Teen People Magazine
November 2003
Cara Lynn Shultz

Generation Next
The Inside Dish On Tomorrow's Stars

She's the curly coiffed cohost of 106 & Park, BET's video countdown show. But come this June, Free (aka Marie Wright) may be playing clips from her debut R&B/rap CD, produced by Chucky Thompson (Mary J. Blige) and Andreao "Fanatic" Heard (Lil' Kim). If the CD should falter, the Boston native has a solid back up plan. Says Free: "I'm a certified computer engineer and can do that if I need to--but I don't wann go there!"