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Charli Baltimore (born Tiffany Lane on August 16, 1974 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a Grammy nominated female rapper who came about in the mid to late 90's after The Notorious B.I.G. discovered her and made her his protégé. She adopted her stage name after Geena Davis' character in the film The Long Kiss Goodnight [1]

Charli Baltimore was born to a German father and an African American mother but mainly raised by her elder half-sister, Yolanda. After graduating from Peirce College, becoming a certified paralegal, and having two daughters, India and Sianni, Charli met The Notorious B.I.G. in the summer of 1995. She had a romantic relationship with B.I.G. (Charli confirms the rumored relationship in an interview with AskMen.com.) He introduced her to Lance Un Riviera, who signed her and Cam'ron on his new label Untertainment. Charli had romantic relationships with both Lance Un Rivera and Jay-Z causing friction between the two. Former Roc-A-Fella labelmate-turned-rival Cam'ron has since claimed on his song "You Gotta Love It" that Jay-Z had actually "stabbed Un over Charli Baltimore" in December 1999.

She made her first appearance in the music industry in 1996 with Junior M.A.F.I.A.'s Get Money video, through proper connections that led her with a record deal with Lance Un Riviera. Her first video was in 1997 with the hit Money featured on the Woo movie soundtrack.

With collaborators such as Cam'ron and N.O.R.E., Baltimore recorded her debut album Cold As Ice which featured tracks like Money, Pimp Da 1 u Love, N.B.C, and Stand Up.
After being delayed several times due to gradual friction between Baltimore and the label, Cold As Ice was eventually released promotionally in 1999, but never released to the public. After a five-year hiatus, she was signed to Murder Inc. Records (later renamed to The Inc. Records) by CEO Irv Gotti. After constant album delays, she left the label and planned to sign with The Game's The Black Wall Street Records Label but later signed with Scott Storch's Storchaveli Recordings.

Charli Baltimore is now in the studio with Scott Storch, The first single to be released will be "Bring It Back" featuring her label mate Brooke Hogan. The video is to be released early 2007

Charli Baltimore has made appearances in songs such as Down 4 U, Down Ass chick, The Last Temptation and Rain On Me (Remix). In 2002 she earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Rap Solo Performance, for her single Diary [2].