Faith Evans
Faith Renée Evans
Faith Evans is an American singer from Lakeland, Florida active since 1994.
- Profession
- Singer, Songwriter, Producer
- From
- Lakeland, Florida
- Born
- June 10, 1973
- Years active
- 1994–present
Early life
Born in Florida and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Faith Evans became the first female artist signed to Sean Combs's Bad Boy Records and married The Notorious B.I.G.
Career
Her solo hits and her vocal on the Grammy-winning tribute "I'll Be Missing You" made her a defining voice of the hip-hop-soul era.
Major achievements
She won a Grammy Award and charted multiple platinum records.
Legacy
Faith Evans was a cornerstone of the Bad Boy sound and a leading hip-hop-soul vocalist of the 1990s.
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