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Shari Watson (born October 10, 1971, St. Louis, Missouri), known as Truth Hurts, is an American R&B singer, songwriter and actress.[1][2]

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Truth Hurts
Birth name	Shari Watson
Born	(1971-10-10) October 10, 1971 (age 51)
Origin	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Genres	R&B
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter actress
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Giant Aftermath Interscope Pookie
Website	https://www.truthhurtsofficial.com/ https://www.truthhurtsworld.com/

Biography

In 2000, Watson signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment label.[3][4] She first appeared on Busta Rhymes' 2001 hit single, "Break Ya Neck", as a backing vocalist. In 2001, she played a small role in The Wash starring Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, as well as a cameo in the film Ali starring Will Smith. She also appeared as a background vocalist on the D12 song, "Nasty Mind". For her first solo LP Truthfully Speaking, issued on Aftermath in 2002, Truth Hurts enlisted the production talents of Dr. Dre, Timbaland, Hi-Tek, and DJ Quik. Her debut single, "Addictive", was a Top 10 hit in the United States, and featured a verse from hip hop artist, Rakim. The original song, Lata Mangeshkar's "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai", was used as the main base of the track within the chorus. The copyright holders sued Aftermath and parent company Interscope Records for $500 million, and issued an injunction against further sales or performances of the record.[5] A judge later ruled that the album was not to be sold without being stickered with proper credits for Mangeshkar.[6]

In summer of 2002, Truth Hurts secured a spot on the Smokin' Grooves tour with Lauryn Hill, Outkast, Cee-Lo Green, The Roots, Jurassic 5, and Erykah Badu.[7] However, following the buzz on "Addictive", Truth Hurts became relatively obscure, only contributing guest vocals to "The Watcher 2" on Jay-Z's Blueprint 2 album and "What" on Eve's Eve-Olution. To date, she remains as a one-hit wonder in both America and the UK. "Addictive" was followed up by a song called "The Truth" written by R. Kelly with whom she collaborated. The song underperformed on American radio and video outlets. This was likely due in part to the negative press Kelly received over sex crime allegations, that hit media outlets shortly before the single's release.[8]

Truth Hurts returned in 2004 with her second album, Ready Now, on Raphael Saadiq's Pookie Entertainment label. Its first single, "Ready Now", was released in the summer of 2004. In 2005, Truth Hurts collaborated with J Dilla on Jay Love Japan on the track "Ghetto Love", shortly before his death in February 2006. Truth Hurts is now recording material for her upcoming album and has released a few promo singles via her website. Truth is promoting this material in Europe while touring at various musical venues.

Watson contributed to John Frusciante's 2011 released solo album, but her contribution was eventually left off the album.[9]

Discography

Albums

Album Information
Truthfully Speaking Released: June 25, 2002 Chart Positions: #5 Billboard;[10] #61 UK[11] Singles: "Addictive", "The Truth" Sales: 338,000 copies
Ready Now Released: June 1, 2004 Chart Positions: #173 Billboard[12] Singles: "Ready Now"

Singles

• 2002: "Addictive" (featuring Rakim) (US #9, US R&B #2, UK #3,[11] GER #9)
• 2002: "The Truth" (featuring R. Kelly) (R&B #47)
• 2002: "I'm Not Really Lookin' (featuring DJ Quik)
• 2004: "Ready Now"
• 2010: "Smoke"
• 2015: "Fight 4 Love"[13]
• 2022: “Cheated”

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Other artist(s)	Album
Appearance as singer in the 2001 film Ali	2001	–	–
"Nasty Mind"		D12	Devil's Night
"Come 2Nyte"	2002	DJ Quik	Under tha Influence
"What!"		Eve	Eve-Olution
"The Watcher 2"		Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, Rakim	The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse
"Fever"	2010	Big Bossolo	Notorious Boss The Birth
"Truth Hurts"	2010	40 Glocc	New World Agenda
"Izbiagai Ot Skukata (LadiDadi)"[14]	2016	Bobo, Lariss

References

External links

• Official website

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Truth Hurts, cantante de urban y neo soul nacida en Estados Unidos. Comenzó su carrera de la mano de Dr. Dre. Participó con artistas como Mary J. Blige y Eve. Dre le presentó al que sería su compañero a la hora de escribir y componer, Knoc-Turn'al. En 2002 grabó el sencillo "Addictive"; junto a Rakim; que más tarde sería incluido en su primer álbum "Truthfully Speaking", junto a otros singles como "Push play", "Jimmy" y "Real". En 2004 editó el álbum "Ready now", en el que participa junto a ella Loon, y colaboran en la producción Timbaland y Dr. Dre.

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