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• Is of African and Korean descent.
• Sohn is her mother's maiden name.
• Has admitted to abusing and selling drugs during her teen years, when she was also an honors student, cheerleader and homecoming queen.
• Got her start as a slam poet. She performed at Woodstock in 1994 and in HBO's Def Poetry Jam in 2003.
• Recorded 1998's Rise with Irish DJ Noel Watson under the name Fini Dolo.
• Co-wrote the film Slam, which won the Sundance Festival Grand Jury Prize and the Cannes Camera D'Or in 1998.