If you happen to be one of the millions of listeners to harmonize to the hypnotizing hymnals of revered RB marvels R. Kelly and Keith Sweat or it like it’s hot to the high-energy anthems of hip-hop powerhouse label Cash Money Records chances are you’re already familiar with Strings’ captivating contralto vocals and vicious rap rhymes. You just don’t know it yet. But you will soon find out. After making hit music alongside the likes of Lil Wayne Keith Sweat Twista and even the late Rick James Strings finally steps from the backfield into the spotlight. And she is offering fans the best of both rap and RB with her long-awaited solo mixtape High Maintenance in February 2011 and solo debut album in the summer. “My music is a mixture of everything I’ve experienced in life” explains Strings. “It’s love it’s balling hate happiness misery. It’s life. We go through all of those channels in life and I’m going to talk about them as I’ve experienced them. And I put it in a way that people can relate to it.”