Melissa Arnette Elliott was born on July 1, 1971, at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in Portsmouth, Virginia, the only child of power company dispatcher Patricia and former Marine Ronnie Elliott. She grew up in an active c… See more

In 1988, Elliott formed an all-women R&B group called Fayze (later renamed Sista) with friends La'Shawn Shellman, Chonita Coleman, and Radiah Scott. She was introduced to her neighborhood friend Timothy M… See more