Kendra Foster


Kendra Marie Foster is an American singer-songwriter, session singer and backup vocalist. A two-time Grammy Award-winner, she has performed with artists including George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic, Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, D'Angelo and The Vanguard.

Early life

A woman of African American descent and a natural redhead, as a young girl in Tallahassee, Florida Foster began singing at her local Baptist church. She developed an interest in jazz in high school, and learned jazz standards performed by singers including Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Nancy Wilson, and Ella Fitzgerald. She attended Florida A&M University, where she became a member of Orchesis Contemporary Dance Theatre and took part in the Urban Bush Women Institute.

Career

While in college Foster met George Clinton through a mutual friend who was working as an engineer at Clinton's recording studio. Foster recorded at the studio; after a year, Clinton noticed her and signed her to a production deal. She later toured as a member of Parliament-Funkadelic.
Foster released her debut album, Myriadmorphonicbiocorpomelodicrealityshapeshifter, in 2003 via a production deal with Clinton. Her self-titled second album, Kendra Foster, was released in 2016. Her songs "Step into the Light" and "Promise To Stay Here" were featured on BET’s Being Mary Jane and STARZ’s Hightown series respectively.
In 2014, in addition to singing, she co-wrote eight out of 12 songs on D'Angelo's critically-acclaimed album, Black Messiah.

Collaborations

A credited songwriter on "A Warning for the Heart" on Sunshine Anderson's The Sun Shines Again and on Snoop Dogg's album Coolaid, Foster sang on Clinton's How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent? album.. She is featured on the song "Questions" by Domo Genesis on his self-titled debut studio album.

Discography and contributions

With 'Bootsy CollinsPlay with Bootsy
Kendra FosterMyriadmorphonicbiocorpomelodicrealityshapeshifter Kendra Foster Here Nothing is Impossible
With George Clinton How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent? George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love
With Various ArtistFunk N' R&B Box Set
With Da BackWudzWood Work
With Electrofunkadelicae3+Funknth= Music for the Body, Mind & Soul
With Armin van BuurenState of Trance: Year Mix 2007 Armada Presents: Miami Tunes 2008 Armada Trance, Vol. 3
With D'AngeloYoda: The Monarch of Neo-Soul Yoda II James River
With D'Angelo and the VanguardBlack Messiah
With Crucial ConflictPlanet Crucon
With Blake JarrellConcentrate
With Lynwood RoseLynwood Rose
With Sunshine AndersonThe Sun Shines Again
With Various ArtistsCrusin' Music, Vol. 2
With FunkadelicFirst Ya Gotta Shake the Gate Shake the Gate: Version Excursion
With Domo GenesisGenesis
With Snoop DoggCoolaid
With Chris Dave and the Drumhedz
With ParliamentMedicaid Fraud Dogg
With Michael BlumeCynicism & Sincerity
With Ben WilliamsI Am a Man
With Young JimmyRockett 88
With Jeymes Samuel, D'angelo and Jay-ZThe Book of Clarence
With Maurice Brown'
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