Angie B

About

Singer and dancer best known as a backing vocalist for MC Hammer, who gave her the stage name B Angie B. She later dropped the first B. 

Before Fame

She was born Angela Roxanna Boyd and grew up in the small town of Morton, Mississippi, where she sang in a local church.

Trivia

She sang on "Pump It Up (Here's the News)" on MC Hammer's Let's Get It Started album.

Family Life

She briefly dated Mike Tyson in the 1980s.

Associated With

She is known for bringing a soulful sound to hip-hop, before artists like Mary J. Blige and Erykah Badu came onto the scene.