Essence Carson

Essence Carson, born on 28 July 1986 in Paterson, New Jersey, is an American former professional basketball player who played college basketball for Rutgers University, where she was Big East Defensive Player of the Year three times. She was drafted seventh overall by the New York Liberty in the 2008 WNBA draft, was voted a WNBA All-Star in 2011 and won the WNBA championship with the Los Angeles Sparks in 2016. She also played for the Phoenix Mercury, Washington Mystics and Connecticut Sun and spent off-seasons in Italy, France, Hungary, Spain and Turkey. She won gold with the United States at the 2004 FIBA Americas under-18 championship and the 2005 under-19 world championship. Away from basketball she records hip-hop as Pr3pE and later worked in the music industry.