ABOUT CHRIS BENDER
American R&B singer best remembered for his 1991 album Draped. He was tragically shot and killed that same year.
He recorded his first album, Baby Doll, at age sixteen.
He signed a $500,000, seven-album contract with EastWest Records but was only able to record one such album before his death.
His mother lived in the Crescent Court housing project where he was shot.
He was signed to EastWest Records, whose signees have included prominent artists like Missy Elliott .
