R&B and pop musician known for finishing fifth on the second season of the U.S. version of The X Factor. She provided her voice for the Nickelodeon animated series Pinky Malinky.
She was cast in the Chicago-based production of The Color Purple when she was eight and was part of the show's national tour.
She voiced characters in Transformers: Rescue Bots and Phineas and Ferb on the Disney Channel.
She and her mother struggled financially while she was getting her start, sometimes only having a couch in a small apartment to sleep on.
She was mentored on The X Factor by Britney Spears.
