Deleon Richards

Deleon, the youngest artist ever signed to a major Gospel label, has been singing professionally for almost a lifetime. Recording, writing and co-producing with some of the biggest in the music industry, Jeffrey "J Dub" Walker of Dub’s World Production, Jerry Peters, Brian McKnight, Tim Minor, Percy Bady, Tonex, Warren Campbell, Raymond Tisdale w/Tisway Productions and Fred Hammond, all having a great influence in her musical career.

1986 was the beginning of her film and television career, making numerous appearances on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, The 700 Club, NBC, CBS, ABC, WGN and a variety of cable networks. Deleon studied voice with Chicago music teacher Sandra Leconte in her teen years. In 1990 she was cast in ABC's short-lived television drama Brewster Place, based on the 1989 miniseries The Women of Brewster Place.

In the early 1980s Deleon was the youngest Gospel artist ever signed with a major recording company. She toured for the first time at age five, opening in Japan for the Mighty Clouds, which sparked the beginning of her musical travel throughout the U.S., Germany, Europe, Asia, West Indies, etc., as well as regular concert performances for the military and USO.

Deleon Richards (born September 18, 1976) is an American gospel singer. She is the wife of former baseball player Gary Sheffield. DeLeon Richards was a child star in the gospel music industry. Her most recent gospel outing is the album Here in Me released in 2007 on Arrow Records. From Guyana