Kendra Marie Foster (born January 29, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter, session singer and backup vocalist.  A two-time Grammy Award-winner, she has performed with artists including George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic, Snoop Dogg and D'Angelo and The Vanguard.

Early life
A woman of African American descent and a natural redhead, as a young girl in Tallahassee, Florida Foster began singing at her local Baptist church. She developed an interest in jazz in high school, and learned jazz standards performed by singers including Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Nancy Wilson, and Ella Fitzgerald. She attended Florida A&M University, where she became a member of Orchesis Contemporary Dance Theatre and took part in the Urban Bush Women Institute.

Career 
While in college Foster met George Clinton through a mutual friend who was working as an engineer at Clinton's recording studio.  Foster recorded at the studio; after a year, Clinton noticed her and signed her to a production deal. She later toured as a member of Parliament-Funkadelic.

Foster released her debut album, Myriadmorphonicbiocorpomelodicrealityshapeshifter, in 2003 via a production deal with Clinton.  Her self-titled second album, Kendra Foster, was released in 2016. Her songs "Step into the Light" and "Promise To Stay Here" (from her self-titled album) were featured on BET’s Being Mary Jane and STARZ’s Hightown series respectively.

In 2016, in addition to singing, she co-wrote eight out of 12 songs on D'Angelo's critically-acclaimed album, Black Messiah.

Collaborations 
A credited songwriter on "A Warning for the Heart" on Sunshine Anderson's The Sun Shines Again and on Snoop Dogg's album Coolaid  ("Side Piece"), Foster sang on Clinton's How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent? album. ("U Can Depend On Me", "Bounce 2 This" and "Trust In Yourself").  She is featured on the song "Questions" by Domo Genesis on his self-titled debut studio album.

Discography and contributions 
With Bootsy Collins

 Play with Bootsy (2002)

Kendra Foster
  Myriadmorphonicbiocorpomelodicrealityshapeshifter  (2003)
  Kendra Foster (2016)
 Here (2023)
With George Clinton 
  How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent? (2005)
  George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love (2008)
With Various Artist
  	Funk N' R&B Box Set (2006) 
With Da BackWudz
  Wood Work (2006)
With Electrofunkadelica
  	e3+Funknth= Music for the Body, Mind & Soul (2006)
With Armin van Buuren
  State of Trance: Year Mix 2007 (2007)
  Armada Presents: Miami Tunes 2008 (2008)
  	Armada Trance, Vol. 3 (2008)
With D'Angelo
  Yoda: The Monarch of Neo-Soul (2007)
  Yoda II (2008)
  	James River (Album Prelude) (2010)
With D'Angelo and the Vanguard
  Black Messiah (2014)
With Crucial Conflict
  Planet Crucon (2008)
With Blake Jarrell
   	Concentrate  (2009)
With Lynwood Rose
  	Lynwood Rose (2010)
With Sunshine Anderson
  	The Sun Shines Again (2010)
With Various Artists
  	Crusin' Music, Vol. 2 (2012)
With Funkadelic
 	First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate (2014)
   Shake the Gate: Version Excursion (2015)
With Domo Genesis
  Genesis (2016) 
With Snoop Dogg
 Coolaid (2016)
With Chris Dave and the Drumhedz
  Chris Dave and the Drumhedz (2018)
With Parliament
  	Medicaid Fraud Dogg (2018)
With Michael Blume
  	Cynicism & Sincerity (2018)
With Ben Williams
  	 I Am a Man (2020)
With YOUNG JIMMY
  	 Rockett 88 (Deluxe) (2023)

References

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1978 births
Living people
African-American women singer-songwriters
Musicians from Tallahassee, Florida
Florida A&M University alumni