Bonjou! 8 Famous Folks You Might Not Have Known Were Creole

May 10th, 2012 - By IndigoBlack

Let me be clear in saying, I’m talking Louisiana Creole descent. Sorry if you clicked and were looking for one of the many other kinds. But where was I?

Frenchcreole.com identifies Creole people as a broad cultural group of people of all races who share a French or Spanish background. No matter how you come to the conclusion that one is Creole (and please, let’s not get into the colorstruck aspects of it all), there are many people who identify as such, and they speak a wide variety of languages. In our random travels through the Internet (or da Intanetz as we like to call it), we were surprised to find a number of celebrities who are of the Louisiana Creole heritage. If you’re nosey like us, you probably want to know who. Check it out.

Source: drumlessons.com

Sheila E.

Sheila Escovedo is hands down one of the coolest people to ever pick up a set of drumsticks and go to town on the drums, and if you didn’t know, she’s also of Mexican and Louisiana Creole heritage. Her father, famous drummer Pete Escovedo, is Mexican-American, while her mother, Juanita Escovedo (formerly Gardere), is French and black. I’ve been a fan since homegirl showed up in Krush Groove and dropped The Glamorous Life, but I can say that I didn’t know she was Creole…

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  • http://www.facebook.com/tommy.morris.9081 Tommy Morris

    All human life started in Africa. Black people or people of color can have an offspring of white skin which is albino. But whiteraces cannot produce offspring of darker color…

  • Why

    The story about Nicole Richie has NEVER made sense to me. She was born an Escovido and unless I missed something the Escovido’s had plenty of money to help raise a child and there would be NOOOOOOO need to adopt. Now what is more plausible to me is that Lionel Richie is her true father and the mother remains unknown, perhaps her mother the the same woman in questions that Brenda Lionel’s ex-wife gave him a beat down for? Of course we will never know and is simply just my own theory……After all, Latinos are not known for giving up children for adoption, they families tend to band together even if that means shifting the child around.

  • Creole Adonis

    I am CREOLE and what I find insulting about this post is Creole is a CULTURE! THis BS about “half Creole” is really stupid and I am Of African and French decent. This list is questionable and clearly some of them want to claim a culture they have little or no ties to.

  • Elseneg

    My family have lived in Southwest Louisiana since slavery.  I do not understand why people equate Creole with fair skin.  We come in all colors.  My father had dark skin with grey eyes.  Please open a real conversation concerning Creoles.  We have dark skin and YES we speak the language. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Que-Stevenson/1204180733 Que Stevenson

    This article makes me want to watch “Feast of All Saints”

  • Host

    It’s amazing after all the nose jobs and plastic surgery, skin lightening, and blond weaves, and fake contacts (outside of Miche’le) folks want to be Creole……PLEAZZZZZZZZ

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1217957212 Ruth A Mathis

    Some of us would rather be anything than what we are. They last time I looked, Matthew Knowles is a very dark skinned man. Many so called “Creoles” have African ancestry, or West Indian. It’s now fashionable to be something other than what you are…..SMDH!!

  • Elodie

    judging by the comments people still do not know the difference between race and culture.

  • Dani B

    Who cares? Article is not relevant in any form or fashion. Just another reason not to embrace being black? Technically all of us are creole if your talking mixtures and whatnot. Black folks kill me with the whole, “I’m mixed” mentality. It’s amazing how everybody else wants to be like us and emulates us but we don’t accept ourselves. Smh

  • inmyopinion

    I, like always, read through all the comments before I decided to post mine, and all I can say it that it is a sad state of affairs when Human beings can’t see the beauty that comes from mixing different cultures, nationalities and colors…I understand that most black people are tired of having to look up to and support a culture that doesn’t include them and makes them feel “wrong” for being who they are and looking the way they were made to look. there’s nothing wrong with it. to me it’s simply beautiful…but so are so many other cultures in my opinion..without love there is nothing but the hate and strife you see today..learn to love yourselves first and others will follow suit..not just blacks, but men, women, and children alike…if you don’t like the propaganda that’s being shoved in front of you by the media and entertainment, then don’t partake of it…it’s poison!! if no one’s supporting it, then it won’t stand…all this reminds me of a scripture in the bible that says that the world and it’s desires are passing away…clearly people are becoming disillusioned by the propaganda that the western world has put out there and are starting to see the REAL PROBLEMS that lie beneath.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1322539050 Yvette Franklin

    UM, yeah, nice article. I don’t have anything against any of the people mentioned however, i am quite pleasantly surprised. 
    My Grandfather is of French background himself as he is Haitian and spoke FrenchCreole quite well. His people immigrated to Louisiana and then throughout the South. He is very dark and beautiful but you would be able to tell that he is of French Descent by the way he spoke. I am gratefully proud of my ethnicity/background. As well everyone else should be just as proud.

  • Honeyeemee2

    I am of Creole heritage; Haitian Creoles that settled in Lousiana, and proud of it!  If my family comes together, you will see the whitest of skin, light colored eyes and hair to jet-black skin, dark eyes and kinky/coiled hair. The thing we have for each other is LOVE–UNCONDITIONAL love and that is what makes us different!

  • HOUSTON TEXAN

    BEYONCE IS CREOLE. MOST OF US FROM THE NORTH SIDE, TO THE FIFTH WARD ARE CREOLE.  ALL OF OUR FAMILY ARE FROM SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AND WE ALL HAVE CREOLE SURNAMES.  WE ARE MIXED WITH AFRICAN,SPANISH,FRENCH AND NATIVE AMERICAN.

    SO THE REST OF STUPID BLACK AMERICA NEED TO GET OFF OF BEYONCES CASE.  SHE IS A TRUE CREOLE.

  • BOOCOOMOOLAH

    EVERY HUMAN BEING FACIAL SHAPE, HEAD STRUCTURE, EYE COLOR, HAIR COLOR, EYE SHAPE, NOSE SHAPE, HAIR TEXTURE, SKIN HUE/COLOR, DNA, ETC. COMES FROM THE SOURCE: THE AFRICAN. THE MOTHER AND FATHER OF ALL PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET. WHERE YOU CROWN HUMBLELY REGAL, INTELLECTUALLY INDEPTH, AND OMNIPOTENTLY PEACFUL WITH LOVE AND HAPPINESS. WE ARE NEGUS NOT N%%G@S. WE ARE THE SPRING, EVERY THEREAFTER ARE THE OFFSPRING. THE LIBERTY OF TRUTH. CAN I GET A WITNESS! NOW HIP SOMEONE ELSE, EXPONENTIALLY.

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