Birthday: October 13, 1980
Hometown: Glen Cove, New York

Get to Know Her: No. 37 on our 2008 Hot 100; discovered in the '90s by P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records; her self-titled debut came out in 2002; released her fourth proper album, The Declaration, earlier this summer.

Hassle and Flow: "[Terrence Howard] is going to get mad at me for saying this, but at the end of the ["Foolish"] video, they put the camera close up on my face as he gives me a hug. And he squeezed my ass! I was like, 'Oh, my God, I know this dude did not just squeeze my ass! I’m going to get him.' It was hilarious."—Maxim

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