Hollywood Actresses: Cassie

Cassie Biography

Cassie's Biography

Casandra Ventura (born August 26, 1986), professionally known as Cassie, is an American pop/R&B singer and former fashion model. She is best known for her hit 2006 single "Me & U".

Biography

Ventura was born in New London, Connecticut. Her father is Filipino and her mother is of African-American and Mexican descent. She attended the preparatory Williams School on the Connecticut College campus in New London, graduating in 2004.

Ventura became a recording artist unexpectedly. Shortly after being introduced to music producer, Ryan Leslie, her mother requested that she record a song for her as a birthday gift. Ventura approached Leslie about producing the song, and he put together a duet for them called "Kiss Me". Leslie played it for Tommy Mottola, former chairman of Sony and record mogul behind the careers of Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson, and most notably Mariah Carey. He offered Ventura a management deal, and weeks later she struck a deal with Leslie to produce her debut album. She signed with Diddy's record label Bad Boy Records, after he heard "Me & U" played in a club.

Cassie was a fashion model for the Wilhelmina modelling agency through which she worked with Adidas, Complex magazine and Abercrombie & Fitch campaigns, among others. As early as 2002, she modeled for local department stores, the Delia's fashion catalogue and the popular magazine Seventeen.

Production on the video for her 2nd single, "Long Way 2 Go," has wrapped and is awaiting release.

In September, Cassie claimed that she is no longer a model because her agency told her to lose weight. She said she was furious and decided to quit modeling, instead focusing fulltime on her music career.[citation needed]

Cassie is trilingual, being fluent in English and conversational in Tagalog and Spanish.

Cassie