• • • • Years active 1999–present Labels (2000–2010) Blues Babe/ (2011–2013) (2014–present) Website Jill Scott (born April 4, 1972) is an American singer-songwriter, model, poet and actress. Her 2000 debut,, went platinum, and the follow-ups (2004) and (2007) both achieved gold status. She made her cinematic debut in the films and Tyler Perry's in 2007. After a four-year hiatus from music, Scott released her fourth album,, in 2011. In 2014, she starred in the film as the second wife of.

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She also appeared as the lead role in the BBC/HBO series based on. In 2015, she released her fifth album,. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life [ ] Scott was born in,. She grew up an in a neighborhood, raised by her mother Joyce Scott and grandmother. She recalls a happy childhood and was 'very much a loved child'. Scott was raised as a. After graduating the, Scott attended.

While working two jobs, she studied. She planned to become a high school teacher. However, after three years of study and then serving as a, Scott became disillusioned with a teaching career, and she dropped out of college. Prior to breaking through the music industry, Scott worked at a variety of jobs, including a number of retail positions and stints at a construction site and an ice cream parlor.

[ ] Music career [ ] 2000–09: Words and Sounds albums [ ]. Scott performing in Hamburg, Germany in 2000 Scott began her performing career as a artist, appearing at live poetry readings to perform her work. She was eventually discovered by of.

Questlove invited her to join the band in the studio. The collaboration resulted in a co-writing credit for Scott on the song, '. In 2000, and the Roots won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for 'You Got Me', and Scott debuted as an artist during a Roots live show, singing as original artist/singer of the song. Subsequently, Scott collaborated with,, and, and broadened her performing experience by touring Canada in a production of the Broadway musical. Scott was the first artist signed to Steve McKeever's 'Hidden Beach Recordings' label. Her debut album, was released in 2000.

She experienced some notice and chart success with the single 'A Long Walk', eventually earning a nomination in early 2003 for Best Female Vocal Performance. Scott lost that award, but won a 2005 Grammy for Best Urban/Alternative R&B Performance for 'Cross My Mind'. The live album,, was released November 2001. Scott's second full-length album,, followed in 2004. Scott continues to write poetry; a compilation volume of her poems, The Moments, The Minutes, The Hours, was published and released by St.

Martin's Press in April 2005. In early 2007, Scott was featured on the and collaboration single ' (written by ), which earned Scott her second Grammy award, Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance, at the ceremony. Scott shared the win with Benson and Jarreau. In 2006, Scott was prominently featured on hip hop artist 's single 'Daydreaming', which won a 2008 Grammy for and also appeared on a new Scott collection called Collaborations on January 30, 2007.

The Collaborations collection served as 'an appetizer' for her next studio album, released September 25, 2007. A clip of the title track was released on a bonus disc from Hidden Beach Records and included with Collaborations. The lead single ', gained airplay in May 2007 with a video released in mid-July. In advance of the album's release, Hidden Beach released a 17-minute album sampler through their forums. Interspersed between the dozen songs previewed on the sampler was a personal explanation from Jill for the inspiration behind some of her songs. In 2008, Scott released her second live album,, which consists of 8 songs recorded during her set list of the 'Big Beautiful Tour' in Europe.