- Former lead vocalist for the 30-piece gospel choir Sounds of Blackness.
- Recorded a solo album in 1996, earning four consecutive Top 5 hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts.
- Granddaughter Paris Bennett is a contestant on the fifth season of 'American Idol' (2001).
- Has won two Grammy awards (one as part of Sounds of Blackness for the 1991 album 'Evolution of Gospel', another for the version of Handel's Messiah entitled 'A Soulful Celebration'), and has been nominated for three solo Grammys.
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