Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Toy Connor (born April 7, ????, Brooklyn, New York), is a Caribbean-American actress, rapper, singer and songwriter. Her career began upon meeting casting director Jackie Brown-Karman in 1999 through a request to attach actors to a script Connor had written; she was granted a meeting to discuss her script at HBO, where the casting director then asked if she would be interested in auditioning for a new HBO Series, The Corner. She ultimately landed the role of Tyreeka Freamon after auditioning for David Simon, Charles S. Dutton, and David Mills. The Corner received three Emmy Awards (2000). Connor went on to star and co-star in numerous Emmy Award-winning shows between the years of 2000 and 2010, and became known for her "Sassy Bad Girl" image on primetime television.In 2010, Connor abandoned Hollywood and went back to the Islands to look after her father, whose health was declining due to a terminal illness. It was there that she gravitated back to her first love, music, while sitting long bedside hours, writing songs and singing to her father, who encouraged her to seriously pursue her music. Unfortunately, her father died in early 2012.Through Connor's affiliation with the Berry Gordy family, she was given the opportunity to showcase one of her dance records, entitled "Be In Love Tonight", on the NOW That's What I call Music compilation album.Connor's music has been featured on television series The Real World (2013), Bad Girls Club (2013), Love Games (2013), Texas Big Tips (2014) and Kingpin (2003).Her single "They Don't Even Know" was released on iTunes on April 17, 2015."@en }
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- Toy_Connor abstract "Toy Connor (born April 7, ????, Brooklyn, New York), is a Caribbean-American actress, rapper, singer and songwriter. Her career began upon meeting casting director Jackie Brown-Karman in 1999 through a request to attach actors to a script Connor had written; she was granted a meeting to discuss her script at HBO, where the casting director then asked if she would be interested in auditioning for a new HBO Series, The Corner. She ultimately landed the role of Tyreeka Freamon after auditioning for David Simon, Charles S. Dutton, and David Mills. The Corner received three Emmy Awards (2000). Connor went on to star and co-star in numerous Emmy Award-winning shows between the years of 2000 and 2010, and became known for her "Sassy Bad Girl" image on primetime television.In 2010, Connor abandoned Hollywood and went back to the Islands to look after her father, whose health was declining due to a terminal illness. It was there that she gravitated back to her first love, music, while sitting long bedside hours, writing songs and singing to her father, who encouraged her to seriously pursue her music. Unfortunately, her father died in early 2012.Through Connor's affiliation with the Berry Gordy family, she was given the opportunity to showcase one of her dance records, entitled "Be In Love Tonight", on the NOW That's What I call Music compilation album.Connor's music has been featured on television series The Real World (2013), Bad Girls Club (2013), Love Games (2013), Texas Big Tips (2014) and Kingpin (2003).Her single "They Don't Even Know" was released on iTunes on April 17, 2015.".