This document profiles 10 emerging artists and influencers across various creative fields including singing, dancing, acting, blogging and more. It provides their name, age, key metrics like social media followers and YouTube views, and a brief biography highlighting their background and accomplishments. The individuals range in age from 16 to late 20s and come from diverse backgrounds.

2. Name: Syesha Mercado
Age: 25
Gift: Singing
YouTube Hits: 759,276
Facebook Followers: 9,653
Twitter Followers: 133,590
Her Story:
• Voted off American Idol in
2008 (season 7)
• In 2009 landed the lead role in
Dreamgirls national tour
• 2011 big buzz over her dressing
room cover of Beyonce’s “Love on
Top”

3. Name: Jeremy Passion
Age: 24
Gift: Singing/Songwriting
YouTube Hits: 25,644,549
Facebook Followers: 4,681
Twitter Followers: 23,538
His Story:
• Filipino American raised in San
Francisco, CA
• Gained attention from his notable
covers of Ne-Yo’s “So Sick”,
Usher’s “My Boo”, and his original
composition “Lemonade”
• Just released online album before
Christmas 2011

4. Name: Sean Bankhead
Age: 22
Gift: Dancer / Choreographer
YouTube Hits: 77,696
Facebook Followers: 4995
Twitter Followers: 3,144
His Story:
• First Youtube video uploaded in
2006 drew in over 1.5 million views
• Has worked with Beyonce, Brittany
Spears, P.Diddy, Drake, Keri Hilson
• Backup dancer for Beyonce’s
“Single Ladies” on the Tyra show

5. Name: Sujata Day
Age: 28
Gift: actress / screenwriter
Webseries YouTube Hits: 6,278,232
Facebook Followers: 1,567
Twitter Followers: 1,052
Her Story:
• Appeared in Desperate
Housewives, Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, & the Secret Life of the
American Teenager
• Plays Ce Ce in a current currently
successful webseries that soon to
air on a cable network

6. Name: Jessica Sanchez
Age: 16
Gift: singer
YouTube Hits: 44,481,725
Facebook Followers:5,902
Twitter Followers: 6,998
Her Story:
• At 9 had sit down auditions with
Warne Bros. Records
• At 10 performed at the Apollo
theatres capturing the attention of
Whoopi Goldberg
• At 11 was a finalist on “America’s
Got Talent”
• Is scheduled to be a contestant on
the 2012 American Idol
competition

7. Name: Chyna Layne
Age: 20’s
Gift: Actress
YouTube Hits: 35,172
Facebook Followers: no data
Twitter Followers: 1,341
Her Story:
• Jamaican/Asian actress raised
in East New York, BK
• Played Rhonda in the hit movie
Precious
• Touted as the modern day
Diahann Carroll
• Featured on the cover of
Fearless Magazine’s “Young
Black Hollywood” issue
• Has done over 30 independent
films

8. Name: Angel Laws
Age: 27
Gift: Blogging
Site: ConcreteLoop.com
Facebook Followers: 4,953
Twitter Followers: 35,429
Her Story:
• First got noticed when website
was featuring as one of Time
Magazine’s 50 best websites
on the internet
• At 26 received the Lifetime
achievement award winner
• Russell Simmons and
Jermaine Dupri both made
offers to buy her site
• Author of top selling book on
Amazon, “Angels Laws of
Blogging”
• Coined the CNN of Black
Entertainment News

9. Name: Melodie Robinson
Age: 20’s
Gift: Blogging
Website: PopCulturefix.com
Facebook Followers: 307
Twitter Followers: 3,195
The Buzz:
Pop Culture Fix.com is the next
generation of the Pop Culture
Junkie
Melody’s Mission:
Pop Culture Fix is your daily dose
of entertainment new, salacious
gossip, new music, and all things
popular