PUFF IS 24 YEARS OLD AND WAS BORN IN DETROIT. THE FAMILY LATER MOVED TO LOS ANGELES. SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF MARIE AND MACK JOHNSON (MACK PASSED AWAY DURING THE RECORDING OF THE ALBUM). PUFF BEGAN SINGING AT THE AGE OF TWO AND TOOK LESSONS WHEN SHE WAS SEVEN. SHE WAS ONLY THIRTEEN WHEN SHE WAS OFFERED HER FIRST RECORD CONTRACT, BUT SHE CHOSE NOT TO SIGN IT, BECAUSE SHE FELT SHE WAS TO YOUNG. SHE SANG IN THE CHURCH CHOIR AND IN THE SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS IN LOS ANGELES. LATER SHE GOT SIGNED WITH SONY. NOW PUFF IS CO-MANAGED BY HER MOTHER MARIE AND SUSANNE DePASSE.