Sabi (singer)

Jenice Dena Portlock (born November 24, 1987),also known as Sabi, is an American pop singer, songwriter, dancer and actress of Salvadoran and Black American ancestry from Los Angeles, California. She was formerly part of the hip hop girl group, The Bangz. She is currently signed to Warner Bros. Records.

Biography

Early life and career beginnings

As a kid growing up in Inglewood, California, daughter of a Salvadoran mother and African American father, Sabi was raised in a bilingual Spanish and English language household and spent every other weekend watching MTV at her father’s house after her parents divorced. Her father had cable television and her mother didn’t, so she and her sisters were glued to the screen watching music videos all day – she especially loved watching Michael Jackson, Prince, and Sade. That’s when she gained her immense passion for singing and song writing and made the decision that she wanted to be a performer. “I remember watching the Michael Jackson: Moonwalker video over and over and trying to pick up Michael’s moves,” she once said in an interview. Sabi would also choreograph dance routines and marshal her younger sisters into performing them for the family.