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Kiki (Kiana Lede Album)
''Kiki'' (stylized in all caps) is the debut album of American singer, songwriter, and actress Kiana Ledé, released April 3, 2020, by the Heavy Group and Republic Records. The album was followed by an EP of acoustic versions of songs from the album which was released June 26, and a deluxe edition released October 23. The release date was also the artist's 23rd birthday. The album's cover art features Ledé posed in front of her childhood home, and the title is taken from her childhood nickname. Reception ''Okayplayer''s Robyn Mowatt called ''Kiki'' "a stellar debut album fit for the rising artist, especially since the release is equipped with an effective, stripped-down sound produced by Mike Woods", and said that "the entire album sum up Kiana's artistic journey and point to how her sound is ever-evolving." ''New Wave Magazine'' praised Ledé's lyricism as "manag ngto keep her audiences' ears pricked" and wrote that "Ultimately, ''Kiki'' is not just another R&B album. Ledé ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiana Ledé
Kiana Ledé Brown (born April 3, 1997), known professionally as Kiana Ledé, is an American singer, songwriter, actress and pianist currently based in Los Angeles, California. She starred as Zoe Vaughn on the second season of MTV's horror series ''Scream''. Ledé also starred as Veronica Washington on Netflix's original series ''All About the Washingtons''. Kiana's debut album, '' Kiki'', was released on April 3, 2020. Early life and education Kiana Ledé Brown was born on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Her father is of African American and Indigenous American descent, while her mother is Hispanic of Mexican-American descent. As an infant, Ledé began to sing the alphabet immediately after learning it and began performing at the age of 3 upon receiving her first karaoke machine. As a child, Ledé began to regularly perform in school plays and beauty pageants while taking voice lessons and piano study.Burnsilver, Glenn (August 9, 2012).Kiana Brown Wants to Be a "Normal" Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Debrandon Brown
David Debrandon Brown (born September 25, 1985), professionally known as Lucky Daye, is an American singer- songwriter from New Orleans. He is signed to Keep Cool Records and RCA Records. He released his first EP, ''I'' on November 9, 2018 and his second EP, ''II'' on February 6, 2019. The EPs were part of a series leading up to his debut studio album ''Painted'' which was released on May 24, 2019. His third EP, ''Table for Two'', won the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album. His second album, '' Candydrip'', was released on March 10, 2022. Early life David Debrandon Brown was born on September 25, 1985 in New Orleans. He was raised in a church that forbade listening to secular music, but he discovered an innate knack for singing and taught himself melodies by turning children books into songs of his own. Brown went back to immerse himself in classic R&B songs and developed a love for artists including Prince, Rick James, Lauryn Hill, and Stevie Wonder. He reloc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PnB Rock
Rakim Hasheem Allen (December 9, 1991 – September 12, 2022), better known by his stage name PnB Rock, was an American rapper and singer. He gained a large following in 2016 with his song "Selfish", which peaked at number 51 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, as well as his feature on the song "Cross Me" by Ed Sheeran, alongside Chance the Rapper. He also provided uncredited vocals on XXXTentacion's hit single "Changes", which reached the top 20 on the same chart. He released two studio albums, ''Catch These Vibes'' (2017) and ''TrapStar Turnt PopStar'' (2019), the latter of which reached the top five on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. PnB Rock was chosen as part of the 2017 ''XXL'' Freshman Class. On September 12, 2022, PnB Rock was shot and killed at Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N Waffles during a robbery in Los Angeles. Early life Rakim Hasheem Allen was born on December 9, 1991, in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a Muslim family. Allen's father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Wansel
Andrew "Pop" Wansel (born April 27, 1988) is an American record producer, musician and songwriter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As the son of Philadelphia soul musician Dexter Wansel, Pop grew up in the music industry and began writing and producing his own music at the age of ten, citing rapper Nas and Motown songwriting team Holland–Dozier–Holland as his early inspirations. In 2006, Pop reached out to Nicki Minaj via Myspace message looking to collaborate. After her initial interest, he sent her an idea that would eventually become the basis for " Your Love". Nicki recorded the track and the unmastered demo subsequently leaked in 2009, landing at No. 1 on ''Billboards Hot Rap Songs. Discography Production and Songwriting credits Awards and nominations BMI Awards , - , 2017 , "Here" (Alessia Cara) , Pop Song of the Year , Grammy Awards , - , 2015 , "Good Kisser" ( Usher) , Best R&B Song , iHeartRadio Music Awards , - , 2018 File:2018 Events Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant Clemons
Anthony Clemons Jr. (born September 26, 1991) is an American singer. He rose to prominence as a guest artist on Kanye West's 2018 single " All Mine". Clemons has since worked with a multitude of artists, including West, Ty Dolla Sign, Beyoncé, Camila Cabello, Justin Timberlake, the Sunday Service Choir and more. Clemons released his debut EP ''Happy 2 Be Here'' in March 2020, featuring Ty Dolla Sign, Timbaland, and Pharrell Williams. The project received a nomination at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards for Best R&B Album. Early life Clemons was born and raised in Willingboro, New Jersey. His musical taste was shaped by his parents playing Michael Jackson, The Notorious B.I.G. and Stevie Wonder. At age four, Clemons began performing at birthday parties as a Jackson impersonator. While studying at Burlington County Institute of Technology, Clemons was part of the youth choir at the Sharon Baptist Church and joined The Heritage Players and Showstoppers at Willingboro High Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cordae
Cordae Amari Dunston (born August 26, 1997) known mononymously as Cordae (formerly YBN Cordae and Entendre), is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He gained popularity by releasing remixes of popular songs, such as "My Name Is" by Eminem, and "Old Niggas", which was a response to the song "1985" by J. Cole. Videos to both remixes were uploaded to WorldStarHipHop's YouTube channel, which led to an immense and immediate positive response from both mainstream media and the online rap community. His debut studio album, '' The Lost Boy'', was released in 2019 to widespread acclaim and received two nominations for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song for the single " Bad Idea" at the 62nd Grammy Awards. Cordae was a member of the YBN collective from 2018 until he left the group in 2020, dropping the "YBN" from his stage name. Early life Cordae was born in North Carolina but moved to Maryland. As a young child, he took an interest in music after his father would always play classi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Brown (record Producer)
Thomas Lee Brown (born May 1, 1986), also known as TBHits, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper. Brown currently lives in LA and was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is an ASCAP award winner and a Grammy nominee. He has scored multiple chart topping albums while working with Ariana Grande on all six of her studio albums. Brown has also collected production credits for three songs on Grammy-award-winning artist Meghan Trainor's second album, ''Thank You''. Brown learned from production greats Roy "Royalty" Hamilton and Rodney Jerkins, while working alongside them and eventually creating a team of his own. Producing and songwriting Before working in music, Brown worked at Sears in Atlanta, Georgia. Every night, he would hand out around 50 CDs with his songs on them and snippets of The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Ten Crack Commandments" over the tracks. He was finally contacted by Gorilla Zoe who invited Brown to work in the studio with him. Originally, star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Mtume
James Forman (January 3, 1946January 9, 2022), known professionally as Mtume or James Mtume, was an American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist, and radio personality. He came to prominence as a jazz musician, working with Miles Davis between 1971 and 1975. Mtume's R&B group, also called Mtume, is best known for the 1983 R&B hit song "Juicy Fruit", which has been repeatedly sampled. Mtume the band also had a top-five R&B hit with the single "You, Me, and He". Life and career Mtume was born James Forman on January 3, 1946, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the son of jazz saxophonist Jimmy Heath, and was raised by his mother, Bertha Forman, and his stepfather, a Philadelphia local jazz pianist, James "Hen Gates" Forman. He grew up in a musical environment with jazz musicians frequenting his parents' house. He learned to play piano and percussion; however, from his teenage years he was pursuing athletics as a swimmer, having achieved the title of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bianca Landrau
Bianca Miquela Landrau (born August 16, 1990), known professionally as Bia, is an American rapper who debuted on the Oxygen reality television show ''Sisterhood of Hip Hop''. She signed to Pharrell's I Am Other record label, in partnership with RCA Records in 2014. Her first EP, ''Nice Girls Finish Last: Cuidado'', was released in 2018. She is best recognized for featuring on the 2016 single "Safari" by J Balvin and " Best on Earth" by Russ in 2019. In early 2020, Bia signed a new record deal with Epic Records, releasing her second EP, ''For Certain'', on December 11, 2020. The EP spawned the single "Whole Lotta Money", which later was released as a remix featuring Nicki Minaj and reached the top 20 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Early life Bia is originally from Medford, Massachusetts. She is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent. In an interview with Oxygen's website, she spoke about wanting to become a rapper at a young age after attending studio sessions with rappe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bia (rapper)
Bianca Miquela Landrau (born August 16, 1990), known professionally as Bia, is an American rapper who debuted on the Oxygen reality television show ''Sisterhood of Hip Hop''. She signed to Pharrell's I Am Other record label, in partnership with RCA Records in 2014. Her first EP, ''Nice Girls Finish Last: Cuidado'', was released in 2018. She is best recognized for featuring on the 2016 single "Safari" by J Balvin and "Best on Earth" by Russ in 2019. In early 2020, Bia signed a new record deal with Epic Records, releasing her second EP, '' For Certain'', on December 11, 2020. The EP spawned the single "Whole Lotta Money", which later was released as a remix featuring Nicki Minaj and reached the top 20 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Early life Bia is originally from Medford, Massachusetts. She is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent. In an interview with Oxygen's website, she spoke about wanting to become a rapper at a young age after attending studio sessions with rappers and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moneybagg Yo
DeMario DeWayne White Jr. (born September 22, 1991), known professionally as Moneybagg Yo, is an American rapper. He is signed to fellow Memphis rapper Yo Gotti's record label, Collective Music Group (CMG), in a joint venture deal with Interscope Records. His first two projects to debut in the Top 20, ''Federal 3X'' (2017) and ''2 Heartless'' (2018), debuted at No. 5 and No. 16 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200, respectively. His third album, Time Served (album), ''Time Served'', debuted at number 3 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in January 2020, while his fourth album, ''A Gangsta's Pain'', was released in April 2021 and became his first chart-topping project. Early life Moneybagg Yo, whose real name is Demario DeWayne White Jr, was born on September 22, 1991 in Memphis, Tennessee to a single mother. He is the oldest of three siblings and was raised in the Frayser, Memphis, Frayser neighborhood of North Memphis. According to lyrics in his song "''Struggle''," Moneybagg Yo had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
