This Cutie-Patootie Became A ’90s R&B Sensation…And Her Public Marriage Is Beautiful

Posted On : June 24, 2021
Shanice Wilson

This little cutie patootie grew up to be a BAD singer. She was really popular in the late ’80s and early ’90s era and her voice is very melodic and beautiful. She has been nominated for a Grammy and she’s sold millions of albums throughout her career. Here’s one last hint, she’s covered many songs of some of the greatest R&B singers around and she’s no stranger to making her life public.

Look closely at her cute little cheeks and see if you can figure this one out. The answer is below…

Who’s The Little Girl?

Shanice Wilson

She is Grammy-nominated Shanice Wilson! Did you get this one right ILOSM family? By the way, is it just me, or does anyone have the urge to sing, “Do,do,do,do,do0,do,do,do…do,do,do,do,doo,do,do,do….I love your smile,” whenever we think of Shanice? That was a hot joint back in the day, was it not?!!

Shanice had plenty hits throughout the late ’80s and ’90s…and it’s wonderful that she’s back on the scene still singing her heart out to this day.

In case you haven’t heard, Shanice; along with her husband of 21, comedic actor Flex; and their entire family — well, maybe not her whole family, but a bunch of them — were living under one roof on the OWN network reality show, Flex and Shanice.

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On the show, we got to witness how Flex and Shanice were rebuilding their careers after being out of the spotlight for a minute. They revealed, in a heart breaking confession on their reality show, that they were struggling really hard financially for a while, but that the show has helped them to start getting some things back on track. We also watched them doing their thing, such as seeing moments of Shanice recording in the booth like this…

As you can see, our girl ain’t rusty at all in the singing department! It seems like it was just yesterday that we were watching 11 year old Shanice cut up on Star Search singing Whitney Houston’s “The Greatest Love Of All.” Remember that? If not, here is her 1984 Star Search performance…

Soon after her “Star Search” appearance, Shanice was scooped up by A&M Records, signed to a record deal, and it was on ever since for the “Your Smile” superstar.

And y’all know we couldn’t end this without including one of our favorite Shanice Wilson jams. That woman can SANG. Enjoy…

 

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