According to the Chinese Calendar, she was born in the Year of the Rabbit.
R&B singer.
Studied trombone, tuba, and steel drums, and won a school contest singing The Emotions' "Don't Ask My Neighbors" when she was 12.
Her early experience was in gospel, though she was also attracted to R&B during her childhood. She sang in a New Jersey vocal group, and studied opera and jazz in college.