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Lil' Mo
Background information
Birth name	Cynthia Loving
Born	1978 (age 29)
Origin	Long Island, New York, United States
Genre(s)	Contemporary R&B, rap
Occupation(s)	Singer, Songwriter
Years active	1999–present
Label(s)	Elektra (2001-2004) UTH(2006-2007 Cash Money (2004-2006) Ice Age (2006-present)

Lil' Mo (born Cynthia Loving on 1978 in Long Island, New York) is an American R&B singer and songwriter. She is best known for collaborating with artists such as Ja Rule, Missy Elliott, and Fabolous, and for her hit single "Superwoman Pt. II".

Contents 1 Personal Life 2 Recording Career 2.1 Beginnings 2.2 Based On A True Story (2001) 2.3 Meet The Girl Next Door (2003) 2.4 Syndicated: The Lil' Mo Hour (2005) 2.5 Pain & Paper (2007) 3 Discography 3.1 Albums 3.2 Singles 4 External links

Born into a military family, Lil' Mo was raised primarily on Long Island, but moved about regularly as her family followed her father's military assignments. She lived in Texas and Atlanta, GA, and Fayetteville, North Carolina before settling in Baltimore, MD. Dreams of becoming a famous singer began early and she always remained focused on this goal, performing in talent competitions wherever her family would settle.

Mo is no hypocrite; she lives by her own set of rules. Two years ago she met her husband at a D.C. gas station, initiated a conversation and asked for his number. Lil' Mo met Al Stone on March 1, 2001 at a Washington DC Amoco gas station. He proposed to her in May, and on August 29, 2001 after only 5 months of knowing one another they married.

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"I met him March 28," she remembered. "In May he proposed to me, by August 29 we were married. When you find your soul mate it doesn't take forever to find out you're gonna be together forever. We both were like, 'I done been hurt, I been through the run of the mill". ~Lil Mo To MTV,16 April 03.[1]

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Just 2 months later in December, Lil' Mo became pregnant, and on August 19, 2002 gave birth to a daughter, Heaven Love'on Stone. Her second daughter, God'Iss Love Stone, was born on February 24, 2005. Unfortunately, in December 2005, Lil Mo filed for divorce from Al Stone.

Currently, Lil' Mo lives in Odenton (near Baltimore), MD, with her parents Jacob and Cynthia Loving, and daughters Heaven Love'on Stone and God'Iss Love Stone.

On March 18, 2007, Lil' Mo announced her reconciliation to Stone [2], but by as of August the couple divorced. Lil' Mo is currently engaged to marry a young minister.

Signed with Elektra Records, Lil' Mo entered the music industry as a protégé of then-labelmate Missy Elliott. Her debut single was a song entitled "5 Minutes" from the Why Do Fools Fall In Love soundtrack. She appeared on tracks for Elliott's Da Real World in 1999. One of those tracks, "Hot Boyz", became Mo's breakout appearance. She was featured in the music video for the song's remix alongside guest rappers Nas and Eve, and Elliott subsequently became a trusted advisor and friend. She was featured on rapper Jay-Z's song "Parking Lot Pimpin" from the 2000 The Dynasty: Roc La Familia album. And most people don't know, but Lil' Mo was the female voice on the 2001 hit "Wifey" by Next. She has performed with or written songs for many artists including Blackstreet, Next, Bow Wow, Keith Sweat, 3LW, Nicole Wray, Mocha and ODB.

Mo's next big exposure came in early 2001, when she was featured on Ja Rule's hit single "Put It On Me" alongside Rule's Murder Inc. Records labelmate Vita. The single was a hit on both urban and pop radio, and reached #8 on the US pop charts, and more Rule/Mo collaborations followed, including "I Cry", which repurposed The O'Jays' 1978 hit "Cry Together".

Unfortunately, not everyone was as thrilled with Lil' Mo's success as she, her friends, and collaborators were. Just before her debut was set to hit record store shelves in the summer of 2001, a man attacked the singer in San Francisco just outside the Warfield, a theater where she had just finished a performance. He used a champagne bottle to club the singer's head. At the time Lil' Mo was unaware of the extent of her injury. Reportedly, she seemed more concerned about her broken designer shoe. Lil' Mo ended up with almost two dozen stitches. A majority of the publicity appearances scheduled for the following month, which had been specially timed to coincide with the release of her debut, had to be canceled until she regained her health.

Later that year, Mo released her debut album, Based On A True Story, on Elektra Records, and had a successful single of her own, "Superwoman (Part II)", off of that album. The "Part II" remix, featuring hip-hop newcomer Fabolous, was an up-tempo, hip-hop flavored record, using an instrumental track producer DJ Clue had originally intended for M.O.P.. The video was also a huge hit on MTV2 and BET. The album's second single, "Gangsta", contained a sample of Snoop Dogg's "Gin And Juice", but failed to find an audience.

Despite the after effects she suffered, the singer persevered and continued to sing and write. Months later, Lil' Mo started working on air at Baltimore's radio station WXYV, where she hosted a highly-rated drive time music program. She remained as a radio DJ until leaving in June 2002 to await her first daughter's birth and devote more time to her singing career.

After a falling out with Ja Rule and Irv Gotti, caused by Mo's accusations that they now favored using new Murder Inc. artist Ashanti for collaborations instead of her, Mo ended all associations with Murder Inc. in 2002. Since, Ja Rule has taken some shots at former friend, Mo, calling her a "bitch", and crediting himself as the reason why Mo has had any hits. Mo refused to fire back, calling the whole thing "juvenile".

During the mid-2003, Mo appeared on two important singles with Fabolous, who partially had Mo to thank for his own break into the industry, and who has since been more successful on both urban and mainstream charts than Mo herself. Their first duet was "Can't Let You Go", the first single off of Fabolous' Street Dreams LP, was one of 2003's biggest rap and mainstream pop hits. The other duet, "4 Ever", the first official single off of Lil' Mo's own second album, Meet The Girl Next Door, was a minor urban and R&B hit, but did not achieve pop success.

In the summer of 2003, Mo had better luck with "21 Answers", a response to 50 Cent's popular "21 Questions". The single was successful on urban radio and a minor hit with pop audiences. After her contract with Elektra expired at the end of 2004, she moved over to the Cash Money Records label, where she released four minor singles. However, her long anticipated third album Syndicated: The Lil' Mo Hour never saw the light of the day and her contract with Cash Money was broken in 2006. Lil' Mo recently signed to Mike Jones' Ice Age Entertainment label.

Under her independent label "Honeychild Entertainment" Lil' Mo has finally released a new album. Pain & Paper has been released on August 28, 2007 with production from Brian Micheal Cox, Jules "Judah", Mike Moore, Troy Taylor, Adam "Streets" Arwine, Daniel "D-Up" Allen, Wesley "Mister Wes" Toone, and more. Along with recording her new album, Lil' Mo, together with Faith Evans, Fantasia, and R&B-turned-gospel singer Coko (of SWV fame), appeared on the remake of The Clark Sisters' "Endow Me"[3] from Coko's gospel album Grateful, released October 31, 2006. Lil' Mo's Pain & Paper was released on August 28, 2007 is being distributed by Koch Entertainment. The first single off the album is "Sometimes I" (featuring Jim Jones) The video "SUMTIMES I" was directed by Gabriel E. Hart of Drew Barrymore's "VH-1's SHOOT TO KILL". She recently announced that her second single is "Lucky Her". Presently, She is engaged to gospel singer/songwriter, Phillip Bryant.

• 2001: Based on a True Story
• 2003: Meet the Girl Next Door
• 2005: Syndicated: The Lil' Mo Hour (Unreleased)
• 2007: Pain & Paper #112 on the billboard 200, #14 US R&B
• 2008: Untitled 4th Studio Album

• 1998: "5 Minutes" (featuring Missy Elliott)
• 1999: "Hot Boys [Remix]" (Missy Elliott featuring Lil' Mo, Nas, Eve, and Q-Tip (US #5)
• 2000: "Ta Da"
• 2000: "I'll Trade (A Million Bucks)" (Keith Sweat feat. Lil' Mo) (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks No. 36)
• 2001: "Put It On Me" (Ja Rule featuring Lil' Mo and Vita) (US #8)
• 2001: "I Cry" (Ja Rule featuring Lil' Mo) (US #40)
• 2001: "Take You Home" (Fabolous featuring Lil' Mo)
• 2001: "Superwoman [Pt. II]" (featuring Fabolous) (US #11)
• 2001: "Gangsta (Love 4 The Streets)"
• 2002: "Pray For Me" (Mobb Deep featuring Lil' Mo)
• 2002: "If I Could Go" (Angie Martinez featuring Lil' Mo & Sacario) (US #9)
• 2002: "Daddy Gotta Get That Cash" (Styles P featuring Lil' Mo)
• 2003: "Can't Let You Go" (Fabolous featuring Lil' Mo & Mike Shorey) (US #4)
• 2003: "4Ever" (featuring Fabolous) (US #37)
• 2003: "21 Answers"
• 2005: "Yeah Yeah Yeah" (featuring Miri Ben-Ari)
• 2005: "Hot Girls" (featuring Lil' Wayne)
• 2005: "Mother Of Your Child"
• 2005: "Dem Boyz"
• 2006: "Endow Me" (Coko of SWV featuring Lil' Mo, Fantasia & Faith Evans)
• 2007: "Sometimes I" (featuring Jim Jones)
• 2007: "Make Me Better [Remix}" (Fabolous featuring Lil' Mo)
• 2007: "Lucky Her" From Pain & Paper

• http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=206555631 (Lil Mo Official Myspace Page)

• Sept 03 Sister2Sister Interview: http://www.s2smagazine.com/content/content.asp?issueid=200309&listid=03
• Dec 05 Jawn murray Info: http://blackvoices.aol.com/black_entertainment/bvbuzzcanvas/_a/dec-19-2005/20051218231809990001
• Jan 05 All Hip Hop Interview: http://www.allhiphop.com/Alternatives/?ID=113
• July 05 Sister2Sister Interview: http://www.s2smagazine.com/content/content.asp?issueid=200507&listid=03