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Jennifer Love Hewitt, and
Rahsaan Patterson,
Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson got her first major break as a youngster on the television program Kids Incorporated. Born in 1975, she did voice work for The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show, as well as commercials, prior to becoming a Kids Incorporated regular from 1984 through 1989. Along with
Stefanie Ridel and fellow Kids Incorporated alum
Renee Ilene Sandstrom,
Ferguson formed
Wild Orchid, a teen pop group that released a pair of albums during the late '90s. A few years after the group's split,
Ferguson joined
the Black Eyed Peas in time to record 2003's
Elephunk. She became central to the group's mainstream success ("Let's Get It Started," "My Humps") and released her first solo album,
The Dutchess, during September 2006.
–
Andy Kellman, Rovi