Some of you reading this may already know me, but for those of you who don't, I'll squish a few years worth of events in about a 2min read.
In August of 2005 I was signed to Act 2 Records (owned by Ron Hirsch) and put out my first dance/pop single a few months later called "Free Your Mind". ( I posted the Video from my first performance caught on my friend's cell phone (hi orlando)!!! EEK! Ya gotta start somewhere, right? (Watch it but BE NICE!) It hit #6 on the Billboard dance/club chart, Top 10 iTunes dance charts, Top 3 on Sirius satellite radio, and Top 10 on the world dance/ trance charts. Not a bad start! : ) About a year later I released a single called "Outta My Mind" (Act 2 Records). It also hit Top 10 on Billboard dance/club chart.
Just as everything seemed like it was moving in the right direction and my career was about to take off, a wrench was tossed into the "weerrrkings"! As I was working on my 3rd single and full length album; my label closed it's doors and decided to go in a different direction in the business! So, there I was, no 3rd single; no album and my last single had been released damn near a year before!..Hmmmmm, ...well...ain't this "messy". And I have to admit I wasn't the best at keeping tabs on all of my industry contacts, so I felt lost for a moment and wasn't sure what to do at that point. I kinda figured that was it and I considered giving up my music career all together. (Gasp!) So I went under cover in corporate America for a hot min. You can laugh, but rent was due...HOLLA! But the lil' Diva inside me was singing out in a high C to be unleashed. All the while, a track I did with Capp Records in the midst of it all was brewing. Remembering this and feeling that it was going to be dropping soon, gave me that nudge I needed to rise up and be fiercer than ever!
So that brings me to why I'm here right now. This Blog is to chronicle my attempt to go from here: a fairly obscure and budding artist who has been "stopped short" to Major Diva status! Well, ...a sweet Diva...with a lil spice of course;). I wanna share my journey, my triumphs and catastrophes; my opinions (I may get a little shady at times, but it's with love so,..it's ok;), my fears and revelations; my celebrations and tears. And I have lots of surprises in store for all of you (some things will even be a surprise to myself!...ahhemm,..err, anyway) I may Rise or I may Fall but either way you biatches are comin' with me!
I hope that you enjoy the ride as much as I do. The rebirth starts here: Capp Records just pre-released the cover of "I Can't Wait" by Nu Shooz that has been abrewin for a min. It started with this press release:
http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=1234d24332bf670f&mt=application%2Fpdf
I'm not sure what's going to happen from here. I've been M.I.A from the music scene for almost 2 years now, but believe you me I have plans to come back Hotter than ever beehas!!!! Hahahaha!
