15 Facts About Dionne Farris

Dionne Farris was born on December 4,1969 and is an American singer and songwriter.

Dionne Farris was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1996.

Dionne Farris was raised in Bordentown, New Jersey by her single mother, whose side of the family introduced her to the musical acts that shaped and influenced her.

Dionne Farris began taking dance lessons at the age of three at Irene Parker Dance Studio in Hamilton Township, New Jersey.

Dionne Farris danced ballet, jazz, tap, and toe for 10 years, opting at 13 to sing instead.

Dionne Farris entered into the Miss Hemisphere Pageant regional competitions, directly after high school and won her first and only pageant as 1987's Miss Hemisphere's Adult Talent, singing Whitney Houston's "Saving All My Love for You" in Miami, Florida.

Dionne Farris joined a band known as 2.0 and later as Breaking Ground.

Dionne Farris decided to move to Atlanta with her then boyfriend Donald "Rasa Don" Jones, where her father lived.

Dionne Farris signed a management contract with Michael Mauldin's company as a solo artist, but later became a member of a girl group they were producing, known as Onyx.

Dionne Farris performed "Tennessee" with Arrested Development on the 1992 MTV Movie Awards and The Arsenio Hall Show as well as being invited on the group's first national tour.

Dionne Farris began experiencing personal and business conflicts with Arrested Development's group leader, despite the success of "Tennessee".

Dionne Farris was never an official member of the group, and she and the group parted ways in September 1992 before a show at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, Georgia after having an argument with group leader Speech and co-leader Headliner.

Dionne Farris reached out to Milton Davis and David Harris and began a collaboration.

Dionne Farris recorded a second album For Truth if Not Love but she experienced creative differences with the label she was signed to, Columbia Records, and the album went unreleased by Columbia.

Dionne Farris has a daughter, rapper Baby Tate, whose father is former Follow for Now member David Ryan Harris.