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BLU CANTRELL

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Blu Cantrell (born Tiffany Cobb on March 16, 1976) is an United States|American contemporary R&B|R&B and soul music|soul singer-songwriter.

Biography
Early life
Cantrell was born in Providence, Rhode Island|Providence, Rhode Island to a Narragansett Indian and Cape Verdean father National Basketball Association|NBA player father and a jazz singer mother of Italian people|Italian descent.

Music career
After several demo (music)|demos, recordings, and singing backup for artists such as Puff Daddy, Truth Hurts and Faith Evans, Cantrell was discovered by Red Zone Entertainment heads Tab and Laney Stewart in early 2000. The producers promptly placed her to L.A. Reid|Antonio "L.A." Reid who offered the singer a contract with his label Arista Records after a successful audition. Afterwards Cantrell went straight into recording sessions with Dallas Austin and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. In 2001, her debut album, ''So Blu'', was released. The record saw major success when it peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200 chart, eventually selling over 800,000 copies and going platinum in the United States. The album featured the hit single "Hit 'em Up Style (Oops!)", which peaked at number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100 and earned Cantrell a Grammy Award nomination for Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal... read all