Biracial Celebrities Who Proudly Claim Black

Drake, Colin, Tiny and more.

Black Is Beautiful  - With Meghan Markle, who identifies as mixed-race, being engaged to Prince Harry, the conversation of racial identity is all over the Internet. While Meghan identifies as mixed-race, being "mixed" is consistent with the African-American experience, from Frederick Douglass to President Obama. Check out celebs who have different race parents but identify as Black.(Photo from left: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for GQ, Paras Griffin/WireImage, Bryan Steffy/WireImage)
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Tiny - Tiny has a white mother and a Black father, but has never claimed she wasn't  Black. When the world was introduced to her mother on the reality show Tiny and Toya, it was the first time fans knew she had a white mother. Unlike some biracial celebrities, she never used her racial identity as a talking point or to dismiss any of her roots.(Photo: Paras Griffin/WireImage) 

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