Notable as both a pop singer and a television host, she released the Dutch chart-topping album Lamu-Lamu and hosted or appeared on programs such as Gossip Swap, Wie is er Nieuwsgierig?, and Sound Affects.
She graduated from the Berklee College of Music in the early 2000s.
A poet as well as a musician and television personality, she read her poem "Als" at a 1988 Amnesty International conference. Her second album, Unspoken Rhyme, melds her poetic work with her music.
Born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and raised in the Caribbean, she grew up in a family of Antillean and Surinamese heritage.
She sang back-up vocals for gospel singer Kim Burrell and a number of other high-profile artists.
