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Shannon Rae Bex (born March 22, 1980) is a singer, dancer, and member of the musical group Danity Kane.
The group was founded by P. Diddy through the MTV reality television series Making the Band 3. Danity Kane's debut album debuted at #1 on August 22, 2006, as did their second album Welcome to the Dollhouse on March 18, 2008.
Biography
Bex was born in Gresham, Oregon, and started dancing at the age of three. At the age of six Shannon began training in ballet. Just a year later she was dancing in the Nutcracker under James Canfield for the Oregon Ballet Theatre. It wasn't until the age of twelve that Shannon started to train in other styles of dance like lyrical, modern and jazz. Her family moved to Bend, Oregon for her high school years, where she attended Mountain View High School. In school, Bex was involved in drama, dance team, and choir. At nineteen, Bex learned a great deal about performing with a group when she was a Portland Trail Blazers cheerleader. She has an older brother Marshall. She is the only married member of Danity Kane. Her husband's name is Ron Basada, and he is also a dancer. Bex danced and sang for five seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers. Being the oldest member of the group, she is sometimes referred as "the mother of the group".
Bex appeared on the 2003 series Fame, finishing as the runner-up to Harlemm Lee. During the finale, Johnny Wright said he would sign her. In December 2005, she was featured as a potential "band" member on MTV's Making the Band 3, Season two, before finally making the group.
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Danity Kane
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