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Southeast Queens is known for its outstanding residents especially in fields like jazz, hip hop, business, politics, and sports. Standouts in these fields like Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson, Lena Horne, Count Basie, John Coltrane, LL Cool J, 50 Cent, Ja Rule, Russell Simmons, Nicki Minaj, and Daymond John are just a small slice of the successful celebrities from the area.
The area is also known for great intellectuals activists like Roy Wilkins and W. E. B. DuBois. However, the Greater Jamaica and Southeast Queens area is still the home community that cultivates greatness beyond well known luminaires. There are community members making a difference without a lot of fanfare.
There are countless hardworking and positive people in Southeast Queens. The following persons are an example of the amazing and inspiring people who make Southeast Queens a great community.
