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Charnissa MissNissa Butts

Detroit, United States

I'm a definitive work in progress. Singer/Songwriter/Actress/Music Addict/Movie Buff/Coolest Auntie/Unemployment Reject/Tax Payer/Voter/Best Ex-Girlfriend... Dark-skin is IN!!! Trust.

Charnissa, named after her mother, started singing at the age of 12 even though music was a part of her life early on. From a non-musical family, her mother was an original "Sweetheart of Soul" who sang background for Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles to name a few. By high school, she was serious about music and along with her friends formed a four-girl singing group (Daphney Powers, Carmelita Jones, and RahShannah Farley) that performed at various talent shows and events around Detroit. The group split by graduation and Charnissa took a break to study Computer Science/MIS at Central Michigan University. She returned home to reunite with the group and try it again. It was at this time where Charnissa began to write and arrange as well as gain experience in the studio. After coming close to securing a

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