Jazmine Sullivan

Jazmine is a Philadelphia native, was born and raised in the city. Her mother Pam is a former back-up singer with Philadelphia International Records. When she was five Her father was appointed as one of the cities' Historic Strawberry Mansion curator. The family then moved into the building's historic structure. As a 2005 Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts graduates She is an instructor in the area of vocal. Sullivan sang as a contralto for the children's choir and then, a few more years later, she sang as an adult in the choir. His exposure to secular music was at first sporadic "I was doing solos in the church, and I was asked to be a part of the gospel label at age was 11 years old, but I wasn't ready to do that," she recalls. "Then McDonald's offered a competition with children of major cities. In the end, I got the chance to sing Accept the Grace of God on Showtime Apollo. My fans were very welcoming." In the year 13 she sang in a duet with Stevie Wonder for his grandson's birthday celebration. Sullivan was signed initially to Jive Records at the age fifteen. There, she recorded the entire album but it was never released. Sullivan was later dropped from the label. Missy Elliott was the producer on a couple of tracks on her first album. One of them is "Backstabbers" performed by Timbaland and Timbaland, which Elliott composed, was a highlight of their working relationship.