Faith Evans

Faith Renee Evans (born June 10, 1973 in Lakeland, Florida and raised in Newark, New Jersey) is an R&B singer/songwriter who rose to fame even while under her late husband's rather large shadow, hip-hop icon The Notorious B.I.G..

Faith Renee Evans (born June 10, 1973 in Lakeland, Florida and raised in Newark, New Jersey) is an R&B singer/songwriter who rose to fame even while under her late husband's rather large shadow, hip-hop icon The Notorious B.I.G.. Evans' father is Italian American; her mother is African-American.

Known for her smooth, clear, and powerful voice. Evans performs leaps and runs throughtout her vast range with ease. Influenced by the legendary clark sisters.After several years perfoming jazz standards at clubs and dropping out of college after her freshman year, the daughter of a white rocker and R&B backup singer decided to begin a music career, first with a young musician named Kiyamma Griffin, and later with rising hip-hop/R&B record producer Sean "Puffy" Combs, who was forming his own label, Bad Boy Records at the time.