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R&B diva Monifah grew up in Spanish Harlem in the midst of a musical family, who encouraged her to work in several musicals while at an early age. With the experience she gained singing, Monifah signed a contract with MCA and released her self-titled album in 1995. The following year, her single "I Miss You (Come Back Home)" became an R&B hit. Her second album, Moods...Moments, was released on MCA's Uptown subsidiary in May 1996. The Top Ten single "Touch It" made 1998's Mo'hogany her biggest album hit, and two years later she followed with Home.
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Monifah (born Monifa Carter, January 28, 1971) is an American female R&B singer-songwriter.
Career
In 1996, her debut album, Moods...Moments was released. In 1997, she contributed the Heavy D. produced "I Still Love You" to the soundtrack of the film, Sprung. Monifah's second album was Mo'hogany. Released in the last quarter of 1998, it featured "Touch It". The track peaked at #29 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1999. Monifah's third album Home, released in 2000 contained "I Can Tell", "Brown Eyes" and "Fairytales." In 2003, she played a supporting role in Michael Baisden's Men Cry In the Dark stage play.
Monifah is currently working on her fourth studio album 'MidNite', which is due sometime in 2012.
Monifah and R&B singers Syleena Johnson , Faith Evans , Keke Wyatt and Nicci Gilbert - formely of the 90's Female Group Brownstone are currently working on a reality t.v show for TV One , which is slated to air late Summer / early Fall 2012.
