Charli Baltimore

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Tiffany Lane (born August 16, 1974), better known as Charli Baltimore, is an American rapper/songwriter, reality television star, and occasional actress. Her stage name is taken from Geena Davis's character in the film The Long Kiss Goodnight.^[1]

Musical career[]

Charli Baltimore began her musical career when she met The Notorious B.I.G. aka "Biggie Smalls" in the summer of 1995, and they became involved in a romantic relationship.^[2] Several months into their relationship, she left him a voicemail of a rap verse that she had written and he immediately recognized her natural lyrical abilities. Biggie began encouraging her to pursue a career in rap music, eventually hatching a plan to start a hip-hop trio called "The Commission", which would include himself, Charli Baltimore, and rapper Jay Z. Unfortunately, those plans were destroyed with Smalls' murder in March 1997.^[3]

Following the death of B.I.G., Charli continued her career in the industry, booking several modeling jobs and creating a number of hip-hop and R&B songs including "Money", with Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, and "Stand Up", which rose to the top ten of Billboard Magazine's Hot Rap Singles Chart.^[3]

Despite her moderate success on the charts, Baltimore's first studio album Cold as Ice was never released yet she continued to be visible in the rap industry and eventually she joined forces with Irv Gotti and signed to his label Murder Inc in 2002.^[3] It was here that Baltimore made appearances in songs such as; "Down 4 U", "We Still Don't Give a Fuck", and "No One Does It Better" from Irv Gotti Presents The Inc, Ja Rule tracks "Down Ass Bitch" and "The Last Temptation", the Christina Milian track "Spending Time", and Ashanti's "Rain on Me" (remix). In 2003, she earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Rap Solo Performance, for her single "Diary".

Baltimore parted ways with Irv Gotti and Murder Inc in 2004 and has since continued her solo career as a rapper, songwriter, model, and actress.

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

• Cold as Ice (1999)

Unreleased albums[]

• The Diary (You Think You Know) (2003)

Mixtapes[]

• Natural Born Khronicles (2012)
• Hard 2 Kill (2013)^[4]

Singles[]

• "Money" (1998)
• "Stand Up" (featuring Ghostface Killah) (1999)
• "Feel It" (1999)
• "Horse and Carriage (Remix)" (1999)
• "Everybody Wanna Know" (2000)
• "Charli" (2000)¹
• "Nobody Does It Better" (featuring Ashanti) (2002)
• "Diary" (2002)
• "Hey Charli" (2002)
• "Come Test Us" (featuring Lil Wayne) (2007)
• "Lose It" (2008)
• "P.S." (2008)
• "Machine Gun (Remix)" (featuring Sally Anthony) (2011)
• "All Lies " (featuring Maino) (2012)
• "Philly Stand Up" (featuring Dutch) (2012)
• "B.M.B" (featuring Trick Trick) (2013)
• "Hunnids" (featuring Trick Trick and Cash Paid) (2013)
• "Bed Full of Money" (2015)

Featured singles[]

Guest appearances[]

• 1998: "Me & My Boo" Cam'ron – Confessions of Fire
• 1998: "Walk On By" Fat Joe – Don Cartagena
• 2000: "Blak is Blak" – Bamboozled soundtrack
• 2001: "Spending Time" – Christina Milian – Christina Milian
• 2002: "We Still Don't Give a Fuck", "No One Does It Better" – Irv Gotti Presents: The Inc.
• 2002: "I'm So Happy (Remix)" – Irv Gotti Presents: The Remixes
• 2002: "Last Temptation" Ja Rule – The Last Temptation
• 2007: "I Am" Mýa – Liberation

References[]

External links[]

• Charli Baltimore on Instagram