Sabi (singer)
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Sabi during performance "(Drop Dead) Beautiful" on Femme Fatale Tour in 2011.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jenice Dena Portlock |
| Also known as | Sabi |
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November 24, 1987 Inglewood, California, United States |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2008–present |
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| Website | officialsabi |
Jenice Dena Portlock (born November 24, 1987),also known as Sabi, is an American pop singer, songwriter, dancer and actress from Los Angeles, California. She was formerly part of the hip hop girl group, The Bangz. She is currently signed to Warner Bros. Records.
As a kid growing up in Inglewood, California, daughter of a Salvadoran mother and African American father, Sabi was raised in a bilingual Spanish and English language household and spent every other weekend watching MTV at her father’s house after her parents divorced. Her father had cable television and her mother didn’t, so she and her sisters were glued to the screen watching music videos all day – she especially loved watching Michael Jackson, Prince, and Sade. That’s when she gained her immense passion for singing and song writing and made the decision that she wanted to be a performer. "I remember watching the Michael Jackson: Moonwalker video over and over and trying to pick up Michael’s moves," she once said in an interview. Sabi would also choreograph dance routines and marshal her younger sisters into performing them for the family.
She got involved in theater in middle school and graduated from Westchester Senior High School in 2005. In 2008, she appeared in an independent short film called The Smallest River in Almirante, which was executive produced by actor Shia LaBeouf. She was cast in commercials for ABC Family, Universal Studios, and Pepsi while majoring in communications at California State University, Long Beach in 2009.
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