Kanary Diamonds, born September 2, 1989 as Johnean Jimenez in

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is an American rapper and entertainer. Diamonds worked as a dancer in videos and after becoming a member of a Destiny's Child-styled group that never made it off the ground, Diamonds got her big break when she landed a guest spot on

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's 2005 album, Hustla's Handbook with the song “By the Bar.” She made an appearance on

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album and then her song was in the movie and on the soundtrack to the film

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. Her songs have been on the soundtracks for TV shows like

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, while her collaboration with

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was featured on the 2007

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compilation Puro Fuego. She has been featured on The Game's mixtape " The Red Room” and has also joined forces with

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, Kam,

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, and others.

Career

Kanary Diamonds has had numerous placements both as features on records and in TV and film. Diamonds' songs have been placed in various television shows on

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, VH1,

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and more. Television shows and films she has had music placed in are Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane,

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, and Waist Deep starring

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, The Game, and Lorenz Tate. The video, “Mirror, Mirror” was featured on

’s The Deal. She has performed at Comedy Union, Rhythm Lounge, Magic Johnson’s Mardi Gras, and NBA All-Star Events, not to mention opening for KRS-One. Kanary Diamonds' second project, No Gravity, which includes soulful production and is full of variety and hard-hitting lyrics was such a success, it was featured on

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's mixtape pick #2.

TV and film placements

Kanary Diamonds' music has been placed in television ( Love and Hip Hop Atlanta,

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, 90210, Melrose Place,

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, Love Games, Hit the Floor,

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, The Real World Las Vegas,

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, The Challenge, Fly Girl, Blue Mountain State, and Gigantic) and films ( Like Mike 2: Streetball,

, Codename: The Cleaner,

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and Super Swag).

Filmography

Film

Commercials

Music videos

Discography

* Mirror Mirror - EP (2009) * No Gravity (2013) * Kanary Diamonds (2013)

References

External links

*https://twitter.com/KanaryD {{DEFAULTSORT:Diamonds, Kanary 1989 births Living people American women rappers Rappers from Los Angeles 21st-century American rappers 21st-century American women musicians 21st-century women rappers