Dionne Yvette Farris is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New Jersey, she began singing in elementary school and competed in pageants as a teenager. In the early 1990s, she was featured on the hip hop group Arrested Development hit single "Tennessee".
Farris rose to fame with the release of her debut album, Wild Seed - Wild Flower on Columbia Records. The album featured the Top 40 single, "I Know". That same year, the video earned Farris the Billboard Music Video Awards Best Pop/Rock New Artist Clip of the Year. She was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.