Stephanie Lecor, known professionally as Steph Lecor () is a Haitian-American cast member of ''
Love & Hip Hop: Miami'' and singer.
Early years
Lecor was born and raised in
Miami
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,
Florida
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to
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
an parents. Her father was in a Haitian band, where she would watch him record at an early age. Her parents put her in choir practice and was given vocal lessons as a child.
Career
2009–present: Kulture Shock
In 2009, after touring nationwide as a backup singer for
Ky-Mani Marley
Ky-Mani Marley (born 26 February 1976) is a Jamaican singer and musician. His name is of East African origin, and means "Adventurous Traveler". He is the only child of Bob Marley with Anita Belnavis, a Jamaican table tennis champion. In 2001 ...
, Lecor started a solo career. Then, she discovered Jase and City Boi,
who had collaborated on songwriting with various artists for
Interscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M imprint. Founded in late 1990 by Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field as a $20 million joint venture with Atlantic Records of Warner Mus ...
and
Atlantic Records
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, were looking for a female singer to create a group called Kulture Shock. Together, the group was signed by
Poe Boy Entertainment
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in a joint venture deal with France-based record label Artop/Universal.
Solo singles
References
Living people
American people of Haitian descent
American women pop singers
American women hip hop musicians
American hip hop singers
Musicians from Miami
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women singers
21st-century American singers
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