Age: 78
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Alcione (Alcione Dias Nazareth) is one of Brazil’s most celebrated and iconic samba and MPB (Música Popular Brasileira) singers. Born in São Luís, Maranhão, in 1947, she is affectionately known as "A Marrom" (The Brown One) and "The Queen of Samba". With a career spanning over five decades, she is renowned for her powerful, husky, and highly emotional voice. Alcione began her musical journey as a trumpet and clarinet player, mentored by her father, a military band conductor. She later moved to Rio de Janeiro in the late 1960s, where she established herself as one of the definitive voices of the genre. She made a notable foray into dramatic acting with a supporting role in the 2007 Rede Globo historical miniseries Amazônia, de Galvez a Chico Mendes, where she portrayed the character Lady Brown. Primarily known for her powerhouse vocals, she is also frequently featured as herself in cameos across various Brazilian telenovelas and films. The interaction between Brazilian samba legend Alcione and the frontman of Guns N' Roses, Axl Rose, was an unexpected and viral moment when they met at a Recife airport in 2014. Axl actually sought out Alcione for a photo, and the resulting friendship has since become a famous piece of Brazilian pop culture.
Born Carl Lucas and raised in New York City's Harlem neighborhood, he spends his youth in a gang called the Rivals. With his friend Willis Stryker, he fights rival gangs and commits petty crimes. In and out of juvenile homes throughout his teens, Lucas dreams of becoming a major New York racketeer until he finally realizes how his actions are hurting his family. He seeks to better himself as an adult by finding legitimate employment. Meanwhile, Stryker rises through the ranks of crime, but the two men remain friends. When Stryker's activities anger the Maggia crime syndicate, he is badly beaten in a mob hit, saved only by Lucas's intervention. When Stryker's girlfriend, Reva Connors, breaks up with him in fear of his violent work, she seeks solace with Lucas. Stryker is convinced that Lucas is responsible for the breakup, so he plants heroin in Lucas's apartment and tips off the police. Lucas is arrested and sent to prison where contact with his family is sparse due to the resentment of his brother James Jr., who intercepts Lucas's letters to their father James and eventually leads each to believe the other is dead. During this time, Reva is killed by members of the Maggia, whose drugs Willis had stolen to frame Lucas in the first place.
