席依达·盖瑞特 是一位不为人知的传奇人物，出生于洛杉矶，早年曾在各种当地乐队中担任歌手。当她16岁时，她的母亲Penny在R&B歌手DJ Rogers的家中工作。她不停地告诉他，“我的女儿会唱歌。他说：“当然......你的女儿，我水管工的表弟，我女仆的侄子，每个人都会唱歌！但Siedahs的母亲非常执着，D.J.最终屈服了。她把西达带到他家，他在钢琴上弹了一首和弦，说：“唱这首歌。她唱了这首歌，他走了：“哦？他演奏了一段更复杂的即兴演奏，她唱了起来。他“哦！她知道的下一件事是，她正在录制。

当 Siedah 为 Quincy Jones 试镜时，很多制作人和词曲作者都在房间里。这导致 Siedah 在洛杉矶为所有这些制作人和词曲作者演唱小样。昆西·琼斯（Quincy Jones）喜欢他所看到的，并将Siedah签入了他的唱片公司，成为一名艺术家和词曲作者。作为一名唱片艺术家，Siedah Garrett 的第一首热门歌曲是 1984 年与丹尼斯·爱德华兹 （Dennis Edwards） 的二重唱“Don't Look Any Further”。录制过她歌曲的艺术家包括导师昆西·琼斯、Common、艾瑞莎·富兰克林、迈尔斯·戴维斯、地球风与火、杰米·福克斯、詹妮弗·哈德森、will.i.am、雷·查尔斯、莎拉·沃恩、艾拉·菲茨杰拉德、托托、希娜·伊斯顿、娜塔莉·科尔、巴里·怀特、指针姐妹、唐娜·萨默、迪翁·沃里克、帕蒂·奥斯汀、罗伯塔·弗拉克、阿尔·贾罗、塞尔吉奥·门德斯、戴安娜·罗斯等。在琼斯用加勒特为杰克逊演唱的《镜中人》的演示后，他不仅喜欢这首歌，而且非常喜欢她的声音，以至于他放弃了其他被认为与他二重唱的著名歌手“我只是不能停止爱你”并选择了她。“I Just Can't Stop Loving You”和“Man in the Mirror”都成为热门歌曲，永远改变了加勒特的生活。在她为迈克尔杰克逊的排行榜榜首的 Bad 专辑共同创作了“镜中人”，并作为他的二重唱搭档录制了“我只是无法停止爱你”之后，她很快就一跃成为世界上最受追捧的作词人之一。

Siedah 的音乐在电影和电视作品中也非常受欢迎，并出现在 Love Jones、The Lego Batman Movie、Rio、Rio 2、Dreamgirls、Batman、Lean On Me、Fast Forward、Baby Boom、Sharon Stone 制作的纪录片 Femme： Women Healing The World、获奖电影 One Little Finger、Spike Lee 电影、Da Sweet Blood of Jesus、 The Voice、Netflix 的 Fuller House 和大获成功的 Playstation 视频游戏《仁王》。Siedah 是一位充满激情的编织者，在 iheart Radio 上有一个名为 The Uppity Knitter 的播客。她采访名人，让听众窥探他们最喜欢的明星的私生活。Siedah居住在洛杉矶，与前RCA唱片公司副总裁|A&R，Erik Nuri，他也担任她的人才经理。Siedah目前在百老汇演出“MJ the Musical”和新上映的斯皮尔伯格/琼斯电影“紫色”中都有歌曲。Siedah 总是在前进，她开辟了道路并改变了世界。不可否认，Siedah Garrett 是一位英雄、偶像、传奇人物和内城文化中心校友。

Siedah Garrett, an unknown legend and native of Los Angeles started off as a singer in a variety of local bands in her early days. When she was 16 her mother Penny was working on R&B singer D.J. Rogers’ home. She kept telling him, “My daughter can sing.” He said, “Sure… your daughter, my plumber’s cousin, my maid’s nephew, everybody can sing!” But Siedahs’ mother was very persistent and D.J. eventually gave in. She took Siedah over to his house, he played a chord on his piano and said “Sing this.” She sang it and he went “Oh?” He played a more complicated riff and she sang it. He went “Ohh!” The next thing she knew, she was in a recording session.

When Siedah auditioned for Quincy Jones a lot of producers and songwriters were in the room. This led to Siedah singing demos for all these producers and songwriters in Los Angeles. Quincy Jones liked what he saw and signed Siedah to his label as an artist and songwriter. As a recording artist, Siedah Garrett’s first big hit was a duet with Dennis Edwards, “Don’t Look Any Further” in 1984. Artists who have recorded her songs include mentor Quincy Jones, Common, Aretha Franklin, Miles Davis, Earth Wind & Fire, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson, will.i.am, Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Toto, Sheena Easton, Natalie Cole, Barry White, The Pointer Sisters, Donna Summer, Dionne Warwick, Patti Austin, Roberta Flack, Al Jarreau, Sergio Mendes, Diana Ross and many others. After Jones played the demo of "Man in the Mirror" with Garrett's vocals for Jackson, he not only loved the song, he loved her voice so much he passed on other notable singers being considered to duet with him on "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" and chose her. Both "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" and "Man in the Mirror" became number one hits and changed Garrett's life forever. She was soon catapulted to the status of one of the most sought-after lyricists in the world after she co-wrote “Man in the Mirror” for Michael Jackson’s chart-topping Bad album, and recorded as his duet partner on “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”.

Siedah’s music has been extremely popular among film and television productions as well and was featured in Love Jones, The Lego Batman Movie, Rio, Rio 2, Dreamgirls, Batman, Lean On Me, Fast Forward, Baby Boom, the Sharon Stone-produced documentary Femme: Women Healing The World, the award-winning film One Little Finger, the Spike Lee film, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, The Voice, Netflix’s Fuller House, and the hugely successful Playstation video game Nioh. Siedah is a passionate knitter and has a Podcast on iheart Radio called The Uppity Knitter. She interviews celebrities and gives her listeners a peek into the private lives of their favorite stars. Siedah resides in Los Angeles and is married to former RCA Records VP|A&R, Erik Nuri, who also serves as her talent manager. Siedah currently has songs in the Broadway show “MJ the Musical” and the newly released Spielberg/Jones film “The Color Purple”. Siedah is always on the move, she blazes trails and changed the world. Siedah Garrett is undeniably a hero, an icon, a legend and an Inner City Cultural Center Alumnus.