Marnet "Marni" Ali, was born and raised in the Atlantic City, New Jersey Area. Marni discovered her talent abilities around the age of six. During her school yrs. she participated in dance, drama, gymnastics, cheerleading & various other activities. Out of all of her talents and hobbies she loved singing the most. She discovered her singing talent while singing around the house and it became her undeniable passion. She performed in local plays and musicals. In her teen yrs. she became very rebellious and chose to live a lifestyle of sex, drugs & murder. She started dating Atlantic City's Kingpin Midgett Molley in 1988/89. She had a wake up call in 1989 when she got into a serious car accident and miraculously survived. Shortly after Midgett Molley was taken into custody & sentenced to 20 yrs. in prison. She realized God spared her from serving prison time and certain death in that car accident but she walked away without a scratch. Without a chance to repent she also realized had she died she would have opened up her eyes in that horrible place God calls HELL, so she started seeking God and His forgiveness. By 1991 she accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior. Still interested in pursuing her passion to sing and becoming a recording artist she jumped from singing group to singing group and finally ended up with a singing partner. They became an urban R&B singing duo. They signed under "Darkchild Productions" with Freddie and Rodney Jerkins. In 1996 Rodney named the duo the "Shortiz" and they signed an exclusive recording contract with "Def Jam Records NYC". Shortly after that Marni received news that she had a celebrity sister, Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas of the Grammy winning group "TLC". Marni & Chilli appeared on the "Sally Jesse Raphael Show" in 1996. In 1998 due to artistic differences the recording contract with Darkchild/Def Jam Records was mutually dissolved. In spite of all the obstacles that came her way Marni never gave up pursuing her passion and destiny of singing. In 2001 during a church service standing in the back of the church the Bishop Robert Fulton Hargrove 11 of the Cathedral Grace Family Church in New Jersey, walked straight back to Marni and prophesied into her life (without knowing anything about her) that God has called and chosen her to go into the world and sing for Him. Ever since then, Marni has been in spiritual boot camp. In 2006 Marni says God spoke to her and instructed her to move to Atlanta, Georgia. God also used her to speak into her friend/Producer Eric "88 Fingaz" Parham's life instructing him to do the same thing, move to Atlanta and that he would be producing on her album. He did just that. God has been training Marni for ministry using the Urban/Hip Hop/R&B/Pop sound in Gospel. Marni says her mission is to be used and to be apart of changing the sound, flavor, perception and misconceptions of the gospel. She is stepping out of the box and going hard to tell the good news about salvation through Jesus the Christ and using her past and present as her testimony as encouragement & help set people free as she was SET FREE!
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