Name : Tamar Braxton
Born : March 17, 1977 (age 34) Severn, Maryland, United States
Occupations : Singer, songwriter, television personality, dancer
Tamar Braxton (pronounced Tay-Mahr) (born March 17, 1977) is an American R & B singer, she is the youngest sister Grammy Award-winning R & B singer Toni Braxton and was the lead singer of the now defunct R & B group The Braxtons
Braxton was born in Severn Maryland to Michael and Evelyn Braxton The youngest of six children, Braxton, Tamar started singing as a young opera singer Evelyn herself recognized her children's talents when one days Tamar sang "Can you give me some toilet paper!" Evelyn quickly started training her girls, and eventually enrolled them in singing lessons Braxton The children also would eventually enter in their church choir, where Michael Braxton was pastor.
In 1999, Tamar first explored her gospel side on T.D Jakes Love Songs album. Later, Tamar would meet up with Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, a rapper/producer (also famous for bringing Blu Cantrell to national attention) based in Atlanta, Georgia. She recorded her solo debut album, Ridiculous, so named because of the many different musical styles on the album. The album would be retooled and released by Dreamworks as Tamar on January 18, 2000. It was lead in by the first single for the album, “Get None” with guest appearances by Jermaine Dupri and rapper Amil and featured the second single, If You Don’t Wanna Love Me. The singles failed to gain significant radio & video airplay and ultimately the album didn’t sell well, and Tamar was dropped from her contract,it is also worth noting that tamar proved that she could do the whistle register on money can’t buy you love on tamar’s deut album.
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