Farrah Franklin

Farrah Destiny Franklin (born May 3, 1981) is an American singer, actress, and model, ex-member of Destiny's Child who replaced LaTavia Roberson; she left the group after 5 months.

Recording & movie career

Farrah is biracial; her Mother is African American and Native American descent and her father is Italian American. Farrah was born in Des Moines, Iowa and she has an older sister named Kerry.

1999-2000: Destiny's Child

In 1999, Franklin was hired to be an extra in the music video for Destiny's Child's "Bills, Bills, Bills". It was there that she became acquainted with group members Kelly Rowland and Beyoncé Knowles. At the time she was in a fledgling singing group called Jane Doe, which was in the process of disbanding. In December, Matthew Knowles invited Franklin and Michelle Williams to join Destiny's Child—replacing previous group members LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett without notice. The two were introduced in February 2000, via the music video for "Say My Name". Franklin toured and performed with the group, and also appeared in the music video for "Jumpin' Jumpin'". Franklin contributed backing vocals to the remixes of "Jumpin' Jumpin'," "Independent Women Part I" (which were claimed to be removed before the album release), "Dot", and "Dance with Me". Farrah recorded some songs with Destiny's Child on the re-issue of their second album The Writing's on the Wall, while touring...
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