Cassie Ventura,

Some Lesser Known Facts About Cassie Ventura

• Cassie Ventura is an American singer, dancer, actress, and model. She was born in New London, Connecticut, USA.

• Her father is of Filipino ancestry, and her mother is of Mexican and West Indian descent.

• Ventura started her modelling career at the age of 14. When she was 16, she got big modelling jobs in a local department store, Delia’s fashion catalogue and Seventeen ( an American bimonthly teen magazine.

• Cassioe was among the first group of students to graduate from the Interdistrict School for Arts and Communication (ISAAC), Connecticut, USA. She attended the school for three years and graduated in 2000.

• In 2002, she bagged a short role in R&B singer Mario’s “Just a Friend” music video.

• American hip hop producer and songwriter Rockwilder encouraged Cassie Ventura to take vocal lessons, modern ballet, and join her school’s performing arts program.

• In 2004, Cassie moved to New York City, where she joined Broadway Dance Centre to brush up on modelling skills.

• In the same year, she joined Wilhelmina Models, a modelling and talent agency, where she began working in booking print and commercial modelling gigs.

• In late 2004, Cassie met Ryan Leslie, an American songwriter and producer. She collaborated with him to write a duet titled “Kiss Me.” Leslie presented the song to music executive Tommy Mottola, a well-known American businessman and record producer.

  

• Tommy Mottola offered Cassie a management deal, and Ryan Leslie signed her to his company, NextSelection Lifestyle Group.

• In 2005, Leslie wrote and produced Cassie’s debut single, “Me & U,” which became a club hit in Germany.

• Later, Ryan Leslie also convinced Diddy to partner his Bad Boy Records with Leslie’s NextSelection imprint for the release of Cassie’s debut album.

• Cassie’s first music album, titled Cassie, was released on 8 August 2006, and in the USA, approximately 3 lakh copies of the album were sold at that time.

• The album’s lead song, “Me & U”, ranked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2006.

• In 2007, one of the singles of Cassie Ventura Is It You, was ranked at number eighty-five on the Canadian Hot 100 and at number 52 in the UK’s The Official Charts Company.

• In 2008, Cassie made her acting debut with a supporting role in the film Step Up 2: The Streets. It was a dance film. She also sang the lead single of this film, Is It You.

• In July 2009, Ventura announced that her second studio album’s title would be Electro Love. Three singles have been released from the album: “Official Girl” featuring Lil Wayne in August 2008, “Must Be Love” featuring Diddy in April 2009, and “Let’s Get Crazy” featuring Akon in August 2009. Unfortunately, all three singles didn’t perform well and failed to chart in the United States

• Cassie Ventura shaved part of her head, a bold style statement that sparked the trend among women.

  

• On April 24, 2012, Ventura performed her single live for the first time on BET’s 106 & Park music video show. She concluded the performance with a brief dance number accompanied by four dancers, on Kanye West’s remix song. After the performance, both Cassie and 106 & Park became trending topics on Twitter worldwide, receiving mostly mixed to positive reviews from various online media outlets.

• Cassie Ventura’s mixtape RockaByeBaby (2013) was named the best mixtape of the year by Dazed & Confused, a quarterly British lifestyle magazine.

• Ventura was the face of the Summer 2013 Forever 21 collection.

• In 2013, Ventura modelled for various brands including Adidas, Abercrombie &Fitch, and Clean & Clear.

• After 8 years, in 2016, Cassie returned to acting and played the lead role in the romantic comedy The Perfect Match (2016).

• In 2018, after breaking up her relationship with Diddy, Cassie Ventura left Bad Boy Records, and in 2010, she started working with producers Chris N Teeb and singer-songwriter Ro James on her various singles.

• After two months of breaking up with Diddy, she started dating Alex Fine. She met Alex Fine in a gym. He was her fitness trainer.

• Cassie and Alex were married in August 2019. The couple has two daughters, and in February 2025, they announced their third pregnancy.

  

• In 2023, she filed a lawsuit against Diddy Combs, claiming that he subjected her to a decade-long cycle of abuse, violence, and sex trafficking. Just one day after filing the lawsuit, both parties announced that they had reached an agreement to resolve the case, although they did not disclose the terms of the out-of-court settlement.

• In May 2025, Ventura began testifying in the federal case against Combs, which involved sex trafficking, racketeering, and prostitution. She revealed that she had received a $20 million settlement from a lawsuit against Diddy in 2023.

• Cassie Ventura refers to herself as a “die-hard Janet Jackson fan”, stating that

I’d love to emulate Janet Jackson’s career—totally, Janet Jackson is an incredible and fantastic, from her moves to her voice.”

• Cassie Ventura is considered a style icon due to her edgy style and feminine and sophisticated fashion.

• In an interview, Cassie mentioned that she considered Kate Moss (an American model, fashion designer) as her style icon.