RC Birthdays for the week of May 19-25

Grammy-winning recording artist, producer and sex symbol Maxwell turns 40 on Thursday, May 23

Written by | Ray Cornelius

This week’s celebrity birthdays include a fearless music icon, an outspoken hip-hop star, two  R&B crooners, two music legends, a Broadway starlet, a multi-faceted entertainer and one helluva supermodel.  Get plugged into the RC Birthdays for this week, May 19-25, 2013.

 May 19: Singer-actress-model Grace Jones, 61

May 20: Rapper, producer and actor Busta Rhymes, 41

May 21: Recording artist, songwriter, and R&B legend Ronald Isley, 72 

May 22: Singer and sixth member of New Edition, Johnny Gill, 47

Supermodel-actress Naomi Campbell, 43

Singer-songwriter and record producer Donell Jones, 40

May 24: Grammy-winning singer-author-actress Ms. Patti LaBelle, 69

May 25: Actress- singer-Broadway diva Leslie Uggams, 70

Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer, 43

Multi-Grammy-winning singer-rapper-actress Lauryn Hill, 38