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Da Brat (natural Shawntae Harris in April 14, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is a rapper who emerged in the early 1990s and was arguably one of a number 1 popular female rappers of the early 90s. She is credited by owning existence a foremost solo female rap creative person to last atomic number 78. Throughout the 90s, she may usually become seen wearing sloppy payload pants, the backwards golf cap, a nose stud, & utilizing luxuriant grossness.
A Jermaine Dupri protégé had chart success within 1994 using her individual & videos entitled "Funkdafied," taken from either her debut album of the equivalent title (Funkadafied).
When you took a rest of the decade, she remained somewhat great-low-keyed & come to exist as known sir thomas more for her "featured" appearances in more rappers & R&B singers' albums than for her own solo work.
In the summer of 1996 she contributed a rhyme to the hip hop remix of Mariah Carey's hit, "Always Be My Baby". When you took a summertime of 1997, Dthe Brat appeared on a remix of Lil Kim's "Not Tonight". That month, she besides was featured in "Sock It 2 Me", the track in Missy Elliott's debut album, which became a popular individual within early 1998.
Around 1999, Brat repeated herself by appearing on deuce different Mariah Carey remixes for ii different singles. A 1st 1, within early 1999, was "I Still Believe/Pure Imagination", which was a remix to Carey's handle of Brenda K. Starr's "I Still Believe" that was reworked to include a sample of the song "Pure Imagination" from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. A song likewise featured guest rapping from either Krayzie Bone. A 2nd remix, which took place in the fall, was for Carey's "Heartbreaker", which also featured Missy Elliott and took a sample from either Snoop Dogg's "Ain't No Fun". That equivalent month, she too donated the rap to the remix of Brandy's "U Don't Know Me (Like U Used To)".
Inside early 2000, Da Brat released her third good-length album Unrestricted, which produced a moderately successful singles "That's What I'm Looking For" & "What Chu Like", featuring soul singer, Tyrese. A album was non swell received in comparison Brat's earliest function. Notwithstanding, a fresh album & fresh millennium did inspire an image makeover for Da Brat. Abandoning her "gangsta" persona, she decided to watch a trend around popular music and attempted to sex her image up; a streaming for "What Chu Like" featured Dthe Brat & Tyrese come around half naked in a beach. Around keeping using her newly image, Da Brat "accidentally" involved her nipples live MTV's Total Request Live while she was hosting the indicate.
Within 2001, Brat continued her trend of being featured in more creative person's remixes, including Mariah Carey's "Loverboy" remix and Destiny's Child's "Survivor" remix. Da Brat besides manufactured her feature film debut when Louise in the 2001 moving-picture show, Glitter.
She appeared in VH1's 4th of year of The Surreal Life with Adrianne Curry, Joanie "Chyna" Laurer, Jane Wiedlin, Christopher Knight, Verne Troyer, and Marcus Schenkenberg.
Discography
Albums
Platinum
1994 Funkdafied #11 Usa Platinum
1996 Anuthatantrum #20 The states Platinum
2000 Unrestricted #5 The states Gold
2003 Limelite, Luv & Niteclubz
Singles
2005 "I Think They Like Me" (Dem Franchize Boyz featuring Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat and Bow Wow) US #29
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