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Hailing from Detroit , Alamaze worked as a Makeup Artist for about 10 years, including work for musicians Faith Evans , Erykah Badu , TLC , Xscape , Monica , Outkast , and Busta Rhymes . She got her break when somebody offered her a recording contract. She worked on her debut album, and appeared in opening acts for the Black Eyed Peas . Her first single, " Don't Cha ", was written and produced by Cee-Lo Green . It wasn't very successful, only peaking at #58 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. Alamaze claimed the label never shot a video for her single, nor did she receive proper marketing. According to industry chatter, Tori’s version of “Don’t Cha” was intended as the label’s 'next big thing', but then Universal Records decided the single wasn’t the right move. Tori was subsequently dropped from the label, and the track was re-recorded, by The Pussycat Dolls including a rap from Busta Rhymes . The new version climbed to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The multicultural female posse imitates Tori’s vocal inflections and adlibs to a tee, while adding Busta Rhymes to the mix and keeping Cee-Lo on production. To many fans Tori was done very wrong and some say the song 'Dont Cha' was destroyed by The Pussycat Dolls Her album remains unreleased. EXTERNAL LINKS
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