Kreesha Turner

Kreesha Turner (born June 10, 1985), is a Canadian R&B/Pop recording artist. She cites as her inspirations R&B acts such as Erykah Badu, Jill Scott and D'Angelo, hip-hop acts including A Tribe Called Quest, Andre 3000 and Common and rock acts like the Foo Fighters and Our Lady Peace. The oldest of three children born to a Canadian father and a Jamaican mother, Turner was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. As a young child, Turner danced in her bedroom to music by jazz musician Oscar Peterson. Turner has always mentioned jazz as an inspiration, especially artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Peggy Lee. Turner's musical tastes developed when she discovered the music of Erykah Badu, Jill Scott and D'Angelo, A Tribe Called...