Asia'h Epperson (born August 20, 1988) is an American singer and actress. Most notable as a semi-finalist in the seventh season of American Idol , for her role as Felicia's friend in the 2015 film Straight Outta Compton , and as Tasha Skanks in the television series Greenleaf .
29-965: Epperson may refer to: People [ edit ] Asia'h Epperson (born 1988), American singer and actress Brenda Epperson (born 1965), American actress and singer Charlie Epperson (1919–1996), American basketball player Don Epperson (1938–1973) American singer and actor Frank Epperson, inventor of the Popsicle in the 1920s Harold G. Epperson (1923–1944), American Medal of Honor holder Jay E (Jason Lee Epperson, born 1973), American record producer and DJ John Epperson (born 1955), American drag artist Lia Epperson (fl. from 1999), an American civil rights lawyer and professor Sharon Epperson , American business journalist Stuart Epperson , American businessman and politician Tom Epperson (fl. from 1992), American screenwriter Other uses [ edit ] USS Epperson (DD-719) ,
58-675: A Las Vegas residency via an Instagram video, featuring a playful spoof of Kidman's viral AMC Theaters ad . From the late 1980s to the early 90s, he wrote R&B and dance songs, writing and producing music for Bobby Brown (" Roni "), Karyn White (" Love Saw It "), Pebbles (" Girlfriend ", " Mercedes Boy "), The Whispers (" Rock Steady ", "In the Mood"), The Deele (" Two Occasions "), Johnny Gill (" My My My "), After 7 (" Ready or Not "), The Boys (" Dial My Heart "), Damian Dame ("Right Down to It") and Sheena Easton . In 1989, Edmonds co-founded LaFace Records with Reid. Three of
87-537: A 25-mile (40 km) stretch of Interstate 65 that runs through Indianapolis was renamed the Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds Highway. Babyface was placed at number 20 on NME 's "50 of the Greatest Producers Ever" list. NME wrote of his impact: One of the founding fathers of all the best bits of modern US R&B. And so you can't hate him if some of the schlock can be traced back to him also. Babyface
116-570: A United States Navy destroyer See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Epperson All pages with titles containing Epperson Epperson v. Arkansas , a 1968 United States Supreme Court case Epperson House , in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. George Epperson House , in Jerome, Idaho, U.S. Epperson Lagoon , in Wesley Chapel, Florida Topics referred to by
145-705: A ceremony in Washington, D.C. On August 30, 2006, Babyface was honored as a BMI Icon at the 6th annual BMI Urban Awards. Throughout his career, Babyface has won the BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year trophy 7 times, and a total of 51 BMI Awards, which includes Song of the Year for his Toni Braxton hit, "Breathe Again", in 1994. Babyface was honored with the 2,508th star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 10, 2013. The star
174-580: A good woman but on a assignment to do a lot of not good things." Pertaining to Tasha Skanks' character of Greenleaf in season 3 Asia'h states "This season, she is on a mission and that mission to get revenge on the Greenleaf's. She's doing that but having problems with that. Her spirit, her conscience, she’s going back and forth." Epperson has a love for physical fitness, and became a licensed massage therapist. She has stated that being able to help people, and make them happy makes her happy. Asia'h also enjoys
203-557: A manager and began going to auditions, securing her first guest star role on TNT's Murder in the First . She then went on to play Felicia in the 2015 film Straight Outta Compton . Epperson then landed her role as Tasha Skanks in Greenleaf . In 2018, she played as Bobby Brown 's former girlfriend, Kim Ward in the biopic The Bobby Brown Story . Epperson has stated that she enjoys her role as Tasha Stanks stating about her character, "She’s
232-449: A part of the original cast of the musical Hair Show alongside music legend Chaka Khan in 2011. Three weeks before her first musical showcase and release, she was in a devastating car accident injuring a lung, kidney, spleen, breaking her jaw, pelvis, nine ribs, and multiple vertebrae. Her mouth was also wired shut to help her heal. As a result her music career was placed on hold. While healing she continued to pursue her career by meeting
261-415: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Asia%27h Epperson Asia'h Epperson was born August 20, 1988, a Joplin, Missouri native. She has a younger brother and sister. Asia’h started writing music at the age of 6. Singing became a source of great happiness for her and she did it wherever she could including school, home, and church. Asia'h
290-658: Is portrayed by actor Gavin Houston in the Lifetime biopic based on Toni Braxton entitled Un-Break My Heart , which premiered on the network in early 2016. In 2016, Babyface competed on season 23 of Dancing with the Stars . He was partnered with professional dancer Allison Holker . He and Holker were eliminated on the fourth week of competition and finished in 11th place along with Vanilla Ice and Witney Carson. Edmonds founded his record label Soda Pop Records in 2009. Since founding
319-570: The BET reality series College Hill (2004–2009). Edmonds also worked with David Foster to compose "The Power of the Dream", the official song of the 1996 Summer Olympics , performed by Céline Dion. Linda Thompson provided the lyrics. Babyface also participated as a duet partner on the Fox reality show Celebrity Duets (2006). He was portrayed by Wesley Jonathan in the 2015 Lifetime biopic Whitney and
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#1732852708170348-558: The Deele (which also included drummer Antonio "L.A." Reid , with whom he would later form a successful writing and producing partnership). One of his first major credits as a songwriter for outside artists came when he wrote the tune "Slow Jam" for the R&;B band Midnight Star in 1983. The tune was on Midnight Star's 1983 double-platinum No Parking on the Dance Floor album. Babyface remained in
377-434: The Deele until 1988, when both he and Reid left the group. His album Playlist consists of eight cover songs and two original works. It was released on September 18, 2007. It was the first album on the newly re-launched Mercury Records label. On February 4, 2014, he released a Grammy Award -winning duet album with Toni Braxton titled Love, Marriage & Divorce on Motown Records . In April 2024, he announced
406-701: The No. 1 hit " Exhale (Shoop Shoop) " for Houston as well as the rest of the 10 million-selling Waiting to Exhale soundtrack in 1995, which spawned additional hits for Houston, Brandy and Mary J. Blige . Edmonds has produced and written music for Bobby Brown, The Whispers, Pebbles , After 7, Johnny Gill, Deele, Karyn White, The Boys, Damian Dame , Tevin Campbell , Patti LaBelle , Chaka Khan , Aretha Franklin , Madonna , Janet Jackson , Faith Evans , Beyoncé , Diana Ross , Sheena Easton , Toni Braxton, Michael Jackson , Michael Bolton , Paula Abdul , Eric Clapton ("Change
435-654: The Road " and 1994 " I'll Make Love to You ", both of which established records for the longest stay at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. He co-wrote, co-produced, and provided backing vocals on Madonna 's 1994 Bedtime Stories , which featured the seven-week No. 1 hit " Take a Bow ", and shared billing with Eric Clapton on the chart-topping Grammy winner " Change the World " from the Phenomenon soundtrack. He also wrote and produced
464-678: The World"), Whitney Houston , Brandy , Mary J. Blige , Tamia , Shola Ama , 3T , Sisqó , Dru Hill , Fall Out Boy , Céline Dion , Samantha Jade , Backstreet Boys , Honeyz , Katharine McPhee , Mariah Carey , Vanessa L. Williams , Bruno Mars , Kelly Clarkson , Chanté Moore , En Vogue , Zendaya , Kenny G , Kristinia DeBarge , Lil Wayne , Kevin Abstract , P!nk , Marc Nelson , TLC , Ariana Grande , Jessica Mauboy , Xscape , K-Ci & JoJo , NSYNC , Jordin Sparks and Phil Collins . He received three consecutive Grammy Awards for Producer of
493-554: The Year from 1995 to 1997. Babyface was in the studio for about two years with Ashanti to produce her album The Declaration (2008). He worked on the Lil Wayne album Tha Carter III (2008), on the Kanye West -produced "Comfortable". He also worked with R&B singer Monica for her sixth studio album Still Standing (2010). In 2013, Babyface served as producer for Ariana Grande 's debut album Yours Truly , producing
522-547: The label he has signed R&B icons K-Ci & JoJo , releasing their first album for the label entitled My Brother's Keeper . In 2013 Babyface secured a distribution deal with E1 Music for the label. In 2007, Babyface began dating his backup dancer Nicole "Nikki" Pantenburg (former backup dancer for and personal friend of Janet Jackson). Babyface and Pantenburg have a daughter, Peyton, born in 2008. The pair married on May 17, 2014. In July 2021, they announced that their marriage would be ending after seven years. In 1999,
551-455: The label's early artists, TLC , Usher , and Toni Braxton , were very successful. TLC's second album CrazySexyCool , for which he wrote and produced some of the hits, became the best-selling album of all time by an American girl group. Under his direction, TLC sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, and a combined total of 75 million records. Toni Braxton's first two albums, Toni Braxton (1993) and Secrets (1996), for which he wrote
580-464: The majority of her songs, including her second single, " Baby I ". In September 2014, Babyface collaborated with Barbra Streisand on her album Partners , performing a duet on the track " Evergreen " and background vocals for other album tracks. Babyface also collaborated with Foxes on her second album, All I Need (2016), producing and co-writing "Scar". In July 2016, Babyface along with Bruce Roberts and Carole Bayer Sager helped write
609-505: The majority of the songs, went on to sell a combined total of over 15 million copies. Babyface helped form the late-1990s R&B group Az Yet . Edmonds also helped to mold and work with some of his then-wife Tracey Edmonds ' acts, such as Jon B and producer Jon-John Robinson . " I'm Your Baby Tonight " (1990), produced for Whitney Houston , was Edmonds' first No. 1 Top 40 hit in the US. He also wrote and produced Boyz II Men 's 1992 " End of
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#1732852708170638-490: The mid-1990s, Edmonds and his then-wife Tracey Edmonds expanded into the business of motion pictures. Upon setting up Edmonds Entertainment Group, the company producing the films Soul Food (1997), Josie and the Pussycats (2001), and also the soundtrack for the film The Prince of Egypt (1998), which included contributions from numerous artists, including Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston . They also executive produced
667-428: The outdoors, and is a Christian . Babyface (musician) Kenneth Brian Edmonds (born April 10, 1959), better known by his stage name Babyface , is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has written and produced over 26 number-one R&B hits throughout his career and has won 13 Grammy Awards . He was ranked number 20 on NME 's 50 of The Greatest Producers Ever list. Edmonds
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725-729: The song "Stronger Together" sung by Jessica Sanchez . The song was played after Hillary Clinton 's speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention . The song's title is named after the slogan that the Clinton campaign used as a show of uniting behind the Democratic nominee. The song was one of the top trending songs on Shazam that week. The song was widely perceived as positive by the listeners, and received praise by celebrities like Jennifer Lopez and Kim Kardashian . In 1994, he appeared and performed on an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 , entitled "Mr. Walsh Goes to Washington (Part 2)". In
754-570: Was a cheerleader while she attended Joplin High School , and won a regional talent competition. Epperson's career began with American Idol when she was 19 years old after she moved to Atlanta . Asia’h Epperson caught the attention of the judges during her Atlanta audition, where she sang a tribute to her father, who died two days before in an auto accident. After American Idol she got signed with DefJam and began working with iconic producers Kenneth " Babyface " Edmunds and L.A. Reid . She became
783-585: Was a pioneer of New Jack Swing in the 80s, before setting up LaFace with old mucker Antonio 'LA' Reid to give the world TLC, Usher and Toni Braxton under their guiding hand. There's barely a prominent artist in the genre he hasn't worked with, and as a result he's clocked up a mammoth 26 R&B number ones. In 1999, Babyface received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member Coretta Scott King at
812-560: Was born on April 10, 1959, in Indianapolis, Indiana , to Marvin and Barbara Edmonds. Barbara was a production operator at a pharmaceutical plant. Edmonds, who is the fifth of six brothers (including future After 7 band members Melvin and Kevon Edmonds , the latter of whom went on to have a modestly successful solo career), attended North Central High School in Indianapolis, and as a shy youth, wrote songs to express his emotions. When he
841-416: Was in eighth grade, Edmonds' father died of lung cancer, leaving his mother to raise her sons alone. Edmonds later met funk performer Bootsy Collins , who tagged him "Babyface" because of his youthful look. He also performed in the group Manchild (which had a 1977 hit "Especially for You" with band member Daryl Simmons ) as a guitarist. He played keyboards and guitar in the light-funk and R&B group
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