Faith Evans

Faith Evans became the glamorous first lady of pop-infused R&B before she was 23 years old, thanks to a meteoric rise in the charts—and her brief, troubled marriage to The Notorious B.I.G.

Born in Lakeland, FL, in 1973 and raised in New Jersey, Evans was a preternaturally talented singer/songwriter blessed with a buttery soprano and natural elegance.

As a teen, she sang in a gospel group and was a straight-A student who won a scholarship to Fordham University.