The famous American singer Faith Renée Evans was born in Lakeland, Florida, and raised in New Jersey, she relocated to Los Angeles in 1991 for a career in the music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B. Sure! and Christopher Williams, she became the first female artist to contract with Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs’ Bad Boy Records in 1994 at age 20.
On the label, she featured on records with several label mates such as 112 and Carl Thomas, and released three platinum-certified studio albums between 1995 and 2001: Faith (1995) and Keep the Faith (1998), and Faithfully (2001).
Is Faith Evans half-black?
Yes, Evans is half-black and was born to an African American mother, Helene Evans, a professional singer.
Her father, Richard Swain, was a musician of English and potential Italian descent who left before Evans was born (Evans has said “I’ve heard people mumble something about him being Italian, but I don’t know for sure”).
A half-year later, 19-year-old Helene returned to Newark, New Jersey, and left Faith with her cousin Johnnie Mae and husband Orvelt Kennedy, the foster parents of more than 100 children they raised during the time that Faith lived with them.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
