African Celebrities: Faith Evans

Faith Renee Evans is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, occasional actress and author. She was born on June 10, 1973 in Florida and raised in New Jersey. Her mother Helene Evans, an African-American was a professional singer and her father Richard Swain, a Caucasian was a musician and left before Faith Evans was born.

Faith Evans attended Fordham University in New York City to study marketing but left a year later to have daughter Chyna with music producer Kiyamma Griffin.

Faith Evans is the widow of New York rapper Christopher Wallace popularly known by his stage name The Notorious B.I.G., whom she married on August 4, 1994. the couple had one child together, Christopher Wallace, Jr., born October, 29, 1996.

Faith Evans married a record company executive Todd Russaw in 1998. Faith Evans and Todd Russaw have 2 children together. They had their first son Joshua on June 8, 1998 and their second son Ryder Evan Russaw on March 22, 2007.

In May 2011, Faith Evans and Russaw announced they were getting a divorce and stated they would like to keep it quiet for the children's sake.