Antoinette Roberson

Antoinette Roberson is an American songwriter, record producer, and vocalist known for her work in R&B and hip-hop during the late 1990s and early 2000s. She co-wrote the Grammy-nominated single “What’s It Gonna Be?!” by Busta Rhymes featuring Janet Jackson (1999) and the platinum-certified single “My Body” by the R&B supergroup LSG (1997), which reached number one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart for seven weeks. Early life and education Roberson was born and raised in Houston, Texas. She attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston before receiving a full scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston, where her classmates included Lalah Hathaway, Paula Cole, Quincy Jones III, and jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Vocal Performance from The New School in New York City. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, where it remained for seven weeks, and was certified platinum by the RIAA. In 1999, Roberson co-wrote “What’s It Gonna Be?!” with Busta Rhymes and Darrell Allamby for Rhymes’ album E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front. The single, featurin