Meshell Ndegeocello

Meshell Ndegeocello is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist. She has gone by the name Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur which is used as a writing credit on some of her mid-career work. Her music incorporates a wide variety of influences, including funk, soul, jazz, hip hop, reggae and rock. She has received significant critical acclaim throughout her career, being nominated for eleven Grammy Awards, and winning two. She also has been credited for helping to "spark the neo-soul movement".

29 August 1968

Born on the same birth day (29 August): Arthur B. McDonald • Hugo Brandt Corstius • Jay Ryan (actor) • Lenny Henry • Michael Jackson • Nathan Pritikin • Tony Kane • Ysaline Bonaventure

Born in the same month (August 1968): Aldo Calderón van Dyke • Chris Boardman • Cortez Kennedy • Daniel Dae Kim • Dina Carroll • Diran Adebayo • Gillian Anderson • Jason Leonard • Matthew Ridge • McG • Oleh Luzhnyi • Sophie Lee