Jill Scott

Born in 1972 in North Philadelphia, Jill Scott grew up in the ghetto with her mom and grandmother. Encouraged by Jazzy Jeff and Ahmir-Khalib Thompson of the hip-hop group The Roots, Scott wrote several songs in only three days during the summer of 1999. One of them, entitled "You Got Me," was performed by Erykah Badu and The Roots, and won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance. A few months later, 100 demo CDs were burned and marketed the soul singer. Jill Scott then signed with the new label Hidden Beach. During this whole process and since then, she collaborated with Will Smith and Common.

Here is one of her songs for you. .