Blu Cantrell (born Tiffany Cobb on October 1, 1976 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American R&B singer. She was born into a biracial family of jazz enthusiasts from Providence, Rhode Island. She and her five siblings were born of a European American mother who is a Jazz singer and an African American father who was a NBA player. In 2000, Cantrell was discovered by an A&R executive and began singing backup for artists such as Puff Daddy, Truth Hurts and Faith Evans. |