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| | Singer Christopher Lamont Bender was born on August 2, 1972 in Boston, Massachusetts. At the age of 16 he recorded his first self-titled album for Epic Records that was never released. He signed a seven-album contract, although only one album on that contract was released before his death. The album Draped hit No. 92 on the Billboard magazine R&B album chart. His two charted singles "I Knew" and "That's Not The Way" broke into the top 70 on the Hot R&B Singles chart. Other songs he was known for included "Who Will I Choose" and "Kiss and Make Up".
On November 3, 1991, at 2:17 A.M., Bender was shot and killed in Brockton, Massachusetts, while sitting in his blue Mercedes Benz outside of the Crescent Court housing project where his mother lived [AH].
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