If You Don't Know Melissa Providence, it's time you get acquainted. From her mesmerizing performance at the Billboard Hip Hop and R&B Awards this past August, to packed shows at both the CMJ Music Festival and New York's Famed Fashion Week, this 22 year old has been making believers one ear at a time. She has already opened up for the likes of Keyshia Cole and Common and this MTV College Video Award Finalist has no plans of stopping. With a recent performance on ABC, writing credits on a number of soon to be released projects, multiple film and TV placements, and international radio play of her new single "Don't You Remember" the future promises to be a great one for Ms. Providence. In the words of Okayplayer.com writer Brian Peterson, "If You Don't Know, you will soon enough!"

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Melissa Providence Bio

Melissa Providence couldn’t have a more fitting last name. Once you bear witness to this young beauty tearing down a stage, or hear her infectious voice, it’s evident that her emergence into music is just that…Providence. Born to Guyanese parents in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, Melissa knew from an early age that music was her calling. From the hip hop filled streets of her Brooklyn, and later, Queens neighborhoods, to the reggae music spinning on her father’s turntables, Melissa’s childhood was defined by music. "I've always been in love with Hip Hop, R&B, and Reggae. I was that little girl who knew every word to Legal Drug Money and What's the 411, and spent my evenings in the house playing old records, making tapes off of the radio, and singing for hours in the bathroom mirror." It's no wonder that years later, Melissa is being compared to the very artists she spent her childhood emulating. As one writer praised, “Melissa Providence is what R&B is missing…she carries on the tradition of Aretha Franklin and Mary J Blige, and does so with a grace and confidence that is undeniable.”
And Melissa is well on her way to following in their footsteps. From her mesmerizing performance at the Billboard Hip Hop and R&B Awards this past August, to packed shows at both the CMJ Music Festival and New York’s Famed Fashion Week, this 22 year old has been making believers one ear at a time. She has already opened up for the likes of Keyshia Cole and Common and this MTV College Video Award Finalist has no plans of stopping. With a recent performance on ABC this past February, writing credits on a number of soon to be released projects and international radio play of her new single “Don’t You Remember,” the future promises to be a great one for Ms. Providence, as it does for her debut project, “If You Don’t Know.”
12 tracks deep, the album is a perfect blend of hip hop, soul and classic R&B. It’s tough yet vulnerable, raw, powerful, and emotional…New York hip hop with a side of cocoa bread, classic R&B/soul with an occasional attitude. Whether she's enticing you to "breathe on [her] neck," assuring you that "we can take it slow, if you let me," or asserting that "It's alright, Ima' do my thing," it's clear that Melissa Providence is doing just that. In the words of Okayplayer.com writer Brian Peterson, " ‘If you don't know,’ you will soon enough!”


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