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 Recalls Breaking Into Alcatraz With One of His *NSYNC Bandmates
etonline.comJustin Timberlake and one of his *NSYNC bandmates got a little mischievous when they were young. The 39-year-old singer appears on Wednesday's , where he recalls the antics he and Joey Fatone got into shortly after they graduated high school.«I accidentally broke into Alcatraz one time,» he reveals. «I was in a group, *NSYNC… [and] we were shooting a video in the redwoods near San Francisco.
We ended up shooting one scene on this pier, directly across from Alcatraz. And at that time, I was watching over and over again.
And I was obsessed with the fact that Al Capone… they put him in Alcatraz.»«And I said, 'Who wants to go see Alcatraz with me?' And Joey, who's usually game for anything, he was like, 'I'll go with you,'» Timberlake
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