publication date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 (part of Fall 2019)

category: Music

clue: This former member of Destiny's Child starred in Chicago on Broadway, not in Brokeback Mountain.

intended difficulty: very easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, and Erik Bates

Not "The" Michelle Williams: After actress Michelle Williams devoted her Emmy acceptance speech to supporting women in Hollywood, online trolls started harassing singer Michelle Williams, who was amused at their confusing a black woman for a white woman. Her Instagram rant inspired this theme of seven celebrities who are all not Michelle Williams the actress, if you can possibly tell them apart.

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Chuck D

This Queens native declared himself public enemy #1 in the 1980s for bringing the noise and calling 911 a joke. Go »

Lizzo

This big grrrl wants to tell the small world that she loves you, and that kind of truth doesn't hurt. Go »

mxmtoon

She's a YouTube-based pop star who released her debut in 2018, not an animated character who debuted in 1990. Go »

Michelle Ann Williams

This renowned Jamaican scientist is a dean at Harvard, which is in Cambridge, not in nearby Manchester-by-the-Sea. Go »

Michelle Toro

In 2016, this swimmer was too busy winning an Olympic medal for Canada to have been nominated for a Tony Award for Blackbird on Broadway. Go »

Michael K. Williams

He rose to fame as the terrifying Omar in The Wire, not as teenaged Jen Lindley in Dawson's Creek. Go »