High school Quote by Akon

I was born in Senegal in 1996. My mom moved to New York when I was two years old, so I was raised by…

— Khoudia Diop

I was born and raised in Liberia in West Africa. My mother is Sierra Leonean, and my father's Liberian. I grew up at a…

— Richelieu Dennis

I was born in France. I grew up in Africa.

— Benjamin Millepied

I grew up in Florida in different cities. I was born in Mississippi. My parents moved a lot, so I moved to Tennessee, Alabama,…

— Diplo

I was born in St. Louis but lived there just for a few minutes in my life.

— Maya Angelou

My mother was born in Ghana, but she moved to the U.K. when my sisters and I were born.

— Philomena Kwao

I was born in France, but I would have been happy to have been born in Senegal or in Romania or Japan. I don't…

— Manu Chao

I was born in Georgia. That's where my grandparents-and all my people-are from. But my family traveled a great deal because my dad was…

— Michael Stipe

I was born here in the States. I moved to Portugal when I was five. And then my parents put me in an English…

— Daniela Ruah

I was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and I moved to Anderson, Indiana, in 2003 to go to school. I finished high school in America,…

— Dayo Okeniyi

I'm not sure where I'm from! I was born in London. My father's from Ghana but lives in Saudi Arabia. My mother's Nigerian but…

— Taiye Selasi

When I was a little kid we moved to Tulsa, then to St. Louis and, by the time I was in kindergarten, we lived…

— Brad Pitt