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Cassie's height is 5' 7½" (1.71 m). She is an American R&B, pop, hip hop singer and former fashion model. Cassie's second album "The Return" will be released in September of 2007. She took classes at the Broadway Dance Center. She has a brother. When she completed high school in 2004, she announced that she was going to pursue her career in modeling and music, foregoing college. On her official journal, Cassie announces that she has not,in fact, left Diddy's record label. It has been confirmed that Cassie can sing. On her official journal, she admit her performances have been "pretty terrible" but states she is "still getting over stage fright". These events fueled bloggers and the internet community to scandalize Cassie and petitions were started, calling for her recording contract to be cancelled. Cassie's vocal ability has been questioned after a pair of performances on MTV's "TRL" and BET's "106 and Park". On TRL, she seemingly was lip-synching her song. On 106 and Park, she sang very low on the show and her background singers overshadowed her voice. She signed with Diddy's record label Bad Boy Records, after he heard "Me & U" played in a club. Cassie is trilingual, being fluent in English and conversational in Tagalog and Spanish. Has released the new music video to her second single "Long Way 2 Go". Her father is Filipino and her mother is of African-American descent. She admitted to being a "diva." She has been romantically linked to her producer, Ryan Leslie. She attended the preparatory Williams School on the Connecticut College campus in New London, graduating in 2004. The remix of Me & U features Yung Joc and Diddy. "Me & U" reached #3 in the United States. She was a fashion model for Adidas. She graduated Williams School in 2004. She is of Filipino, Mexican, African-American and West Indian descent. She started modeling at the age of 14. Cassie found much popularity with the help of the website MySpace where she has a waiting list of thousands of friends. She is signed to Bad Boy Records. In September, Cassie claimed that she is no longer a model because her agency told her to lose weight. She said she was furious and decided to quit modeling, instead focusing fulltime on her music career Her first recorded song was "Kiss Me", a song that featured the producer, Ryan Leslie, as a birthday present for her mother. Performed on "106 and Park: Top Ten Live" with Yung Joc. She released her debut album, Cassie, on August 8, 2006. Is signed to both Bad Boy Entertainment and NextSelection. Has recently released the Me & U remix. Her first single is Me & U. Missy Elliot picked Cassie to be the face of her Adidas "Respect M.E" clothing line. Crowned the "Princess of NextSelection" by the producer behind the brand, Ryan Leslie. Appears in Mario's "Here I Go Again" music video as his love interest. Full name is Casandra Ventura. She recently released the music video for "Me & U." |