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Faith Evans Net Worth: How Rich is the Singer Actually in 2022?

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November 9, 2021

Faith Renee Jordan, better known as Faith Evans is a 49 years old American singer, actress, songwriter, and record producer. She is best known for her three platinum-certified studio albums “Faith”, “Keep the Faith”, and “Faithfully”. Faith is the first female artist to sign a contract with Puff Daddy’s record label, Bad Boy Entertainment. As of 2022, Faith Evans net worth is estimated to be around $4 million.

Full Name	Faith Renee Jordan
Birth Date	June 10, 1973
Birth Place	Lakeland, Florida, United States
Profession	Singer, Record Producer
Husband	Stevie J
Net Worth	$4 million

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Early life

Faith Evans was born Faith Renee Jordan on the 10th of June, 1973 in Lakeland, Florida, United States. She was born to Richard Swain and Helen Evans. Her mom, Helene Evans was an African American professional singer, and her dad, Richard was a musician. She was primarily raised by her foster parents, Johnnie Mae, and Orvelt Kennedy. Johnnie is her mom’s cousin.

Faith though returned back to take her back a couple of years later after her career floundered. However, she was afraid to leave her foster parents, whom she recognized as her grandparents. Then, her mom, Helene stayed next door to her foster parents. Faith started singing at church at two years of age.

Faith has studied at the University High School in Newark, where she got a chance to sing with several jazz bands. She was even encouraged by her mom to sing at the festivals, pageants, and contests where her voice would be praised and noticed.

In 1991, she graduated from high school and joined Fordham University. She studied there for a year and left it in the middle way to have a daughter with the music producer, Kiyamma Griffin.

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Faith was noticed by the musician, Puff Daddy while she was working as a backup vocalist for the singer, Al B. Sure!. Puff was quite impressed with her singing talent, which made her sign a contract with his record label, Bad Boy Entertainment in 1994.

Faith dropped her first self-titled studio album on August 29, 1995, which was released in a collaboration with Bad Boy’s main producers Combs, Chucky Thompson, and The Hitmen. Her debut album was a huge success which was eventually certified platinum. In 1997, Puff Daddy Combs helped her to produce a tribute song titled “I’ll Be Missing You” after the rapper, Biggie was murdered on March 9, 1997.

In October 2008, she released her second studio album “Keep the Faith”. At the early stage of releasing the album, she felt discouraged about the album’s profess, however, after it was released, the album received positive reviews from the music critics. Her second album also certified platinum. In 2001, she came back with her third studio album “Faithfully”, which was also her third album on the Bad Boy label. The album was certified platinum and reached 14 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Evans became a co-executive producer and a cast member of TV One’s reality show “R&B Divas: Atlanta” in 2012. The show was based on the singers how they balance their music careers and personal lives as they work on the Evans-led compilation album “R&B Divas”. She released her seventh studio album “Incomparable” in August 2013. Besides her contribution in music, she has also worked as an actress in the MTV-produced romantic comedy movie “The Fighting Temptations” in 2003.

Personal Life

Faith Evans has been married three times. She was first married to rapper, The Notorious B.I.G. in 1994, who was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles on March 9, 1997. She was then married to a record company executive, Todd Russaw in 1998. From her second marriage, she became a mother of two sons Joshua and Ryder. Evans and Russaw were arrested and charged with cocaine and marijuana possession in 2014.

Faith separated from Todd Russaw through a divorce in 2011. In July 2018, she married the record producer, Stevie J. After two years, in May 2020, she was arrested for attacking Stevie in their LA-based home. Even though the felony domestic violence was charged against her, the charges were dropped later. As per the source, Stevie has filed for a divorce with her on Monday, November 8, 2021.