Get on Board: Jill Scott
See how the incomparable soul sista got to where she is.
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Jilly From Philly - Accomplished actress and R&B singer Jill Scott didn't make it to the top over night. Take a look at some of the highlights of the soul singer's decade-long career that got her to where she is today.(Photo: Erika Goldring/Getty Images)
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Philly Roots - ?uestlove, drummer for the Roots, discovered Jill Scott performing as a spoken word artist in a Philly club. The group enlisted her to co-write on the song "You Got Me," which won a Grammy in 2000. (Photo: Phil McCarten/PictureGroup)
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Continued Success - In November 2001 Jill released Experience: Jill Scott 826+, a live album, followed by her sophomore studio album Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 in 2004.(Photo: Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup)
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Acting Up - That same year, Scott kicked off her acting career with a short stint on the television show Girlfriends. She'd go on to take roles on Law & Order: SVU and the Lifetime movie Sins of the Mother. (Photo: John W. Ferguson/Getty Images)
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Words and Sounds - That same year, her third studio album, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 2, was released. The gold-selling album debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at No. 4. (Photo: Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup)
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