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Influenced By:

Faith Evans, Madonna, Minnie Riperton, Aretha Franklin, Prince

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Diddy
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  • Born: 1982, Cleveland, OH
  • Active: 2000s
  • Genres: Rhythm & Blues
  • Instrument: Vocals, Vocals (Background) Representative Album: "In and Out of Love"

Biography

With Sean "Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy Records on a winning streak in 2006 (new talents Yung Joc, Cassie, and Danity Kane scored Top Ten hit singles and Top Five albums, not to mention Diddy's own number one album), R&B vocalist Cheri Dennis was next in line, carrying Bad Boy's revival into 2007. The Cleveland native became the label's lone female solo artist since Faith Evans bailed for Capitol Records after her 2001 album, Faithfully. Dennis had to climb up the industry ladder before obtaining any real progress. She first discovered her love for singing in her grandmother's church choir at eight years of age. After finishing school and starting to sing professionally, she felt that she exhausted all means of pursuing a music career in her home city, and thus, went on to New York. Through different connections other than Combs, she landed guest vocals on Mase's 1999 album Double Up. However, two years later, Dennis ran into Combs at a party on Valentine's Day and staged an off-the-cuff performance for him, catering to whatever song that happened to be playing at the time. Combs practically signed her on the spot. For the next five years, Dennis remained behind the scenes, mainly singing background vocals or hooks, while Bad Boy cycled through a couple distribution deals. The single "I Love You" finally appeared in spring 2006. ~ Cyril Cordor, All Music Guide
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Cheri Dennis
Birth name Cheri Dennis
Born August 10, 1982 (1982-08-10) (age 27)
Origin Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Genres R&B, pop
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Years active 1999-present
Labels Bad Boy/Atlantic
Associated acts Diddy, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
Website CheriDennisOnline.com

Cheri Dennis (born August 10, 1982 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American singer, signed to Bad Boy Records.

Cheri Dennis was born in 1979 and raised in a housing projects of Cleveland, Ohio. She later moved to Shaker Heights, Ohio and was initially a member of a group named Spoiled. When the group broke up, Dennis left Shaker Heights and moved to New York where she began her recording career.

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Career

Dennis first appeared on the Mase tracks "No Matter What", "All I Ever Wanted" and "If You Want to Party" from his album Double Up (1999), after running into Diddy during a party in New York. After appearing briefly on Puff Daddy's Forever album ("Is This the End? (Pt. 2)") also in 1999, in 2001 she reappeared signed to Bad Boy Entertainment with her first solo track "So Complete" from the P. Diddy and The Bad Boy Family album "The Saga Continues...". Afterwards she was heard on several mixtapes, before finally releasing her first single, the Ryan Leslie produced track "I Love You", in fall 2005. The single has peaked at #38 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks so far, a video was filmed in March and premiered on 106 & Park on May 1, 2006. The second single is Portrait of Love. Her song "Ooh La La" was originally used as an opener for Making The Band 3, which suggested that the final band recorded the song. The girls often referred to the song in competitions. She is currently working on her sophomore album due in 2010.

Discography

Albums

Information
In and Out of Love [1]

Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
US Hot 100 US R&B/Hip-Hop Hot Adult R&B UK Singles
2004 "Freak" (feat. Babs) — — — — In and Out of Love
2006 "I Love You" (feat. Jim Jones & Yung Joc) — #38 — —
2007 "Portrait of Love" (feat. Yung Joc & Gorilla Zoe) — #55 #22 —
2008 "Pretend" (feat. Maino) — #116 — —
"Ooh Ooh" [3]1 — #115 — —
  • 1 "Ooh Ooh" appeared on the charts due to high download sales.

Guest appearances

Year Artist Album Title (s) Notes
1999 Mase Double Up "If You Want To Party", "All I Ever Wanted", "No Matter What" -
Puff Daddy Forever "Is This The End (Pt. 2)" -
2001 Faith Evans Faithfully "Faithful (Interlude)" Co-writer
P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family The Saga Continues... "Incomplete (Interlude)", "So Complete", "Back For Good Now"
Olivia Olivia "Look Around" Co-writer
2005 The Notorious B.I.G. Duets: The Final Chapter "Living The Life" -
Black Rob The Black Rob Report "B.R." -
2006 Danity Kane Danity Kane "Back Up" Co-Writer, Originally recorded by Cheri Dennis
Yung Joc New Joc City "Flip Flop -
Diddy Press Play Outro to "Diddy Rock" -
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Znatra Criminal "Part 1", "Criminal Album", "Znatra"

References

  1. ^ www.myspace.com/cheridennis
  2. ^ Default Viral Title Player
  3. ^ [1]

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