KERRY ASHBY GORDY
Age: 52.
Job: Music-biz executive, producer and manager (Rick James); goes by Kerry Ashby.
Cool fact: He worked for Prince's Paisley Park Records, helping to market the hit "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World."
KENNEDY WILLIAM GORDY
Age: 48.
Job: Singer known as Rockwell, he scored the 1984 hit "Somebody's Watching Me."
Cool fact: His childhood pal Michael Jackson sang on that hit.
RHONDA ROSS KENDRICK
Age: 40.
Job: Actress, nominated for a Daytime Emmy in the TV soap "Another World" in the late '90s.
Cool fact: Her mom is Diana Ross.
STEFAN KENDAL GORDY
Age: 36.
Job: LMFAO singer/DJ Redfoo.
Cool fact: A former day trader, he was featured on CNBC's "Mad Money."
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