It was Fantasia Barrino's unique, powerful voice that captivated a nation and propelled her to victory during the third season of the hit television show “American Idol.” 

After Idol, Barrino's vocal ability carried the single mother and high school dropout from High Point, North Carolina to unfathomable levels of success.

She became the first singer ever to debut on top of the Billboard charts with her first single, “I Believe” and her first two albums, “Free Yourself” and “Fantasia” generated both high album sales and Grammy nominations.

Black women have lamented for years that a good man is hard to find; particularly with the disproportionate number of men to women, the rising number of black men in prison and the growing number of men on the down low.

Fact is, the statistics are daunting. According to a New York Times study based on 2000 census data 70% of African American women are single and an astonishing 42.3% of African American women have never been married.