ABOUT INDIA ARIE
R&B singer-songwriter who has won multiple Grammy Awards and has sold millions of records worldwide. She has released hits like "Video" and "Beautiful."
She cites songwriting as a compassion-building tool that she discovered when she was young. She attended Savannah College of Art and Design .
Her 2001 album Acoustic Soul was successful to the point of being certified as double-Platinum in a matter of months.
Her parents are Joyce, a former singer and her stylist, and Ralph Simpson , who is a former ABA and NBA basketball player. She has an older brother named J'on.
She did a cover of Don Henley 's "The Heart of the Matter," which was featured in Sex and the City: The Movie.