10 Things You Should Know About RaVaughn

Get familiar with the superstar in waiting.

10 Things You Should Know About RaVaughn Brown - If RaVaughn is not on your musical radar, she will soon be. This California-bred songstress, who is also one of our BET Music Matters artists, comes with some major vocal chops and heavy star-powered mentors. Check out this list of things to help you get to know this soon-to-be superstar better.    (Photo: Columbia Records)

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10 Things You Should Know About RaVaughn Brown - If RaVaughn is not on your musical radar, she will soon be. This California-bred songstress, who is also one of our BET Music Matters artists, comes with some major vocal chops and heavy star-powered mentors. Check out this list of things to help you get to know this soon-to-be superstar better.  (Photo: Columbia Records)

Just Outside the City of Angels - RaVaughn, who is the eldest of three children, grew up in Carson, California, just outside Los Angeles.    (Photo: Joey Foley/FilmMagic)

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Just Outside the City of Angels - RaVaughn, who is the eldest of three children, grew up in Carson, California, just outside Los Angeles.   (Photo: Joey Foley/FilmMagic)

Mama I Want to Sing - At nine years old, RaVaughn attended Los Angeles' performing arts center Amazing Grace Conservatory. There, she landed such stage roles as Dorothy in The Wiz and Deena in Dreamgirls.   (Photo: WENN)

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Mama I Want to Sing - At nine years old, RaVaughn attended Los Angeles' performing arts center Amazing Grace Conservatory. There, she landed such stage roles as Dorothy in The Wiz and Deena in Dreamgirls. (Photo: WENN)

The Re-Education of RaVaughn Brown - One of her biggest musical influences was Lauryn Hill. "Her album The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill made me want to be a singer," RaVaughn explained in one interview. "That’s when I decided I wanted to sing professionally.”(Photo: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for GenArt)

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The Re-Education of RaVaughn Brown - One of her biggest musical influences was Lauryn Hill. "Her album The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill made me want to be a singer," RaVaughn explained in one interview. "That’s when I decided I wanted to sing professionally.”(Photo: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for GenArt)

Dropping her own 411 - The soundscape RaVaughn says she is aiming for with her new music is old school Mary J. Blige circa What's the 411?. That was a time, she feels, "when you could feel what people were talking about... You felt like they’re talking to me, like that’s my story – that kind of music."  (Photo: Paul A. Hebert/Getty Images)

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Dropping her own 411 - The soundscape RaVaughn says she is aiming for with her new music is old school Mary J. Blige circa What's the 411?. That was a time, she feels, "when you could feel what people were talking about... You felt like they’re talking to me, like that’s my story – that kind of music." (Photo: Paul A. Hebert/Getty Images)

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Backing Up the Heavyweights - Before getting her own singing career started, RaVaughn sang background for R&B stars like Brandy, Keri Hilson, Keyshia Cole and Jennifer Hudson.  (Photo: John Ricard / BET)

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Backing Up the Heavyweights - Before getting her own singing career started, RaVaughn sang background for R&B stars like Brandy, Keri Hilson, Keyshia Cole and Jennifer Hudson.  (Photo: John Ricard / BET)

Finding Ne-Yo - While recording demos with RaVaughn, producer Emmanuel “Eman” Kiriakou introduced her to R&B icon Ne-Yo who, afterwards, began working with her.    (Photo: Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images)

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Finding Ne-Yo - While recording demos with RaVaughn, producer Emmanuel “Eman” Kiriakou introduced her to R&B icon Ne-Yo who, afterwards, began working with her.   (Photo: Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images)

RaVaughn Rising - After signing to Ne-Yo's Compound University production company, RaVaughn signed with Columbia Records in 2011.   (Photo: John Ricard / BET)

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RaVaughn Rising - After signing to Ne-Yo's Compound University production company, RaVaughn signed with Columbia Records in 2011.  (Photo: John Ricard / BET)

Power in Her Voice - So impressed with RaVaughn's vocals and what she is saying with her music, Ne-Yo nicknamed RaVaughn the “New Voice of Women.”   (Photo: Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Power in Her Voice - So impressed with RaVaughn's vocals and what she is saying with her music, Ne-Yo nicknamed RaVaughn the “New Voice of Women.” (Photo: Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Truly Yours... - A year after signing to Columbia, RaVaughn released her eight-track EP Love Always, which included a song with Marsha Ambrosius and collaborations with Stargate, Babyface and The-Dream.   (Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week)

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Truly Yours... - A year after signing to Columbia, RaVaughn released her eight-track EP Love Always, which included a song with Marsha Ambrosius and collaborations with Stargate, Babyface and The-Dream. (Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week)

RaVaughn - October 8, 2013 - RaVaughn brought some Compound soul to 106. Watch a clip now!  (Photo: Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Samsung)

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The Goodness of RaVaughn - For her debut album, to also be titled Love Always, RaVaughn will kick things off with the single "Better Be Good," featuring Walé. (Photo: Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Samsung)