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 Mourns Death of 39-Year-Old Backup Singer Nicole Hurst
etonline.comJustin Timberlake has a «heavy heart» this week. On Friday, the 40-year-old singer revealed that Nicole Hurst, a background vocalist, had died.
She was 39.Timberlake posted several photos and videos of Hurst to Instagram, along with a heartfelt tribute. «We lost a beautiful soul this week.
Nicole lit up every room she walked into,» he wrote. «On and off the stage she was a constant source of joy and positivity.»While it is not yet known how Hurst died, she told ABC 13 Houston in 2015 that she «was diagnosed with Stage 2 triple-positive breast cancer.» In 2019, she shared that the cancer had come back after remission and had spread to her brain.«Some things feel so unfair and we will never understand why they happen.
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