I Was Discovered By Mariah Carey's Producer

I didn't always want to be a singer. There was a time when I used to want to be a pediatrician or a marine biologist, but then I realized I'd have to go through a lot of schooling, so I changed my mind. (laughs) I didn't really start getting into singing seriously until I was about 16 or 17 years old, when I started performing across Canada with the number one French Hip Hop group at the time, Dubmatique. After a couple years, when I was 19 years old, I opened up my own Karaoke company in Montreal. I did a few things to explore singing, but nothing really major until I moved to California, which is where I am now.

I've been in California for four years. After four long years my forthcoming album is finally coming to fruition. It all started when I got a phone call from this guy named Ben Marguiles, who co-wrote and produced most of Mariah Carey's first record. He had received a demo of my songs that I wrote and recorded when I was 16 years old, he liked what he heard and he called me. He wanted to fly me out to Santa Barbara to record a song with him. I just assumed it was a lie, because everyone knew I grew up listening to Mariah Carey. I thought it was probably just someone messing with me. I kept on ignoring the phone calls and messages and didn't take them seriously until a few months later.