Tiombe Lockhart is an American singer-songwriter from

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, Georgia. She is a former member of

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Early life

Lockhart was born in

, Georgia. At the age of 12 she moved to Los Angeles and completed the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. In 1997 she settled in New York City where she graduated from the

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with the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Vocal Jazz Performance diploma.

Career

In the early 2000s she performed at various East Coast venues, often as a support for

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. After collaborating with MCs from the Living Legends group ( The Grouch,

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and

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), she began co-operating with the

Platinum Pied Pipers Platinum Pied Pipers is a Detroit-based hip hop and R&B group composed of producer Waajeed (Robert O'Bryant), and multi-instrumentalist Saadiq (Darnell Bolden, not to be confused with Raphael Saadiq). Their music usually features a rotating ...

. Tiombe was featured on three songs from the group's '' Triple P'' album, which attracted positive reviews and press coverage. The collaboration continued during the group's promotional tour and as a result Tiombe was given an offer to record her debut album on the Bling 47 label, formed by

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of the Platinum Pied Pipers. In 2008 she formed the avantgarde electro-funk group

with Nick Hook and Daud Sturdivant. They released their debut album, ''Follow Your Heart'', on September 20, 2011.

Discography

;Albums *''Tiombe Lockhart #1'' (2007) ;Singles *"Mr. Johnnie Walker" (2005) ;Guest appearances *

and Very – "Black Beans and Dirty Rice" from ''Afro Classics?'' (2002) * The Grouch &

– "Atlantis" from ''No More Greener Grasses'' (2003) *The Saint – "All You'll Be" from ''Grown Folk Music'' (2004) *

– "Stay with Me", "Now or Never", and "I Got You" from '' Triple P'' (2005) *Afro Classics – "Pleasure Island" from ''Classic Rock'' (2009) *AC & Dell – "Jumping" from ''Right Now'' (2010) * Blu – "Annie Hall" from ''

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'' (2013) *Dag Savage – "Cali Dreamin" from ''E&J'' (2014)

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