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ChandaLeigh
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Young, sexy and intelligent, ChandaLeigh is not your ordinary
performer. Born in New England, the ambitious pianist began playing
for her father's church at 12 years old. After finishing high
school with honors, it was an easy decision to attend Spelman
College in Atlanta, where she created The Chanda Bailey Trio.
Two years after finishing school, the budding artist moved to
Los Angeles to begin her television career playing keyboards in
the house band of the Keenen Ivory Wayans Show. After the show
was cancelled a year later, ChandaLeigh didn't give up on her
dream of being a successful performer. Instead, she met and befriended
Producer DaMone Arnold. The two instantly formed a musical bond.
And when she embarked upon a world tour with the Grammy-nominated
reggae band, Morgan Heritage, she returned with a broadened awareness
of the world, and lots of music in her heart. It was with this
inspiration, that she and DaMone recorded such songs as "People
Are the Same" and "Take a Chance". Currently, ChandaLeigh is finishing
up her debut album, which she playfully describes as a hybrid
of Janet Jackson, Thelonious Monk and Stevie Wonder. Her talents
have been showcased on MTV, The Roseanne Show, and Darryl Simmons'
The World Beat. And she will also grace the big screen later this
summer in the Jerry Bruckheimer film, "Coyote Ugly". The musically
gifted ChandaLeigh is eager to see how far her creative wings
will carry her. She says, " I am not afraid of what lies ahead,
because I've been doing this all my life."
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This duo, not only is a black and white combination, but a mass
state and upstate NY as well. MP, who joined T.R.P/NME Wreckidz
when MP was 13, recorded this track when he was 15, and lives
in Peabody, Mass. Jado, or Jnice, is the nephew of fellow NME
mates R.a.W. and D.o.G, who are brothers, and also hail from NY.
Jado is also in two other groups in T.R.P: Dubl Dragunz with Sham,
and Dubl Homocide with uncle Rek-a-Word. 5P has produced a demo
tape called "Combat text" and released a full length CD called
"combat text 2000" and have played several shows with the NME
fam.
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Also known as Dragun Solo, or Godmit, this veteran rapper joined
T.R.P shortly after his nephew Jado and brother R.a.W did, and
released his CD with NME entitled "U Can't Burn" featuring all
of his NME relatives plus Lu Chin Chen, NE Dubz and newcomer Wolfgang
Wise. He also belongs to a group called 108 Dragunz with his brother
and nephew.
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