Also known as "T-Boz" Tione Watkins is the lead singer of R&B group TLC. She was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia at an early age, limiting what she could do as a singer and dancer. Her sickle cell anemia caused other problems in her life such as having a brain tumor. In order to help with other people with the disease, Watkins became a spokesperson of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America in 1996
"Tionne Tenese Watkins." 2014. The Biography Channel website. Feb 18 2014, 08:42 http://www.biography.com/people/tionne-t-boz-watkins-21306077.
Albert Johnson also known as rapper Prodigy for the rap duo Mobb Deep also had sickle cell anemia. Here is a link were he talks about his life with sickle cell anemia