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.
Mickey Mouse Club cast scandals - drugs, teen virginity loss and very public meltdowns
mirror.co.ukThe Mickey Mouse Club of the early Nineties were the perfect cast for the brand new Disney show. It made mega stars out of its young cast, including Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Ryan Gosling, who were all prepelled to super-stardrom when they got older.
But the squeaky-clean image of some of the cast members was about as far removed from reality as a spin on It's A Small World.
From drink and drugs scandals to teenaged virginity loss, there was a lot of drama going on behind-the-scenes that would make Mickey himself blush.
So here's what they really got up to back then and what they're doing now... Britney Spears When Britney joined as a Mousekeeter in 1993 she was just 12 years old.
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