Faith Evans

Perhaps not as well known as her late husband, the Notorious B.I.G., Faith Evans
has actually been in the music business for a longer period of time as a singer
and songwriter. Evans began singing at age two in her Newark, NJ, church, going
on to perform in high school musicals, study both jazz and classical music, and
even win the title of New Jersey Miss Fashion Teen. She attended Fordham
University for a year, but left to pursue a career in the music industry. She wrote
songs and sang background vocals for artists such as Pebbles, Color Me Badd,
and Mary J. Blige before meeting rap sensation Biggie Smalls at a photo shoot.
The two were married nine days later, and Evans guested on B.I.G.'s "One More
Chance." Her self-titled debut album was released in 1995 and featured the hit
single "You Used to Love Me." Separated from Smalls prior to his 1997 murder,
Evans was nevertheless prominently featured on Puff Daddy's tribute to the late
rapper, the monster hit "I'll Be Missing You"; her own Keep the Faith album
followed in 1998, scoring with the single "Never Gonna Let You Go." Her third album
entitled Faithfully was released in the fall of 2001. It produced the hitsingle "You Gets
No Love".