Cheri Dennis (born August 7, 1979), is an American R&B singer from
Cleveland
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, Ohio.
Early life
Cheri Dennis was born and raised in
Cleveland
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, Ohio and was initially a member of a girl group named Spoyled. When the group broke up, Dennis left Shaker Heights and moved to New York where she began her recording career.
Career
Dennis first appeared on the
Mase
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tracks "No Matter What", "All I Ever Wanted" and "If You Want to Party" from his album ''
Double Up'' (1999), after running into
Diddy during a party in New York City. After appearing briefly on
Puff Daddy
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'' album ("Is This the End? (Pt. 2)") also in 1999, in 2001 she reappeared signed to
Bad Boy Entertainment
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with her first solo track "So Complete" from the
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and The Bad Boy Family album "The Saga Continues...". Afterwards she was heard on several mixtapes, before finally releasing her first single, the
Ryan Leslie
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produced track "I Love You", in fall 2005. The music video was filmed in March 2006 before premiering on
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's
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on May 1. "I Love You" peaked at No. 38 on
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. Dennis' second single "Portrait of Love" peaked at No. 55 before her debut album ''
In and Out of Love'' finally released in February 2008, debuting at No. 74 on the
''Billboard'' 200. Her song "Ooh La La" was originally used as an opener for ''
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'', which suggested that the final band recorded the song. The girls often referred to the song in competitions.
She now goes by Cheri Coke
and has collaborated with
MeLo-X
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MeLo-X is one half of the electro/dancehall/reggae duo Electri ...
on "The Garden of Eden", it is a part of the tracklist that will appear on Dennis's second album "''X/COKE''".
Discography
;Studio albums
* ''
In And Out Of Love'' (2008)
* ''X/COKE'' (2020)
Guest appearances
References
External links
*
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1979 births
Living people
African-American women singer-songwriters
American dance musicians
American hip hop singers
American rhythm and blues singer-songwriters
American soul singers
Atlantic Records artists
Bad Boy Records artists
American female hip hop musicians
Musicians from Shaker Heights, Ohio
Singer-songwriters from Ohio
20th-century African-American women singers
21st-century African-American women singers