Colette Carr

Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Colette Carr began her career by combining pop and rap, but soon switched to confessional synth pop. As a child, Carr had diverse musical tastes, listening to the Smiths, Jimi Hendrix, Gwen Stefani, and Talking Heads before discovering rap. In turn, she was discovered in 2008 at a Game concert -- in the most hardcore of hardcore rap surroundings -- as a call-out for freestylers in the audience, which drew Carr on-stage. She wowed the crowd and was pulled backstage where producers, including the successful crew the Cataracs, offered the young...