Career
From her debut in 1979 until 1990, she sang mostly Rhythm & Blues and People’s music Since the 1990s, she has exclusively sung gospel music When she was a teenager in the early 1980s, Lattisaw had a string of Top 40 Rhythm & Blues hits, with several songs— "Let Maine Be Your Angel", "Jump to the Beat", "Love on a Two-Way Street", and "Miracles"—crossing over to the popular mainstream.
Lattisaw recorded her first album for Cotillion Records at the age of 12 in 1979, under the direction of record producer Van McCoy.
However it was not until she affiliated with Narada Michael Walden, a former drummer with the Mahavishnu Orchestra who was just beginning a career as a producer, that she found success. Under Walden"s direction, she had five hit albums between 1981 and 1986.
She also opened for the Jacksons Triumph Tour in 1981. From Lattisaw"s 1982 album Sneakin" Out, Mariah Carey used a sample of the song "Attack of the Name Game" (Rhythm & Blues #14) for her 1999 #1 hit "Heartbreaker."
Lattisaw continued recording into the late 1980s, signing with Motown in 1986.
While the success was great, she grew increasingly disenchanted with the record industry.
By the early 1990s, she decided to retire from the music industry and concentrate on raising her family. Her official website stated that she was to work on a gospel Civil Defense. In 2010, Lattisaw"s music career was chronicled on the television One docu-series Unsung, in which she also appeared.