Heather B. Gardner is an African-American hip-hop artist from Jersey City, New Jersey. She is billed in all projects as "Heather B." She is most well known for being a castmember/roommate on the first (and most critically acclaimed) season of MTV's reality show The Real World. One of two African-American roomates, Heather was portrayed as a friendly, intelligent young woman with aspirations to become a rap superstar. She forged an unlikely friendship