neo-soul movement." Ndegeocello was born Michelle Lynn Johnson on August 29, 1968 in Berlin, Germany, to ar=y Sergeant Major and saxophonist father Jacques Johnson and health care worke= mother Helen. She was raised in Washington, D.C. where she attended Duke Ellington School of the Arts and O=on Hill High Scho

Meshell Ndegeocello • army Sergeant Major and saxophonist father Jacques Johnson and health care worker mother Helen. She was raised in Washington, D.C. where she attended Duke Ellington School of the Arts and Oxon Hill High Sch