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A greatly admired soul singer, Faith Evans is also one of America's most versatile talents with a varied career as a writer, actress and producer. Born in Florida but raised in a Christian family in New Jersey, Evans was strongly influenced by the congregational singing at her local Baptist church. At university she acted in theatre and sang mainly jazz, but attracted the attention of Puff Daddy while singing backing vocals with Al B Sure and Christopher Williams. She became the first female act signed to Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Entertainment label, acquiring the epithet The First L...