![]() Joi also landed roles in sitcoms in the period right after graduating high school, appearing on shows such as “Amen,” “227” and “The Bronx Zoo” and starring in “Guys and Dolls,” “Oily, Oily Oxen Free,” “Heatwave” and “JUVI.” When Joi was 20, she was offered a record deal but turned it down. “I was a session singer for quite a few years and did a lot of background vocals for major artists like David Lee Roth,” she said. With a manager and an agent on her side, Joi was given several opportunities to sing and act, and from that point, a star was born. The night she won, a man approached her and asked to be her manager. Around the same time, Joi was encouraged to compete in the Miss Sugar Ray Robinson pageant. Joi performed at community shows at first, but at the age of 10, she debuted in her first professional show when she was asked to sing at a major gospel concert. “I didn’t realize that it was a gift until later,” she said. The third of four children, Joi said she remembers thinking that everyone in the world knew how to sing because she was always singing around the house with her siblings. However, the obedience of a child to her mother soon branched into a passion and a career. “I was just doing what my mom said,” she said. Her mother was a fashion designer, and when there were breaks in the fashion shows, Joi said she was put on the stage as a 3-year-old and was instructed to sing. Raymond, however, said he believes his wife is “uncommonly gifted.” Joi’s public singing career began at an early age. Her students come and go, never realizing that when she is not on campus, Joi is in a completely different world, a world where she is singing in concerts and producing albums in the studio. She has been married 11 years to religion professor Dr. On the surface, Joi seems like she is the average professor, teaching upper division literature and film studies courses. Joi Carr has a life that has remained a mystery to the Pepperdine community, even after eight years at the Malibu campus. Professor by day, singer/songwriter/producer/actress by night: Dr.
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