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Jill Scott performing at the 2007 Black Lily Film & Music Festival (World Cafe Live).Background informationBornApril 4, 1972 ( 1972-04-04) (age 37)Origin,Occupations,Years active1999–presentWebsiteJill Scott (born April 4, 1972) is an and,. In 2007, Scott made her cinematic debut in the films (as ) and in 's feature film, That same year her third studio album, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3, was released on September 25, 2007. She has won three.
She currently appears in the lead role of the BBC/HBO series. Contents.Early lifeScott grew up an in the neighborhood of, and was raised by her mother, Joyce Scott, and her grandmother. She indicated in an interview with that she had a happy childhood and was 'very much a loved child'.
Scott attended the and after graduating, attended while simultaneously working two jobs. She studied secondary education for three years and had planned on becoming a high school English teacher, but after spending time as a teacher's aide, Scott became disillusioned with the teaching profession and dropped out of school.Prior to her breakthrough in the music industry, Scott worked at a variety of jobs, including a number of retail positions and stints at a construction site and an ice cream parlor. She remains close to her mother and grandmother, nicknamed Blue Babe, and currently resides in,. Music careerScott began her performing career as a artist, appearing at live poetry readings to perform her work. She was eventually discovered by of. QuestLove invited her to join the band in the studio, and the collaboration resulted in a co-writing credit for Scott for the song, 'You Got Me.' In 2000, and The Roots won the Grammy for best rap performance by a duo or group for 'You Got Me',and Scott debuted as an artist during a Roots live show, filling in for Badu and providing her own variation on the song.
Subsequently, Scott collaborated with, and, and broadened her performing experience by touring in a production of the Broadway musical.Scott was the first artist signed to Steve McKeever's 'Hidden Beach Recordings' label. Her debut album, was released in 2000.
She experienced some chart success and notice with the single 'A Long Walk', which eventually earned her a nomination in early 2003 for Best Female Vocal Performance. Scott lost that award, but won a 2005 Grammy for Best Urban/Alternative R&B Performance for 'Cross My Mind.' The live album, Experience: Jill Scott 826+, was released November 2001. Scott's second full-length album, Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2, followed in 2004.Scott continues to write poetry; a compilation volume of her poems, The Moments, The Minutes, The Hours, was published and released by St. Martin's Press in April 2005. In early 2007 Scott was featured on the & collaboration ', which earned Scott her second Grammy award, Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance, at the ceremony.
Scott shared the win with Benson & Jarreau. Recently, Scott was prominently featured on hip-hop artist 's 2006 single 'Daydreaming' which won a 2008 Grammy for and also appeared on a new Scott collection called Collaborations on January 30, 2007.The Collaborations collection served as 'an appetizer' for her next studio album, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3 released September 25, 2007. A clip of the title track was released on a bonus disc from Hidden Beach Records and included with Collaborations. The lead single 'Hate on Me', gained airplay in May 2007 with a video released in mid-July. In advance of the album's release, Hidden Beach released a 17-minute album sampler through their forums.
Interspersed between the dozen songs previewed on the sampler was a personal explanation from Jill for the inspiration behind some of her songs.In 2008, Scott released her second live album 'Live In Paris+', which consists of 8 songs recorded during her 'Big Beautiful Tour'. The bonus DVD contains the same concert, plus some live cuts from The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. In the same year, 'Whenever You're Around', a single from 'The Real Thing' which features, was a moderate hit on urban radio.Following up to 2007's Grammy nominated Gold certified album The Real Thing, Jill is currently in the studio recording her 4th studio album titled The Light Of The Sun: Words and Sounds, Vol. The album embarks Jill on a flurry of emotional poetry as both her career and personal life have skyrocketed with success in Hollywood and birth of first child. The album is expected to be a Spring/Summer 2010 release. AdvertisementsOther appearances and song-writingHer live performance in 2004 with members of, which also includes a joint performance with, is featured in Dave Chappelle's 2006 concert film,. Dance duo covered Scott's song 'It's Love', re-naming it 'It's Love (Trippin')' with singer taking over vocal duties.
The song became a top ten hit in the UK, peaking at number six. 'It's Love (Trippin')' was also covered by South West Beats (Featuring Claudia Patrice) in 2008. The song Golden is featured in a R&B themed radio station in the Rockstar Games video game. Vocal profileScott is a vocalist who infused, and among other genres to create a distinct style that many refer to as. Her vocal capabilities are so rich that a reviewer on Pop Matter, referring to Scott's vocal ability, stated 'Scott draws on her upper register, recalling the artistry of the late 'songbird' and '. The same reviewer in another article stated, 'The song evokes the artistry of Minnie Riperton as Scott sings in the upper register that makes its only appearances on Who is Jill Scott?
On the teasing 'I Think It's Better' and 'Show Me.' Scott has 'a very rare facility to hit notes in the sixth octave as displayed on songs such as 'Gimme' where she hits a D6 with full vibrato, and on 'Spring Summer Feeling' where she hits a C7 in the background'. Film and televisionOn the advice of her good friend, director Ozzie Jones, she began pursuing a career in acting in 2000. She joined a fellowship at a theater company in. For two years, she took small, menial, jobs in exchange for acting lessons.In 2004, Scott expanded her resume by appearing in several episodes of season four of UPN's, playing Donna, a love interest to main character, William Dent. She also appeared in the movie Cavedwellers, starring and,In 2007, Scott appeared in (as ) and in 's movie,In 2008, Scott appeared as in ’s film adaption of 's series of books playing a detective. Scott then filmed additional episodes for the series in in late 2008, co-funded by the and that were broadcast as a seven-part series on in March 2009; and on HBO, which debuted March 29, 2009.
BBC and HBO are contemplating whether to produce a second round of episodes of the series. Jill will reprise her role as Sheila in (2010). The movie is set to shoot in August for an April 2, 2010 release.In 2010 Jill will appear in the film adaption of.On March 24, 2010, Jill Scott will guest-star in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Personal lifeScott and longtime boyfriend Lyzel Williams, a graphic artist and DJ, married in 2001 in a private Hawaiian ceremony during a vacation. The couple dated for seven years before they wed. Scott wrote and recorded the song 'He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat)' about Williams.
After six years of marriage Scott and Williams divorced in 2007.On June 20, 2008, at a concert in New York's, Scott shared a long on-stage kiss with her drummer, Lil' John Roberts; the couple then told the audience that they were engaged. They expected their first child on April 25, 2009 but the baby boy, Jett Hamilton Roberts, arrived five days earlier. On June 23, 2009, Scott announced that she and Roberts had broken up, with Scott breaking the news to. Despite the break-up, Scott hopes for both parents to have an active part in their child's upbringing, stating that 'We definitely love our son and we are co-parenting and working on being friends. It is what it is. I have a lot of support, so I want for nothing as far as that’s concerned.' Charity work and advocacyScott has established the, a program founded to help young minority students pay for expenses.
The Blues Babe Foundation offers financial assistance to students between the ages of sixteen to twenty-one, and targets students residing in, and the greater. Scott donated 100,000 to help start the foundation. The foundation was named after Scott's grandmother, known as 'Blue Babe'. On the foundation's website, it defines its mission statement as one where it 'seeks to provide financial support and mentoring for those students who have shown the aptitude and commitment to their education, but whose families may not have the resources to ensure completion of their undergraduate degrees'.In the spring of 2003, the Blues Babe Foundation made a donation of more than $60,000 to the graduating class of the in,. Any student who maintained a 3.2 received a yearly stipend for the next three years that was put toward his or her college education.At the Essence Music Festival in July 2006, Scott spoke out about how women of color are portrayed in the lyrics of rap songs, and in rap music videos.
Scott criticized the content for being 'dirty, inappropriate, inadequate, unhealthy, and polluted' and urged the listening audience to 'demand more'. Singles YearSongAlbum2000'Gettin' In the Way'11528—30Who Is Jill Scott?
Words and Sounds Vol. 12001'A Long Walk'439—54'The Way'6015——'Shining Through' ( featuring Jill Scott)————(Soundtrack album)2002'He Loves Me (Lyzel In E Flat)'12546——Experience: Jill Scott 826+'Gimme'—107——2004'Golden'11031—59Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 22005'Whatever'11234——'Cross My Mind'—386—'The Fact Is (I Need You)'—6319—2006' ( featuring Jill Scott)—'Hate on Me'107249—The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3'My Love'—3111—2008'Whenever You're Around' (featuring )—5620—Tours. (2001). (2005).
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