Fantasia Barrino
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About
R&B singer who won the 2004 season of the TV talent competition American Idol. Her single "I Believe" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Before Fame
She dropped out of high school after being raped by a classmate, and became pregnant when she was sixteen. She attended the auditions for American Idol in Atlanta.
Trivia
She was the youngest Idol winner until Jordin Sparks won in 2007 at age seventeen.
Family Life
She was raised alongside her brother Ricco. She had a daughter named Zion Quari Barrino on August 8, 2001 with her boyfriend at the time, Brandel Shouse. She also had a son named Dallas with Antwuan Cook. In 2015, she married Kendall Taylor, with whom she welcomed her daughter Keziah in May 2021.
Associated With
Barrino sang Tina Turner's "Proud Mary" as a final three contestant on American Idol.
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