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| Shareefa |
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I've been doing a lot of shows lately, but it's been cool, nothing really crazy happened... yet.?
- Shareefa
| Date of Birth: January 1, 1984 |
| Birthplace: East Orange, New Jersey |
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| New Jersey native Shareefa Cooper is riding high thanks to the startling success of her debut album, Point Of No Return. "From the first time I stepped into the studio, it was my goal to try and make classic material," she says. |
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| Shareefa?s signature rasp and assertive attitude remind us of a young Mary J. Blige. That?s especially evident on her mega hit "Need A Boss." "There are times when I can just feel the beat talking to me and I need to talk back,? she says. ?From the first moment [I heard] the track, I felt an instant connection." |
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Shareefa Cooper was born on January 1, 1984, in East Orange, New Jersey. A true music fan from an early age, she recalls idolizing the industry?s R&B pioneers. "I can remember taping the tributes to Smokey Robinson and Gladys Knight that were on the Soul Train Awards," she says. "I would be rewinding them all the time, practicing those routines until I knew them by heart. In the same way Patti LaBelle could make the hair stand up on my arms with her voice, I wanted to be able to do the same thing."
Although Shareefa may now be carrying LaBelle?s torch, it took her a while to get her own life sorted out. The trouble began when Shareefa moved with her mother and two siblings to Charlotte, North Carolina, when she was 15. "I just started acting out and being disobedient," she says. Her need for attention eventually led her to court, where she was nearly sent away for grand theft auto. Luckily, the experience provided her with a much-needed wakeup call and she began straightening herself out. |
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