Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USABirthday: 18 October 1968Bio: Cheryl Bridget \'Pepsii\' Riley is an American singer and actress. Riley is best known for her music during the late 1980s through the early 1990s, most notable; 1988\'s R&B ballad \"Thanks for My Child\". Riley also starred in multiple Tyler Perry stage plays and films.
After high school, Riley worked as a nurse for disabled children before beginning her singing career. Riley began her music career as a lead singer in the band Stargaze, who released the single \"You Can\'t Have It\" in 1982.
In November 1988, Riley topped the US R&B chart and hit the Top 40 on the pop chart at No. 32 with the ballad, \"Thanks for My Child,\" a song written by Full Force. Her second LP, Chapters, was issued and yielded the singles \"How Can You Hurt The One You Love\" and a cover of Aretha Franklin\'s 1968 hit \"Ain\'t No Way\". Her third album All That! was released by Reprise, and featured the singles \"Gimme\" and \"Guess I\'m In Love.\"
After a hiatus from the entertainment industry, Riley re-emerged in the late 1990s by appearing on the songs \"I Love It\" and \"Look Around\" on The Beatnuts album A Musical Massacre.
She also starred in a number of gospel plays for best-selling playwright Tyler Perry, including Madea\'s Class Reunion, Madea Goes to Jail, Why Did I Get Married?, Laugh to Keep from Crying, Madea\'s Big Happy Family and A Madea Christmas. She also appeared in the film versions of Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea\'s Big Happy Family. She is also starred in Tyler Perry\'s Madea Gets a Job (2012) and Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned (2014).
Following her appearance on a number of tracks on the Diary of a Mad Black Woman soundtrack in 2005, the following year Riley released Let Me Be Me, her first album in fourteen years. In 2015 she released a new solo album entitled Still Believe.
