Parris Fluellen (born February 12), better known as Cha Cha now goes by Parris Franz,
is an American
rapper
Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...
, radio personality and actress formally signed to
Epic Records
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Sony Corporation of America (SONAM, also known as SCA), is the American arm of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group ...
.
Early life
Cha Cha was born and raised in Detroit with twin sisters and began rapping at 10.
She attended
Cass Technical High School
Cass Technical High School (simply referred to as Cass Tech) is a public high school in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. .
Music career
Cha Cha signed a deal with Epic Records after making guest appearances on the
''Hav Plenty'' soundtrack,
Tash's ''
Rap Life
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'' and
Shae Jones
Shae Jones (born July 27, 1978 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American R&B singer. She was discovered in the late 1990s by R&B star Montell Jordan, who liked the fact that her voice did not sound like other voices.
After signing with Uptown R ...
' ''Talk Show''. While with Epic, Cha Cha recorded and released her debut album, ''
Dear Diary''. The album had many high-profile guest appearances ranging from
Nas
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Aviation
* Nasair, a low-cost airline carrier and subsidiary based in Eritrea
* National Air Services, an airline in Saudi Arabia
** Nas Air ( ...
to
Juvenile and spawned a single entitled "New Millennium (What Cha Wanna Do)", charting on ''Billboard's'' R&B chart.
After Epic album release, Cha Cha worked on several of
Royce da 5'9"
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's releases, appearing on his mixtapes ''Build and Destroy'' and ''M.I.C. (Make It Count'', as well as on his second studio album, ''
Death Is Certain
''Death Is Certain'' is the second studio album by American rapper Royce da 5'9". It was released on February 24, 2004, through Koch Records. Recording sessions took place from December 2002 to January 2004 at Isolation Records, at Nation Studios i ...
''. She has since starred in lead roles in films such as ‘A Day of Trouble’, and supporting roles on both MTV and TNT network series.
Radio career
Parris Franz was an On-Air Personality for
Clear Channel and
Radio One for a few years.
She was the most requested to host parties and events such as the
Super Bowl XL
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, The Red Bull Soundclash, awards shows, festivals and private events for
Joe Dumars
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.
Acting career
Parris Franz attended
Michigan State University
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...
where she took acting classes.
She was on MTV's "
The Lyricist Lounge Show
''The Lyricist Lounge Show'' is an American sketch comedy series that aired on MTV from 2000 to 2001 that combined hip-hop music with raps interspersed throughout the sketches. As Wordsworth, BabeePower, and Master Fuol rap on the theme song: ...
" and wrote several episodes. Later on she appear on "Office Outbreak" as a news reporter name "Sasha", "
Stomp The Yard 2: Homecoming" as a dancer, "
Chocolate City" as a club patron, "Entourage" as a "Rave Promoter" and "A Day Of Trouble" as "Jennifer". She starred in television shows include "
Meet the Browns" as a patient, "
Christmas Cupid", and
Lifetime show "A Cross To Bear" as "Tasha". Parris Franz has co-starred in films and short films such as "This Time", Soul Kittens Cabaret and more. She also was the lead role as "Mari Rodriguez" for a stage play entitled, "A.I.M.: Angry Insecure Men", written and directed by Angel Terron. The stage play also turned into a film with her starring as the lead. She was landed a role in a hit stage play "My Brother Marvin: The Marvin Gaye Story" and in a role on rapper
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Amaru Shakur ( ; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known as 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of all time. Shakur is among the Li ...
's mother
Afeni Shakur
Afeni Shakur Davis (born Alice Faye Williams; January 10, 1947 – May 2, 2016) was an American political activist and member of the Black Panther Party. Shakur was the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur and the executor of his estate. She founded t ...
entitled; "Afeni Shakur: In Her Defense", directed by Hilda Willis.
Discography
Singles
Filmography
Film
Short film
Television
References
External links
Cha Cha/Parris Franzat Facebook
Parris Franzon
IMDb
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Living people
1980 births
Cass Technical High School alumni
Michigan State University alumni
American women rappers
African-American women rappers
African-American songwriters
Songwriters from Michigan
Epic Records artists
Midwest hip hop musicians
Rappers from Detroit
African-American actresses
21st-century American actresses
American film actresses
American television actresses
Actresses from Detroit
American radio personalities
21st-century American rappers
21st-century American women musicians
21st-century African-American women
21st-century African-American musicians
20th-century African-American people
20th-century African-American women
21st-century women rappers