Born in Brooklyn, New York on April 14, 1972, Andrea Martin honed her creative
skills as a teenager. After graduating from the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High
School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in 1990, she started working as a demo
singer. That led to a gig writing songs for a publishing company. Her first
breakout hit as a songwriter was Monica’s “Before You Walk Out of My Life”,
which topped the R&B charts and hit number 7 on the pop chart in 1995. Hit songs
followed for a variety of artists including Silk (“Hooked on You”), Toni Braxton
(I Love Me Some Him”), and SWV (You’r...