Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, she began performing as a child and became part of a traveling gospel choir at the age of ten.
Mụrụ na zụlitere College Park, Georgia, ọ malitere na-eme dị ka nwatakịrị na ghọrọ akụkụ nke a na-ejegharị gospel ukwe na afọ nke iri.