that the reaction? Because America was built by men who believed in and benefitted from racism. Plain and simple," Timberlake wrote.
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