Jasmine Guy

Jasmine Guy (born March 10, 1964 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actress, singer and dancer. She is most well known for her starring role as Southern belle Whitley Gilbert in the television series A Different World. During the run of A Different World, she released her self-titled debut album in 1990, which spawned three Billboard Top 100 hits: "Try Me", "Another Like My Lover", and "Just Want To Hold You." In the spring of 2006, Jasmine spoke to the graduating class at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and revealed that she will record a second album. She commented that of all the entertainment industries, the music industry was the worst. She will sell her new album online herself and not through a major label, similar to the marketing strategy used by Prince.