Celebrity Birthdays: Fantasia Is Blowing Out Candles!

Missy Elliott, Irv Gotti and more celebrate this week.

Jimmie Walker: June 25 - The Good Times actor celebrates his 65th birthday. (Photo: Getty Images)   Download the BET Awards App to relive the entire history of the BET Awards in video and pics and to POWER vote for Viewers’ Choice and Who Rocked the Mic!

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Jimmie Walker: June 25 - The Good Times actor celebrates his 65th birthday. (Photo: Getty Images) Download the BET Awards App to relive the entire history of the BET Awards in video and pics and to POWER vote for Viewers’ Choice and Who Rocked the Mic!

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Derek Jeter: June 26 - New York Yankees baseball great turns 38.(Photo: Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

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Derek Jeter: June 26 - New York Yankees baseball great turns 38.(Photo: Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

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Irv Gotti Lorenzo, ‏‪@irvgotti187 - Tweet: “I just wanna see Pacquaio vs. Mayweather. [How] much longer do we have to wait. It's the only [f]ight that matters. Period.”A lot of folks are anticipating the day when Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will go toe to toe. When will we see two of the world’s greatest fighters duke it out? No one knows, but music maven Irv Gotti sounds like he’s losing patience waiting on the mega fight.(Photo: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for James Blake Foundation)

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Irv Gotti: June 26 - The Murder Inc. founder and music mastermind turns 42.(Photo: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for James Blake Foundation)

Khloe Kardashian: June 27 - Kim's little sis celebrates her 28th birthday.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Khloe Kardashian: June 27 - Kim's little sis celebrates her 28th birthday.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Tichina Arnold: June 28 - The star of Martin and Everybody Hates Chris turns 43.(Photo: Toby Canham/Getty Images)

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Tichina Arnold: June 28 - The star of Martin and Everybody Hates Chris turns 43.(Photo: Toby Canham/Getty Images)

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Kathy Bates: June 28 - The Oscar-winning actress from Misery and Titanic celebrates her 64th birthday.(Photo: David Livingston/Getty Images)

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Kathy Bates: June 28 - The Oscar-winning actress from Misery and Titanic celebrates her 64th birthday.(Photo: David Livingston/Getty Images)

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Nicole Scherzinger: June 29 - The former Pussycat Doll and X Factor judge turns 34.(Photo: Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

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Nicole Scherzinger: June 29 - The former Pussycat Doll and X Factor judge turns 34.(Photo: Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

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Fantasia: June 30 - The American Idol winner and new mom celebrates her 28th birthday.(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Fantasia: June 30 - The American Idol winner and new mom celebrates her 28th birthday.(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Mike Tyson: June 30 - The heavyweight champ, whose one-man show Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth is headed for Broadway, turns 46.(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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Mike Tyson: June 30 - The heavyweight champ, whose one-man show Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth is headed for Broadway, turns 46.(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

David Alan Grier: June 30 - The actor and comedian who rose to fame on In Living Color two decades ago celebrates his 57th birthday.(Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

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David Alan Grier: June 30 - The actor and comedian who rose to fame on In Living Color two decades ago celebrates his 57th birthday.(Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

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Missy Elliott: July 1 - The hip hop queen turns 41.(Photo: Rob Loud/PictureGroup)

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Missy Elliott: July 1 - The hip hop queen turns 41.(Photo: Rob Loud/PictureGroup)

Henry Simmons: July 1 - The NYBD Blue star celebrates his 42nd birthday.(Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

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Henry Simmons: July 1 - The NYBD Blue star celebrates his 42nd birthday.(Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

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Pamela Anderson: July 1 - The blonde bombshell can still turn heads at 45.(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Pamela Anderson: July 1 - The blonde bombshell can still turn heads at 45.(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Carl Lewis: July 1 - The celebrated Olympic athlete celebrates his 51st birthday.(Photo: Fernando Leon/PictureGroup)

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Carl Lewis: July 1 - The celebrated Olympic athlete celebrates his 51st birthday.(Photo: Fernando Leon/PictureGroup)

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Evelyn "Champagne" King: June 29 - The Bronx-born disco queen turns 52.(Photo: Steve Snowden/Getty Images)

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Evelyn "Champagne" King: June 29 - The Bronx-born disco queen turns 52.(Photo: Steve Snowden/Getty Images)

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