Background
Cheri Dennis was born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio and was initially a member of a group named Spoiled.
Cheri Dennis was born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio and was initially a member of a group named Spoiled.
When the group broke up, Dennis left Shaker Heights and moved to New York where she began her recording career. Dennis first appeared on the Mase tracks "Number Matter What", "All I Ever Wanted" and "If You Want to Party" from his album Double Up (1999), after running into Diddy during a party in New New York After appearing briefly on Puff Daddy"s Forever album ("Is This the End? (Pt 2)") also in 1999, in 2001 she reappeared signed to Bad Boy Entertainment with her first solo track "So Complete" from the P. Diddy and The Bad Boy Family album "The Saga Continues..".
Afterwards she was heard on several mixtapes, before finally releasing her first single, the Ryan Leslie produced track "I Love You", in fall 2005.
The music video was filmed in March 2006 before premiering on Black Entertainment Television"s 106 & Park on May 1. "I Love You" peaked at #38 on Billboard"s Hot Rhythm & Blues/Hip-Hop & Tracks.
Dennis" second single "Portrait of Love" peaked at #55 before her debut album In and Out of Love finally released in February 2008, debuting at #74 on the Billboard 200. Her song "Ooh Louisiana Louisiana" was originally used as an opener for Making The Band 3, which suggested that the final band recorded the song.
The girls often referred to the song in competitions.
She now goes by Cheri Coke and has collaborated with MeLo-X on "The Garden of Eden", a song that will appear on Dennis" upcoming project, X/Coke.