Jill Scott Biography

Fast Facts

• Released her double-platinum debut album, Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol
• 1, in 2000
• Named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2001
• Founded the Blues Babe Foundation, an organization that provides scholarships to college-bound students in the greater Philadelphia area, in 2002
• Released a book of poetry, The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours: The Poetry of Jill Scott, in 2005
• Made her feature-film debut playing Big Momma Thornton in the controversial 2007 drama Hounddog
• Founded Blues Babe Foundation, named for her grandmother, to assist students, both academically and artistically, in the Philadelphia area