Her last name is Hathaway and she continues to do honor to her musical legacy.

Born to Donny Hathaway, one of the most influential soul artists of our time, and Eulaulah Hathaway, an accomplished musician in her own right, LALAH HATHAWAY, a native of Chicago, first put pen to paper, "with the music," as a 10th grader. Later, as a student at Berklee College of Music, she recorded her self-titled debut in 1990, which spawned the hits "Baby Don't Cry," "Heaven Only Knows" and "I'm Coming Back." She returned four years later with A Moment, followed by the much-lauded The Song Lives On, her duet album with Joe Sample in 1999, the same year she began growing her now-signature, cinnamon-hued 'locs. By 2004, she'd deliver her fourth album, Outrun the Sky, garnering Hathaway her first number one single, the Rex Rideout-produced cover of Luther Vandross' Forever, For Always, For Love, which was also featured on the critically-acclaimed Vandross tribute album of the same name.

SELF PORTRAIT, (Stax Records/Concord Music Group, release date June 3rd), is her fifth studio album including the Joe Sample duet. Hathaway co-wrote and/or co-produced all of the tracks on the album. With this offering, Hathaway is expressing who she is, what she is thinking and how she is feeling, at this very moment.

Between album projects, Hathaway – who's recorded collaborations with Marcus Miller, Meshell Ndegeocello and Mary J. Blige, among them – keeps her creativity nourished by taking to the global stage and contributing her voice to Daughters of Soul, a musical mélange founded by comrade, Sandra St. Victor, and featuring Nona Hendryx, Joyce Kennedy as well as Indira and Simone, daughters of Chaka Khan and Nina Simone respectively.