Farrah Franklin
Background information
Birth name	Farrah Destiny Franklin
Born	May 3, 1981 (1981-05-03) (age 26) Fresno, California, United States
Genre(s)	R&B, pop, soul
Occupation(s)	Singer, actress, dancer, model
Years active	2000 (singing) 1999–present (acting)
Label(s)	none
Associated acts	Destiny's Child
Website	MissFarrah.com

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Early life

Franklin was born in Fresno, raised in Fresno and Los Angeles. Growing up, she performed in various church choirs and in off Broadway musicals. In addition to performing, Franklin regularly mentored under privileged girls at Penny Lane, one of the world’s largest group homes in Los Angeles, in her spare time—something that she reportedly continues to do this day. Fresno, a Spanish word for ash tree (from Latin fraxinus) is a common placename in Spanish speaking areas. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

Destiny's Child

In 1999, Franklin was hired to be an extra in the music video for Destiny’s Child’s “Bills, Bills, Bills.” It was there that she became acquainted with group members Kelly Rowland and Beyoncé Knowles. At the time she was in a fledgling singing group called Jane Doe, which was in the process of disbanding. In December, Matthew Knowles invited Franklin and Michelle Williams to join the Destiny's Child—replacing previous group members LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson. The two were introduced in February 2000, via the music video for “Say My Name.” Franklin toured and performed with the group, and also appeared in the music video for “Jumpin' Jumpin'.” Franklin contributed backing vocals to the remixes of "Jumpin' Jumpin'," "Independent Women Part I" (which were claimed to be removed before the song's release), "DOT", and "Dance With Me." Destinys Child was an American R&B group. ... Bills, Bills, Bills was the first single from Destinys Childs second album The Writings on the Wall. ... Kelly Rowland (born Kelendria Trene Rowland on February 11, 1981) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful R&B girl group Destinys Child, the best-selling female band of all time (according to... Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (pronounced [1]) (born September 4, 1981) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, actress, dancer, and fashion designer. ... Matthew Knowles is an African-American record executive and manager. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... LeToya Nicole Luckett (born in March 11, 1981), known professionally as LeToya, is an American R&B singer, songwriter. ... LaTavia Marie Roberson (born November 1, 1981 in Houston, Texas) is an American R&B singer and songwriter, as well as an original member of female group Destinys Child. ... Say My Name is a number-one single by American R&B group Destinys Child for the Columbia label, released in early 2000 (see 2000 in music). ... Alternate Cover Jumpin, Jumpin is a song recorded by Destinys Child. ... Alternate Cover Jumpin, Jumpin is a song recorded by Destinys Child. ... Independent Women (Part I) is an R&B song written by American singer-songwriter Beyoncé Knowles, Sam Barnes, Jen-Claude Olivier, and Cory Rooney for Destiny Childs third studio album, Survivor (2001), only considered as a bonus track. ...

In July, after a five month stint with Destiny’s Child, Franklin was dismissed from the group; learning of her firing from an MTV news report. Shortly thereafter, group member Beyoncé Knowles stated in an interview that Farrah had missed three major dates and expressed a disinterest in continuing on with the group, leaving them with no other choice but to terminate her. Franklin's rebuttal was that while in the group, she and Williams had been routinely mistreated by its management. This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ...

Solo career

After departing from Destiny’s Child, Farrah forged ahead with a solo career—focusing her music career. She signed to Fo-reel Entertainment ^[1] in 2002,Where she recorded a song entitled "Get At Me" with Method Man, but later was dropped. She was then sign to the Fabolous Street Label ^[2]. After being dropped, Farrah then started working heavily on acting. She starred in The Brewster Project. She later won a Best Supporting Actress award from the Independent Film Awards for her work in the film. Recently, Farrah has finished shooting an independent thriller film called Eyes of Darkness, which also features rapper Jayo Felony. Before joining Destiny’s Child, Franklin also made an appearance in the 1999 feature film, Trippin' . Farrah has also been working on her modeling career and sometimes models for Russel Simmons' fashion line, Def Jam University and has been featured on the covers of Teen People, Ebony, Cosmo Girl, Vibe, and Today's Black Woman among others . This article is about Method Man. ... John Jackson (born November 18, 1977),[1] better known by his stage name Fabolous, is an American rapper. ... Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress is an accolade given by a group of film or theatre professionals in recognition of the work of supporting and character actors. ... Jayo Felony is a rapper from southeast San Diego, California, who has ties to the Neighborhood Rollin 40s Crips (47th street). ... Russell Simmons Russell Simmons (born October 4, 1957 in Queens, NY), is an American entrepreneur, the co-founder, with Rick Rubin, of the pioneering hip-hop label Def Jam, and is also founder of another label, Russell Simmons Music Group. ... People, a weekly magazine of celebrity and popular culture news, debuted in 1974. ... Ebony, a magazine for the African American market, was founded by John H. Johnson and has been published since the autumn of 1945. ... Cosmopolitan, or simply Cosmo, is a magazine published monthly from New York City by the Hearst Corporation. ... For other uses, see Vibe. ...

Farrah is also continuing her career as a recording artist, and is reportedly working on an album and shopping for a Label .In early 2007, Farrah appeared with other former members of Destiny Child in The E! special The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams a documentary of life In Destiny Child's and the issues which she had to faced; She has also been featured in music videos by Destiny Child's (with the original Destiny's Child lineup) ,Mr. Cheeks, and R.L. Huggar. Mr. ... R.L. Huggar (born Robert Lavelle Huggar April 2, 1977) in Minneapolis, MN is an African-American R&B singer most noted for being the frontman for the R&B group Next. ...

TV

• All of us (2005)

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Film

• Trippin (1999)
• The Brewster Project (2004)
• Eyes of Darkness (2007)
• Single Black Female (2008)

Discography

Albums

Singles

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Other Songs

• "Get at Me" with Method Man
• "Hurry Please"
• "Extraordinary Love"
• "Hold On" (said in interview)
• "Candy Girl" with Erin Bria

With Destiny's Child

• "Independent Women Part I"
• "Dance With Me"
• "Jumpin Jumpin (Azza's Remix)"
• "Jumpin Jumpin (WNBA Version)"
• "Upside Down (Live Cover Of Diana Ross)"

References

External links

• Farrah's Music Myspace
• Farah Franklin at the Internet Movie Database
• Official site
• Farrah's Personal Myspace
• Farrah Franklin Fansite
• Miss Farrah Fanpage