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Cassie Ventura

Cassandra Ventura (born August 26 1986), professionally known as Cassie, is an American pop/R&B singer and former fashion model. She is best known for her hit 2006 single "Me & U".

Biography

Ventura was born in New London, Connecticut.Her father is Filipino and her mother is Mexican/African American/West Indian.[1] She attended the preparatory Williams School on the Connecticut College campus in New London, graduating in 2004. She is best known for her single "Me & U", which is ascending the Billboard charts.

Ventura became a recording artist unexpectedly. Shortly after being introduced to music producer, Ryan Leslie, her mother requested that she record a song for her as a birthday gift. Ventura approached Leslie about producing the song, and he put together a duet for them called "Kiss Me". As it turned out, Ventura's mother wasn't the only one who loved the song. Leslie played "Kiss Me" for Tommy Mottola, former chairman of Sony, and the record mogul behind the careers of Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson, and most notably Mariah Carey. He offered Ventura a management deal, and weeks later she struck a deal with Leslie to produce her debut album. She signed with Diddy's record label Bad Boy and Recordings, after he heard the track "Me & U" played in a club.

Before the launch of her music career, Ventura was a fashion model for the Wilhelmina modelling agency, where she worked with Adidas, Complex magazine and Abercrombie & Fitch campaigns, among others. As early in her modeling career as 2002 she modeled for local department stores, the Delia's fashion catalogue and the popular magazine Seventeen.

Controversy

In August 2006, an unreleased version of the video for Cassie's song "Me & U" appeared on YouTube, a popular video sharing website. In stark contrast to the more polished video that was shown on mainstream media outlets like MTV and BET, the original version depicts Cassie singing to an unidentified male (represented by the camera) before taking him home, presumably to engage in sexual intercourse. Later scenes of the video depict Cassie caressing his genital region and then unbuckling his pants. She also dances around in a bra and panties while her companion videotapes her on a handheld camcorder. It looks like a parody of Paris Hilton's infamous sex tape. On her NS4LIFE Journal, the singer denounced the earlier video saying that it was "low budget" [2] and "scarred the beginnings for a very bright future." She also said that she made the second version "clean" to preserve her "name and image."

Cassie is currently being questioned about her vocal ability after performances on TRL and 106 and Park. On her journal, she admits her performances have been "pretty bad", but states she is "still getting over stage fright".[3]

Discography

Albums

Album Cover Album Information
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  • Released: August 8 2006 (U.S.)
  • Chart positions: #4 (U.S.)
  • U.S. sales: 100,374
  • Worldwide sales: -
  • Singles:
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