BIO: An accomplished vocalist of smooth and sultry RB productions with occcasional hip-hop beats, Joe's extensive background in gospel music has allowed him to produce his albums as well as sing on them. A native of Georgia, Joe later moved to Opelika, Alabama; since he was the son of two preachers...
BIO: Started off as a member of the 'Talent Development Project' under the name Pauline Curuenavuli. Started singing at her church in Sydney,Australia at the tender age of six. She sang at the church Hebron which later moved to Lansvale also in Sydney and was later called Mt Zion...
BIO: Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton only notched one national hit in her lifetime, but it was a true monster. "Hound Dog" held down the top slot on Billboard's R&B charts for seven long weeks in 1953. Alas, Elvis Presley's rocking 1956 cover was even bigger, effectively obscuring Thornton's chief claim to immortality...
BIO: Wenn man einen Wettbewerb von Anfang an derart souverän beherrscht wie Mark Medlock die vierte Staffel der RTL-Erfolgsshow „Deutschland sucht den Superstar“, muss man Eigenschaften und Fähigkeiten besitzen, die weit über das gewöhnliche Maß hinaus gehen. Zur Erinnerung: Der 28-jährige...
BIO: Samantha Mumba was born in Dublin, Ireland, where she has become known as quite a pop/R&B sensation at 18. A student at Dublin's renowned Billie Barry Stage School from the age of 3 to 15, Samantha was always very studious about school.That is why when she decided to leave school by the time she was 17, she knew she was immersing herself into concentrating solely on her intensifying music career,especially a record contract...
BIO: Onetime R&B session vocalist Dave Hollister first appeared on the soundtrack of Boyz N the Hood, but got his big break as an original member of Teddy Riley's Blackstreet, performing on their 1994 debut album. He departed shortly thereafter to pursue a solo career, not only as a singer but also as a songwriter and producer. Hollister's first recorded effort as a solo act, the Erick Sermon/Redman collaboration "Weekend," was featured...
BIO: Born into a family of Jamaican ministers, statuesque and strikingly beautiful Grace Jones broke from family tradition when she moved to Syracuse, New York, and began seeking out work as a model. Gaining fame as the cover girl for such with-it publications as Vogue and Elle...
BIO: Nelly had just finished Nellyville when an unknown St. Louis producer by the name of Bam handed him a skeleton track sampling Patti LaBelle's "Love, Need and Want You." "I heard the beat and started playing around with it, writing stuff," Nelly recalled last fall."And then I wrote the whole song out."...
