Lalah Hathaway

Lalah Hathaway – born Eulaulah Donyll Hathaway in Chicago, Illinois on December 16, 1968 – is a Grammy-winning soul and jazz singer-songwriter. She has recorded a series of well-received albums and has collaborated with many artists including Take 6, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, Marcus Miller, Joe Sample, Snarky Puppy, The Winans, and others. Gifted with a voice that allowed her to perfect polyphonic singing, she has become an in-demand session singer as well as a versatile solo artist. The daughter of soul legend Donny Hathaway, Lalah Hathaway was able to step out of her father’s shadow and become a critically successful artist in her own right. She began her solo recording career in 1987 with the single “Inside the Beat.” Signing with Virgin Records, her self-titled debut album was released in 1990, entering both the Billboard Top 200 and the R&B Albums charts. Her third album, The Song Lives On (1999), was a collaboration with jazz keyboardist Joe Sample. The album, released on the GRP Records label, reached number 2 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. Lalah Hathaway signed with Stax Records and released two critically acclaimed and commercially successful albums: Self Portrait (2008) and Where It All Begins (2011). She won her first Grammy Award (Best R&B Performance) in 2014 for “Something,” a collaboration with jazz-soul outfit Snarky Puppy. She has since gone on to win four more Grammy Awards: Best Traditional R&B Performance (2015, 2016, and 2017) and Best R&B Album (2017). She set up her own label, Hathaway Entertainment, releasing her album Honestly in 2017, followed by a deluxe edition of the same album the following year. In June 2024, Lalah Hathaway released her seventh studio album, VANTABLACK, which featured the singles “The Energy” and “So in Love.”