Ledisi

Ledisi Anibade Young is an American RampB and jazz recording artist, songwriter and actress. Her first name means to bring forth or to come here in Yoruba. Ledisi is known for her jazz influenced vocals. In 1995, Ledisi formed the group known as Anibade. After unsuccessfully trying to get the group signed to a major label, she formed LeSun Records with Sundra Manning. Along with her group, Anibade, Ledisi released an album titled Take Time. The album gained major airplay from local radio stations. She is a ninetime Grammy Award nominee.

Ledisi was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She grew up in a musical family her mother, Nyra Dynese, sang in a Louisiana RampB band and her stepfather, Joseph Pierce III, was a drummer in the New Orleans area. Her biological father is soul singer Larry Sanders, the son of blues singer Johnny Ace. He left the family when she was a baby and they did not meet again for nearly three decades.

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