Editing Deborah Cox (section)

==Early life==
Deborah Cox was born in Toronto to parents of [[Guyanese people|Guyanese]] descent, grew up in [[Scarborough, Ontario|Scarborough]], was raised [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], and attended John XXIII Catholic Elementary School and [[Earl Haig Secondary School]].<ref name=deborah/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Oh|first=Susan|date=1999-07-19|title=Deborah Cox: Queen of R&B|url=https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1999/7/19/deborah-cox-queen-of-r-b|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-24|website=Maclean's|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911093440/https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1999/7/19/deborah-cox-queen-of-r-b |archive-date=September 11, 2020 }}</ref> She began singing on TV commercials at age 12, and entered various talent shows including an appearance on ''[[Tiny Talent Time]]''.<ref name=weisblott>[http://o.canada.com/entertainment/tiny-talent-time-60th-anniversary-chch "Tiny Talent Time returning to Hamilton channel CHCH"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002444/http://o.canada.com/entertainment/tiny-talent-time-60th-anniversary-chch |date=March 4, 2016 }}. [[Canada.com]], June 11, 2013.</ref> She performed in [[nightclub]]s as a teenager, and began to write music around the same time.<ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=deborah cox|bio=true}} Biography – Deborah Cox] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. Accessed on December 5, 2007.</ref> Cox entered the music industry in the early 1990s, performing as a backup vocalist for [[Celine Dion]] for six months.<ref name=deborah/><ref name=deborah2>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130120201152/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/C/Cox_Deborah/1999/08/19/744254.html Fair not over till it's over, Cox insists]}} JAM! Music. Accessed on March 9, 2009.</ref> In 1992, she also appeared on [[Devon (rapper)|Devon]]'s LP titled ''It's My Nature'' on the track "That's A Friend." After receiving many rejection letters from Canadian record labels that claimed their "quota" had been reached, Cox moved to Los Angeles in 1994 with producer and songwriting partner, Lascelles Stephens.<ref name=deborah/><ref name=deborah2/>