Cassie

Thanks to her smash debut single, "Me & U," Cassie has become the first artist to break on a large scale after being discovered from her MySpace page. With the summer release of her debut Bad Boy/ NextSelection album, Cassie is ready to prove that she's much more than a pretty face or a one hit wonder. She might be the new girl on the scene, but 21-year-old Cassie has some serious supporters in her corner: namely industry legends Tommy Mottola (who counts among his discoveries Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez) and Sean "Diddy" Combs who signed Cassie to his Bad Boy roster. With encouragement from her musical family, Cassie began singing and taking dance classes at a young age. By 14, she was dancing, acting, singing, composing, and playing the piano. When she was scouted by the Wilhelmina Modeling Agency at age 15, Cassie relocated to New York to focus on the fashion world. While she enjoyed her modeling career, Cassie longed for more creative projects. She met with several producers over the next few years and continued to work on her singing and songwriting. In 2005, a song Cassie wrote as a birthday gift to her mother caught the ears of Mottola, who became her manager soon after. They set up Cassie's MySpace site, and the rest is history. Cassie's debut album is what she calls "mellow, chill, and easy to relate to." And she is eager for the world to hear it.