In 1988, she graduated from Columbus High School and moved to Atlanta, Georgia, to further her modeling career.

[8] Porter appeared in a number of music videos,[9] and she worked as a receptionist at Uptown Records, after being hired by founder Andre Harrell.

[10] Porter was one of the founders of Three Brown Girls, a lifestyle planning company in Atlanta, alongside college friends Nicole Cooke-Johnson and Eboni Elektra.

[14][15] Porter died on November 15, 2018, in Toluca Lake, California after several days of "flu-like symptoms".

[17] Her funeral at Cascade Hills Baptist Church in Columbus, Georgia, was attended by hundreds of mourners, including Sean Combs.