Killings appears on the majority of the recordings in TLC's catalogue, singing background vocals. She also appears on Monica's first two albums (Miss Thang and The Boy is Mine), and has performed both background vocals and bass guitar on several OutKast albums, including ATLiens and Aquemini.
In 2002, Killings signed to Verity Records, and she released her debut solo album, a gospel LP entitled Surrender, in 2003.[2] Killings was the singing voice of Paula Patton's character, Angel Davenport, in the film Idlewild. Killings' recognizable voice is spotlighted in "Moving Cool", the song that the character of Angel first performs in the movie.
Killings is a member of Big Jim's Penthouse Playas, the house band on The Mo'Nique Show. Killings also occasionally played bass in the house band for Showtime at the Apollo.
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debra, killings, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, t. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Debra Killings news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message Debra Killings born July 7 1964 is an American singer and bass guitarist notable for extensive session and background vocal work for LaFace Records and Rowdy Records based artists such as TLC Monica and Outkast 1 Debra KillingsBorn 1964 07 07 July 7 1964 age 59 Atlanta Georgia U S GenresR amp B hip hop gospelOccupation s Singer songwriter background vocalistInstrument s Vocals bass guitarYears active1990s presentLabelsRowdy Records Verity Records Hands Up Records Inc WebsiteWebsite Debra Killings Killings appears on the majority of the recordings in TLC s catalogue singing background vocals She also appears on Monica s first two albums Miss Thang and The Boy is Mine and has performed both background vocals and bass guitar on several OutKast albums including ATLiens and Aquemini In 2002 Killings signed to Verity Records and she released her debut solo album a gospel LP entitled Surrender in 2003 2 Killings was the singing voice of Paula Patton s character Angel Davenport in the film Idlewild Killings recognizable voice is spotlighted in Moving Cool the song that the character of Angel first performs in the movie Contents 1 Television 2 Personal life 3 Discography 4 Awards and nominations 5 References 6 External linksTelevision editKillings is a member of Big Jim s Penthouse Playas the house band on The Mo Nique Show Killings also occasionally played bass in the house band for Showtime at the Apollo Killings also played bass for BET s Black Girls Rock all star band 3 Personal life editKillings was born on July 7 1964 and grew up in Atlanta Georgia 4 5 She is married and has two sons 4 6 Discography editAlbum With Princess amp Starbreeze Princess amp Starbreeze MCA 1987 With Modest Fok Love or the Single Life EastWest 1992 Solo albums Surrender Verity 2003 Open Heaven Hands Up 2008 Singles Message in the Music It s Gonna Be Lonely Love or the Single Life Other Appearances Fled Motion Picture Soundtrack Rowdy 1996 13th Floor Growing Old Outkast on ATLiens LaFace Arista BMG 1996 Various songs Outkast on Speakerboxxx The Love Below Arista BMG 2003 Moving Cool Outkast on Idlewild LaFace Jive 2006 Awards and nominations editYear Nominee work Award Result Ref 1999 FanMail Grammy Award for Album of the Year Nominated 7 References edit Debra Killings Artists TC Electronic Archived from the original on November 9 2012 Retrieved August 1 2012 Lacy Dwayne 2003 Interview with Debra Killings There Is A Message In Her Music Articles GospelFlava Archived from the original on December 1 2008 Retrieved August 1 2012 Introducing The Black Girls Rock All Star Band Black Girls Rock Shows BET BET Archived from the original on 2012 08 05 Retrieved 2012 12 05 a b Debra Killings 196 Vocalist bassist songwriter Encyclopedia com Contemporary Black Biography HighBeam Research January 2007 Archived from the original on April 30 2023 Retrieved August 1 2012 Breimeier Russ Surrender The Fish Music Reviews The Fish Christian Entertainment from Christianity Today International Archived from the original on April 30 2023 Retrieved August 1 2012 Debra Killings Musical Ace Flaimahmy March 18 2010 Archived from the original on August 10 2010 Retrieved August 1 2012 Debra Killings Artist GRAMMY com www grammy com Retrieved October 23 2023 External links editDebra Killings Official website Debra Killings at AllMusic Princess amp Starbreeze All Music com 1 Modest Fok All Music com 2 nbsp nbsp This article about a United States singer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a United States bass guitarist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Debra Killings amp oldid 1213223218, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
