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Olivia Charlotte Waithe (born April 2, 1988) better known by her stage name Livvi Franc, is an English-Barbadian singer-songwriter. Her debut single, "Now I'm That Bitch" was released in the summer of 2009.Life and career/nFranc was born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England to an English mother and a Bajan father. Franc's stage name was inspired by her late maternal grandfather, Frank Wilson, she explained to Flavour Magazine that he had "noticed me playing the piano and predicted I was going to be a musician. Sadly he’s no longer here. So, in honour of him, I called myself Livvi Franc; Livvi because it’s my nickname, and Franc because it’s a funkier version of Frank." When Franc was five, the family moved to Barbados, because her parents decided that their daughters, Franc and her elder sister, should experience their Barbadian heritage. They would return to England during the summer holidays. Franc wrote her first song at age eleven and learned the guitar at fifteen and sang in school talent shows and pagaents growing up./nFranc's first manager discovered her when a friend of Franc's who babysitted for her gave her one of Franc's cassette tape demos. Franc then went on to record proper demos in studio in Barbados and Miami, where she met her next manager. Soon after, she was in New York meeting label heads and auditioning. She finally signed with Jive Records, after months of negotiations, after singing an Etta James song for them. Prior to signing with Jive, Franc had gone through three years of artist development and attended workshops on it. She had attended Queens College in Barbados. Jordin Sparks recorded a song written by Livvi Franc, "Walking On Snow", Franc has also written for Cheryl Cole, Marie Digby and Michael Jackson./nFranc's debut single, "Now I'm That Bitch" was released to radio on June 15, 2009 and was digitally on June 23, 2009. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart. Another song, "This is a Raid" appeared on the reboot of Melrose Place./nGracious K is an up and coming artist whom experiments in all aspects of music whether it being grime hip hop... at da present moment situated with the mobbd out crew whom which formed recently and are tearing up most places at the present moment. Gracious k being up and coming is willing 2 work with any1 whom is willing to help him become further established in this hectic music industry catch him tearing up raves and also on the smash dvd Risky Roadz 2 more 2 come in the furure alot more...IF YOU WISH TO BOOK GRACIOUS K THEN PLZ EMAIL DETAILS TO GOODNESSGRACIOUSS@HOTMAIL.COM
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