LeToya Luckett

LeToya Nicole Luckett , known professionally as LeToya, is an American singersongwriter and actress. She was an original member of the RampB group Destinys Child, with whom she won two Grammy Awards and released many successful commercial recordings. Luckett has sold overmillion records with Destinys Child as feature vocalist on the groups first two albums and singles.

Luckett was born on March 11, 1981, in Houston, Texas. She grew up singing in her local Brentwood Baptist Church. She also took vocal lessons to become an opera singer. Her father, who was also a singer, was very proud of his daughters vocal talents and tried to get her in the music business. Luckett is the older of two children. Luckett was given the chance to sing her first solo at the age of five. The lady just gave me the mic one Sunday and I sang, she recalled. Shortly thereafter, she joined the childrens choir and began performing in plays at her elementary school. One day, she walked to her desk in class to find a girl sitting in her seat. Luckett asked her teacher to remove the girl from her assigned seat, who turned out to be Beyonc Knowles. They later became friends and she was invited to join Beyoncs singing group Girls Tyme, which later became Destinys Child.

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