The couple had unofficially separated when Biggie was shot and k**ed in March 1997. Biggie had publicly taken up with rapper Lil' Kim and rumors had been spreading about an Evans liaison with Biggie's rival 2Pac (alluded to on 2Pac's venomous "Hit Me Off"). She and Biggie also had a son, Christopher Wallace Jr., in late 1996 however, by that point, their marriage had already become strained. (some accounts say at a photo shoot, others a phone conversation) and married him after a courtship of just nine days shortly thereafter, she guested on a remix of his smash single "One More Chance."br /br /Over the next couple of years, Evans continued her behind-the-scenes work, performing and writing for records by the likes of Color Me Badd and LSG. In 1995, Evans released her debut album, Faith, which went platinum on the strength of the hit R&B singles "You Used to Love Me" and "Soon as I Get Home." The same year, she met fellow Bad Boy artist the Notorious B.I.G. Thanks to her work on Blige's 1994 sophomore effort, My Life, Evans met producer/impresario Sean "Puffy" Combs, who signed her to his Bad Boy label. Sure!, Usher, Tony Thompson, and Christopher Williams. It didn't take her long to find work, and over the next few years, she sang backup and wrote songs for artists like Hi-Five, Mary J.
After just one year, though, she left college to put her jazz and cla**ical training to use in the field of contemporary R&B.
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A high school honor student, she sang in her school's musical productions before winning a full scholarship to Fordham University. Evans was an active session singer and songwriter before signing her own solo deal and marrying Biggie, and while she never matched the level of his stardom, she continued to come into her own as a vocalist in the years after his untimely d**h.br /br /Evans was born on June 10, 1973, and grew up in Newark, NJ, where she began singing in church at the mere age of two. In 2017, she took a gamble by duetting with recordings of her late husband’s rhymes on the album The King & I, which included a guest spot by onetime rival (and former Biggie lover) Lil’ Kim-a classy move from an enduring diva.In spite of the fact that Faith Evans carved out a recording career in her own right, her name will forever remain linked in the minds of many to her late husband, the Notorious B.I.G. She has maintained a steady presence on the charts since, releasing gorgeous, timeless R&B. Evans soared again the next year with Keep the Faith and the rapturous “Love Like This”, which curls around a funky, repeating sample from Chic’s “Chic Cheer”. After Biggie’s murder in 1997, she co-penned the chart-topping anthem to him “I’ll Be Missing You”. In 1995 she stepped into the limelight with her debut album, Faith, which effortlessly straddled pop, hip-hop and R&B with hit singles including the sinuous “You Used to Love Me”. Soon after, Evans met Christopher Wallace they were married just eight days later. That year, Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs signed her to Bad Boy Records-as its first female signee-and she co-wrote many of the label’s early hits. Sure!, co-writing six songs on Usher’s stellar 1994 debut. But music’s pull was too strong: she dropped out within a year and moved to Los Angeles, where she started writing songs and singing backup for Mary J. As a teen, she sang in a gospel group and was a straight-A student who won a scholarship to Fordham University.
Born in Florida in 1973 and raised in New Jersey, Evans was a preternaturally talented singer/songwriter blessed with a buttery soprano and natural elegance. 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.
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