Cassie
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Cassie or Cassandra Ventura was born on August 26, 1986. She’s known by her stage name Cassie, is an American model, hip hop singer-songwriter, dancer, actress and occasional music video actress. Cassie is best known for her single "Me & U", which became a hit in 2006.
The singer’s self-titled debut album, Cassie, was released on August 8, 2006. The album spawned two singles, "Me & U" and "Long Way 2 Go", and sold 321,000 copies in the US. Cassie made an appearance in Jay-Z’s music video for "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is…)" from his album American Gangster, and provided background vocals. She also made a cameo appearance in Kanye West’s music video for "Stronger" from his album Graduation.
In October 2008, after it was confirmed that girl pop group Danity Kane had lost two of its five members, Aubrey O’Day and D. Woods, Cassie was rumored to become the new member of the group. This was denied, and Cassie has stated that she is still working on her sophomore album to be released in spring or summer of 2009.
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Cassie recently announced through her Twitter page that she had been working on her comeback single titled "Must Be Love" (featuring Diddy) which will be sent to radio in April 2009 and available to download from April 14 The singer also worked with Pharell Williams during the same recording sessions. At Chalice Studios she recorded two new songs "Electro Love" and "Pretty Face" although it is unknown whether these will appear on the album or not.
