Truth Hurts

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Truth Hurts

Background information
Birth name	Shari Watson
Born	1972
Origin	St. Louis, Missouri
Genre(s)	Hip-hop, R&B
Occupation(s)	singer
Years active	2001-present
Label(s)	Aftermath Entertainment Pookie Entertainment
Website	TruthHurtsOnline.com

Shari Watson (born 1972 in St. Louis, Missouri), known as Truth Hurts, is an American R&B singer; a protégé of record producer Dr. Dre, and an artist on his Aftermath Entertainment label. She is noted for her funky and powerful vocal style.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Vocal Ability
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
- 2.2 Singles
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

After signing to Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment label, Truth Hurts first appeared on Busta Rhymes' 2001 hit single "Break Ya Neck" as a background vocalist. For her first solo LP Truthfully Speaking, issued on Aftermath in 2002, she enlisted the production talents of Dr. Dre, Timbaland, Hi-Tek, and DJ Quik. Her debut single, "Addictive," was a Top 10 hit in the United States, and featured a verse from hip hop artist, Rakim.

The song, produced by DJ Quik, utilized an uncleared sample of "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai" by Hindi artist Lata Mangeshkar sample. The copyright holders sued Aftermath and parent company Interscope Records for $500 million dollars, and issued an injunction against further sales or performances of the record.^[1] A judge later ruled that the album was not to be sold with out being stickered with proper credits for Mangeshkar.^[2]

In summer of 2002, Truth Hurts secured a high profile spot on the Smokin' Grooves tour with Lauryn Hill, Outkast, Cee-Lo, The Roots, Jurassic 5, and Erykah Badu.^[3] However, following the buzz on "Addictive", Truth Hurts became relatively obscure, only contributing guest vocals to "The Watcher 2" on Jay-Z's Blueprint 2 album and "What" on Eve's Eve-Olution. To date, she remains as a one-hit wonder in both America and the UK. "Addictive" was followed up by a song called "The Truth" featuring R. Kelly on the chorus. The song underpeformed on American radio and video outlets. This was likely due in part to the firestorm of negative press Kelly received over sex crime allegations that hit media outlets shortly before the single's release.^[4]

Truth Hurts returned in 2004 with her sophomore effort, Ready Now, on Raphael Saadiq's independent Pookie Entertainment label. Its first single, "Ready Now", was released in the summer of 2004 without much fanfare, but being critically acclaimed due to its high quality, mainly because of the work of legendary Raphael Saadiq, who executively produced the album and produced most of the songs in it.

she recently signed a deal with Motown and Aftermath Entertainment in a joint venture.

[edit] Vocal Ability

Truth Hurts has been complimented on her vocal skills from various artist such as Alicia Keys, Aretha Franklin, and Stevie Wonder. She has been classified as a young Celine Dion. She has a 4 octave vocal range without mastering whistle register. Rolling Stones have said that she almost have the same voice as Celine Dion but she has a better range and her voice is a little stronger.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Album Cover	Album Information
	Truthfully Speaking Released: June 25, 2002 Chart Positions: #5 Billboard ^[5] Singles: Addictive
	Ready Now Released: June 01, 2004 Chart Positions: #173 Billboard ^[6] Singles: Ready Now