Editing Jamie Foxx (section)

== Early life ==
Born in [[Terrell, Texas]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jamie Foxx |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jamie-foxx/3030173104/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220131224521/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jamie-foxx/3030173104/ |archive-date=January 31, 2022 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |website=[[TV Guide]]}}</ref> Foxx is the son of Darrell Bishop (renamed Shahid Abdula following his conversion to [[Islam]]),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facts |url=http://www.jamie-foxx.us/jamie/facts/ |access-date=January 20, 2016 |website=jamie-foxx.us}}</ref> who sometimes worked as a stockbroker, and Louise Annette Talley Dixon. Shortly after his birth, Foxx was adopted and raised by his mother's adoptive parents, Esther<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oscar's Golden Foxx (washingtonpost.com) |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58372-2005Feb27.html |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> Marie (née Nelson), a domestic worker and nursery operator, and Mark Talley, a yard worker.<ref name="actors">{{Cite web |date=November 28, 2004 |title=Jamie Foxx, Season 11, Episode 1104 |url=http://www.bravotv.com/Inside_the_Actors_Studio/guest/Jamie_Foxx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202235015/http://www.bravotv.com/Inside_the_Actors_Studio/guest/Jamie_Foxx |archive-date=February 2, 2007 |website=[[Inside the Actors Studio]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=February 28, 2005 |title=Oscar's Golden Foxx |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58372-2005Feb27.html |access-date=May 10, 2013}}</ref> He has had little contact with his birth parents, who were not part of his upbringing.<ref name="Times Online">{{Cite news |last=Rader |first=Dotson |date=November 20, 2005 |title=Jamie Foxx |pages=1–3 |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article591526.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629141208/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article591526.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |access-date=February 23, 2009}}</ref> He was raised in the black quarter of Terrell, which at the time was a racially segregated community.<ref name="Times Online" /> He has often acknowledged his grandmother's influence as one of the greatest reasons for his success.<ref name="actors" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Steve |date=December 20, 2005 |title=Jamie Foxx: New king of all media? |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-12-20-foxx_x.htm |access-date=February 23, 2009}}</ref>

Foxx began playing the piano when he was five years old.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Loudon |first=Christopher |date=December 2004 |title=Ray Charles and Jamie Foxx: Genius Loves Company |work=[[Jazz Times]] |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/15167-ray-charles-and-jamie-foxx-genius-loves-company |access-date=March 4, 2013}}</ref> He had a strict [[Baptist]] upbringing<ref name="actors" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 11, 2005 |title=Marking the First Anniversary of TV One, Triple Golden Globe Nominee Jamie Foxx is Catherine Hughes' Special Guest on 'TV One on One' January 17 |url=http://www.exodusnews.com/entertainment/Entertain109.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050210043621/http://www.exodusnews.com/entertainment/Entertain109.htm |archive-date=February 10, 2005 |access-date=February 23, 2009}}</ref> and as a teenager was a part-time pianist and choir leader in Terrell's New Hope Baptist Church.<ref name="Times Online" /> His natural talent for telling jokes was already in evidence as a third grader, when his teacher used him as a reward: if the class behaved well, Foxx would tell them jokes. He attended [[Terrell High School]], where he received top grades and played [[basketball]] and [[American football|football]] (as [[quarterback]]). His ambition was to play for the [[Dallas Cowboys]], and he was the first player in the school's history to pass for more than 1,000 yards.<ref name="Times Online" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Cohen |first=Sandy |date=September 30, 2007 |title=Youth spent in church tickled Foxx's funny bone |pages=1, 2 |work=[[FindArticles]] |publisher=[[CBS Corporation]] |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20070930/ai_n21023973 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526232520/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20070930/ai_n21023973/ |archive-date=May 26, 2009}}</ref> He also sang in a band called Leather and Lace.<ref name="Times Online" /> After high school, Foxx received a scholarship to [[United States International University]], where he studied musical and performing arts [[musical composition|composition]].<ref name="Times Online" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Janice |date=August 5, 2004 |title=5 Reasons You Gotta Know ... Jamie Foxx |url=https://people.com/human-interest/5-reasons-you-gotta-know-jamie-foxx/ |access-date=January 4, 2009 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref>