Algebra Blesset (Algebra Felicia Blesset, born in 1976 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a contemporary R&B singer. Blessett's mother was a gospel singer and bass player, and she grew up to the sounds of soul music, gospel and R&B. Like many R&B singers, she sang in a gospel choir when she was in school. As an original detail, however, she has added in interviews that this was not so much out of passion, but rather because she was not good at sports anyway, and wanted to stay after school with her friends.