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Taral Hicks (born
September 21,
1974 in
The Bronx,
New York) is an
African-American R&B singer,
songwriter and
actress, and sister of singer
D'Atra Hicks.
Background
Hicks graduated in 1993 from
Grace Dodge Vocational High School in
Bronx, New York.
Hicks began her career with a role alongside
Robert De Niro in the
1993 film
A Bronx Tale. Her subsequent film roles were small, 1995's
Just Cause with
Sean Connery and
Laurence Fishburne, 1996's
Educating Matt Waters and
The Preacher's Wife with
Whitney Houston. It wasn't until 1997 in
Sax Cantor Riff Showtime original film
Subway Stories that audiences began to take notice. As the "Woman with Flowers", singing to her mother on the payphone, her performance was widely deemed to be one of the best in the film. In 1998, she was also involved in the
Hype Williams-directed gangster film "
Belly", which also featured hip hop stars
Nas,
DMX,
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and
Method Man. She was also the co-star in the video "Put That Woman First" by
Jaheim as his girlfriend.
Hicks signed a deal with
Motown Records (then-headed by
Andre Harrell) and released a single solo album
This Time. Her first song, "Ooh, Ooh Baby", produced, written and featuring
Missy Elliott charted on the
Billboard R&B singles chart. However, the lead single intended to debut her singing career was
Distant Lover; an uptempo track produced by
Teddy Riley. The album didn't take off until the second single,
Silly, a remake of the classic
R&B hit by
Deniece Williams was released. Featuring a black-and-white video directed by Hype Williams, the single became successful.
With collaboration on the video
Silly,
Hype Williams cast Hicks in his directorial film debut, 1998's
Belly as
Kisha,
DMX's abused girlfriend. The video for
Silly appeared in one of the film's scenes. It wasn't until 2000 that Hicks appeared again on screen in the short film
Are You Cinderella? with actor
Wood Harris. Two television guest roles followed: 2002's
100 Centre Street in the episode titled
Fathers, and in a 2003 episode of titled
The New Math.
Upcoming projects for Hicks include 2005's
The Salon with
Vivica A. Fox,
Terrance Howard and
Darren DeWitt Henson, and
Forbidden Fruits with
Ella Joyce,
Fredro Starr and
R&B singer
Keith Sweat.
Taral Hicks will be appearing in the
Soul Kittens Cabaret, which also includes ex-
Brownstone singer Nicci Gilbert,
R&B singer
Monifah, TonDalaya Gallant. Sara Stokes and
Demetria McKinney. The musical journey of the Soul Kittens Cabaret begins in Harlem during the 1920s; then moves through the Motown era, making stops in the '70s and '80s. It concludes with original hits from the upcoming the
Soul Kittens Cabaret soundtrack.
Chart Positions
Albums
Singles
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