Teairra Marí
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Teairra Maria Thomas better known by her stage name Teairra Marí, is an American singer-songwriter
, actress, model
, and dancer. At the age of 16, she was signed to Def Jam and released her first album, Teairra Marí. After disappointing sales, she was let go from her recording contract in the middle of production for her sophomore album Second Round. In 2008, she returned to the music scene with the Pleasure P
-assisted single Hunt 4 U. After constant leaks, she was forced to re-record and re-title her second attempt at a sophomore album At That Point. In 2010, she starred in the film Lottery Ticket
alongside rappers Ice Cube
and Bow Wow. Since 2010, she has released several mixtapes and an EP
entitled Sincerely Yours in anticipation for her upcoming album, which is slated for release later this year.
to pursue a musical career. She began her career at age 15, recording in her cousin's basement in Holland, Michigan
. She soon caught the attention of Big Mike, Ed K and Helluvah of Detroit's K.I.S.S. Productions, which developed her from the age of 16 onward. Under Big Mike's guidance, Marí spent every free moment in the studio, working with some of the hottest producers and songwriters in the game, including Helluvah, Disco D, Big Mike, Chaz M, Detail, Lyriq, AK, and J.R. K.I.S.S. Productions arranged for Marí to collaborate with artists such as Ray J
, J-Kwon
, Lola Damone, and Bee and for Marí to appear on Detroit's Fox 2 Morning Show and UPN 50 Sports Rap. In October 2003, K.I.S.S. Productions released Teairra's first album, an EP called Get Away, which became a local sensation. Teairra attended Aaliyah
's alma mater, the Detroit High School for The Fine and Performing Arts and was a vocal major, performing in many of the school's talent showcases.
At the age of 16, K.I.S.S.' Big Mike felt that Marí was ready for the big time, and he brought the R&B starlet in front of a who's who of label execs. Candy Tookes, a friend of Big Mike, introduced the pair to industry veteran Daryl Simmons in Atlanta, Georgia. Simmons then shared Marí's K.I.S.S. Productions-produced demo disc with Antonio "L.A." Reid, Chairman of The Island Def Jam Music Group. After hearing Teairra Marí perform live, Reid offered her a contract on the spot. According to Shakir Stewart
, VP A&R at Def Jam, in an interview with HitQuarters
, "Teairra was a star when she walked into the room. She captured the room when she did her audition. We fell in love with her from day one."
in his first collaboration project since becoming president of Def Jam Records, to create "Make Her Feel Good
" along with producer Sean Garrett
, the lead single from her debut album on Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam that reached number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #9 on the R&B charts. It was heavily played on BET
but barely on MTV
. The second single "No Daddy
" had a video that led to commercial success on MTV. The video spent sixteen days on Total Request Live
, reaching number four. Shortly after she released her third single "Phone Booth" only to radio outlets and got a lukewarm response due to it not having a video and no promotion, she also made cameo apparences in various videos such as Biggie (Nasty girl), 3LW
(Feelin You) Jay-Z
(Show Me What You Got) and played the leading lady in Sammie
's video for You Should Be My Girl. Teairra Marí's first album, Roc-A-Fella Presents: Teairra Marí
, was released on August 2, 2005 and was produced by Brian Michael Cox, Darkchild, Cool And Dre
, Blackout Movement
, The Trackboyz, Kwame
and was co exectutive produced by Sean Garrett
. The album reached the #5 position on the Billboard 200 albums chart and #2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts while modeling and doing ads for the Roca Wear campaign. Unfortunately, this was the only promotion the album had. Teairra started work on her 2nd album entitled "Second Round" in 2006. The first single "Play Me" was scheduled to be released in the fall but production was stopped in the middle of her second album. She received a phone call on her prom night from her label and they told her that due to unexpected album sales from her first album, the label decided to drop her as an artist. The album had only sold around 500,000 copies according to Nielsen Soundscan, as of November 11, 2009.
In 2008, Marí signed a lucrative deal with Violator but decided to split and landed a new development deal with Fo'Reel Ent. under the wing of Cudda Love (the man responsible for Nelly
's success). She was working on a new album titled At That Point with producers Rico Love
, The Runners
, The Underdogs
and more. Featured on the album were Nicki Minaj
, Flo Rida
, Pleasure P
, Soulja Boy
, Gucci Mane
, Kanye West
& Rick Ross
. On January 12, 2008 Teairra Mari released a Benny Boom
-directed music video for "Hunt 4 U" which features Pleasure P. The second official single released from At That Point is "Cause A Scene" featuring Flo Rida. It was produced by The Runners
. The third official single off the album "Sponsor" featuring Gucci Mane
& Soulja Boy
was released digitally on February 2, 2010 and the video was shot at a mansion in Los Angeles and was released on March 8, 2010.
The album At That Point was scheduled to release the summer of 2010 but was eventually shelved due to so many tracks getting leaked online. She decided to reenter the studio to re-record the album with a new title. "Honey, I am past that point," she told Rap-Up TV.
, who's executive producer of the album, in early March 2011 to work on new music for her album. A snippet from a song shown in clip of them recording is the first single from the album, titled "All That's Me", inwhich features Rico Love. "That's All Me" samples one of Diddy’s early hits, "It’s All About the Benjamins" record. Teairra premiered, and performed, the new single for the first time at R&B Live in Hollywood Teairra revealed on the set of That's All Me that she had departed from Warner Bros and had signed a deal with Rico Love
s label Division1.
So far Rico and Teairra have recorded five songs together for her debut and she plans to drop her first single at the top of 2012. “She’s a superstar. If somebody is a star and they have that ‘it’ thing that cannot be taught, all you have to do is put a record with it,” Rico Love explained.
Late 2009, Teairra Marí released her first mixtape Don't Make Me Cause A Scene, hosted by DJ Papa Smurf. Besides throwing all her singles on there she released before she released "Sponsor", plus adding "Diamonds" (with Kanye West
), and "Automatic" (with Nicki Minaj
), she does remixes to some of the most popular songs at the time, "Birthday Sex" (Jeremiah
), "Turn My Swagg On" (Soulja Boy
), "Blame It" (Jamie Foxx
, T-Pain
), "Turning Me Off" Keri Hilson
, and "Best I Ever Had" Drake
. It also features an official remix to "Cause A Scene", featuring rappers Flo' Rida, and Rick Ross
. In order to build more momentum, and satisfy her fans, Teairra released a slew of mixtapes, and a EP.
Point of No Return Mixtape. On August 7, 2010, she released her second mixtape entitled Point of No Return, hosted by DJ Drama. This mixtape contains official songs that either leaked out ("I Know It's You", "Coins", "Find My Way Back", "Holla"), a song that didn't leak ("Lights Go Down"), and a brand new song recorded for the mixtape ("Goodie Bag"). She released 4 music videos to some of the songs she covered for the project. First video was to "Daddy's Home", a cover to Usher
's song of the same title. The second video was to "Over", a cover to Drake
's song of the same title. The third video was "My Lovin'", another Drake
was to his single cover to his song Find Your Love
. A final video was made to "Super High". A Rick Ross
cover on his song of the same title.
Sincerely Yours EP. On August 17, 2010 she released Sincerely Yours. A digital EP released via iTunes, featuring the single "Sponsor", and brand new songs that became singles like "Body", and "Stranger", but some that didn't become singles like "Uneasy". It also features songs made for At That Point that hadn't leaked, "Emergency", "Operator", and "Might Get Lucky". She released music videos to "Body" and "Stranger". "Body" takes place in a GYM while "Stranger" takes place at her LOV Magazine photo shoot that kicked out the new year. On 26 February 2011, she and her background dancers for "Body", Jamie Lee Ruiz and Adele Rebecca, performed "Body" on the Mo'Nique show.
The Night Before Xmas Mixtape. She released her third mixtape entitled The Night Before X-Mas on Christmas Eve 2010. It features her cover to Chris Brown's "Deuces", featuring fellow recording artist Dondria
, her rendition of the Wiz Khalifa
song "Black and Yellow
" titled "U Know What It Is", and the original songs "Stay" and "Touch It", as well as other remixes and new material like "Round And Round", "Boy Shorts" with Mr. Vegas
, "Devil In A New Dress" remix with Kanye West
and Rick Ross
, "Back It Up" featuring HotSauce, and many more tracks.
She made videos to "U Know What It Is" and "Stay". In "U Know What It Is", Teairra plays around in the desert on her way to Las Vegas
in her black and yellow car and black cat suit while in "Stay" she plays a Gennie in a bottle that captures a very cute Community Service worker that rubbed the very valuable and beautiful lamp, and begs him to stay with her in the lamp using various seductive ways.
Now or Never Mixtape
In April 2011, due to the large amount of leftover material from the album, it was announced that Teairra is releasing her fourth mixtape titled Now or Never on May 30 (Memorial Day). The song "Not in Love" was the first offering from the mixtape.[11]
On August 4, another old leftover track "Remind You" produced by DARKCHILD, leaked. The song sung by Cheri Dennis
is on her debut album, In and Out of Love
.
as Nikki Swayze which was released on August 20, 2010, with Bow Wow and Ice Cube
. She will also have a recurring role on Love & Hip Hop
According to TMZ, the 23-year-old singer, was driving her silver Infiniti on Santa Monica Boulevard in the early hours of Friday morning when she rear ended the car in front of her.
Officers report that Mari showed signs of intoxication and was arrested around 3:30 a.m. During the arrest, she reportedly “became combative, resulting in a minor cut to the hand of one of the arresting officers.” She was charged with DUI and assault of a police officer.
Mari was taken in custody and is being held on $50,000 bail, according to the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.
Teairra was later released from police custody as of 1:10 p.m. PST.
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, actress, model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
, and dancer. At the age of 16, she was signed to Def Jam and released her first album, Teairra Marí. After disappointing sales, she was let go from her recording contract in the middle of production for her sophomore album Second Round. In 2008, she returned to the music scene with the Pleasure P
Pleasure P
Marcus Ramone Cooper , better known by his stage name Pleasure P is an American contemporary R&B singer-songwriter, who experienced success as a member of the group Pretty Ricky before embarking on a solo career in 2007....
-assisted single Hunt 4 U. After constant leaks, she was forced to re-record and re-title her second attempt at a sophomore album At That Point. In 2010, she starred in the film Lottery Ticket
Lottery Ticket (film)
For the common Lottery, see Lottery. For other uses, see Lottery .Lottery Ticket is a comedy film starring Bow Wow, Brandon T...
alongside rappers Ice Cube
Ice Cube
O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer,...
and Bow Wow. Since 2010, she has released several mixtapes and an EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
entitled Sincerely Yours in anticipation for her upcoming album, which is slated for release later this year.
Early life and career beginnings
At a young age, she was encouraged by her grandmother who sang back up for Aretha FranklinAretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
to pursue a musical career. She began her career at age 15, recording in her cousin's basement in Holland, Michigan
Holland, Michigan
Holland is a city in the western region of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated near the eastern shore of Lake Michigan on Lake Macatawa, which is fed by the Macatawa River ....
. She soon caught the attention of Big Mike, Ed K and Helluvah of Detroit's K.I.S.S. Productions, which developed her from the age of 16 onward. Under Big Mike's guidance, Marí spent every free moment in the studio, working with some of the hottest producers and songwriters in the game, including Helluvah, Disco D, Big Mike, Chaz M, Detail, Lyriq, AK, and J.R. K.I.S.S. Productions arranged for Marí to collaborate with artists such as Ray J
Ray J
William Ray Norwood Jr. , better known by his stage name Ray J, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.-Early life:...
, J-Kwon
J-Kwon
Jerrell Jones, better known by his stage name J-Kwon, is an American rapper from St. Louis best known for his 2004 hit single "Tipsy".-Biography:...
, Lola Damone, and Bee and for Marí to appear on Detroit's Fox 2 Morning Show and UPN 50 Sports Rap. In October 2003, K.I.S.S. Productions released Teairra's first album, an EP called Get Away, which became a local sensation. Teairra attended Aaliyah
Aaliyah
Aaliyah Dana Haughton , who performed under the mononym Aaliyah , was an American R&B recording artist, actress and model. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of 10, she appeared on the television show Star Search and performed in concert alongside...
's alma mater, the Detroit High School for The Fine and Performing Arts and was a vocal major, performing in many of the school's talent showcases.
At the age of 16, K.I.S.S.' Big Mike felt that Marí was ready for the big time, and he brought the R&B starlet in front of a who's who of label execs. Candy Tookes, a friend of Big Mike, introduced the pair to industry veteran Daryl Simmons in Atlanta, Georgia. Simmons then shared Marí's K.I.S.S. Productions-produced demo disc with Antonio "L.A." Reid, Chairman of The Island Def Jam Music Group. After hearing Teairra Marí perform live, Reid offered her a contract on the spot. According to Shakir Stewart
Shakir Stewart
Shakir Stewart , a native of Oakland, California, was a US record executive in a number of companies, the latest being Def Jam...
, VP A&R at Def Jam, in an interview with HitQuarters
HitQuarters
HitQuarters is an international music industry publication and contact database founded in 1999. It is noted for in-depth interviews with industry figures, with past subjects including Simon Cowell, Martin Kierszenbaum, Jason Flom, Diane Warren, Peter Edge, Ron Fair and RedOne, as well as its A&R...
, "Teairra was a star when she walked into the room. She captured the room when she did her audition. We fell in love with her from day one."
2004-2006: Teairra Marí
Marí worked with Jay-ZJay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...
in his first collaboration project since becoming president of Def Jam Records, to create "Make Her Feel Good
Make Her Feel Good
"Make Her Feel Good" is the first single from Teairra Mari's debut album Teairra Marí. "Make Her Feel Good" made its way to the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at #35. The video got very little play on MTV, but strong play on BET. The single did not debut on TRL after its premiere, but it...
" along with producer Sean Garrett
Sean Garrett
Garrett Hamler, better known by his stage name Sean Garrett is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer. He has produced fifteen number one singles in only seven years of producing music. That number puts him in fifth place on the Billboard list of producers with the most number...
, the lead single from her debut album on Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam that reached number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #9 on the R&B charts. It was heavily played on BET
Black Entertainment Television
Black Entertainment Television is an American, Viacom-owned cable network based in Washington, D.C.. Currently viewed in more than 90 million homes worldwide, it is the most prominent television network targeting young Black-American audiences. The network was launched on January 25, 1980, by its...
but barely on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
. The second single "No Daddy
No Daddy
"No Daddy" is the second single from Teairra Mari's debut album Teairra Marí. The hip-hop influenced track soon gained a lot of votes on MTV's TRL, peaking at the #4 spot...
" had a video that led to commercial success on MTV. The video spent sixteen days on Total Request Live
Total Request Live
Total Request Live is a television series on MTV that featured popular music videos. TRL was MTV's prime outlet for music videos as the network continues to concentrate on reality-based programming. In addition to music videos, TRL featured daily guests...
, reaching number four. Shortly after she released her third single "Phone Booth" only to radio outlets and got a lukewarm response due to it not having a video and no promotion, she also made cameo apparences in various videos such as Biggie (Nasty girl), 3LW
3LW
3LW was an American hip hop soul and R&B girl group that enjoyed a number of modest hits during the early 2000s. Its founding members were Naturi Naughton, Adrienne Bailon, and Kiely Williams. Jessica Benson later replaced Naughton after she left the group in 2002...
(Feelin You) Jay-Z
Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...
(Show Me What You Got) and played the leading lady in Sammie
Sammie
Sammie Bush , better known by Sammie, is an American soul and pop singer. He is best known for his hit, "I Like It" from his debut album, From the Bottom to the Top . He returned with his second studio album, Sammie in 2006...
's video for You Should Be My Girl. Teairra Marí's first album, Roc-A-Fella Presents: Teairra Marí
Roc-A-Fella Presents: Teairra Mari
Teairra Marí is the debut album by Roc-A-Fella Records recording artist Teairra Marí. The album debuted in the top five selling 69,000 copies in the first week, eventually selling 500,000 units..-Singles:...
, was released on August 2, 2005 and was produced by Brian Michael Cox, Darkchild, Cool And Dre
Cool and Dre
Cool & Dre are a team of hip hop producers from Miami, Florida, consisting of Marcello "Cool" Valenzano and Andre "Dre" Christopher Lyon.-Epidemic Records:...
, Blackout Movement
Blackout Movement
Blackout Movement is a Florida-based production team who produced numerous tracks, most notably, Mims hit This Is Why I'm Hot. They have also produced tracks for Teairra Mari, Ja Rule, Jim Jones, Jin, Mr...
, The Trackboyz, Kwame
Kwame
Kwame or Kwamé is a Twi and Akan day name given to a boy born on a Saturday, originating in Ghana. People with this name include:* Osei Kwame Panyin, an 18th century leader of the Ashanti Confederacy, located in what is today southern and central Ghana...
and was co exectutive produced by Sean Garrett
Sean Garrett
Garrett Hamler, better known by his stage name Sean Garrett is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer. He has produced fifteen number one singles in only seven years of producing music. That number puts him in fifth place on the Billboard list of producers with the most number...
. The album reached the #5 position on the Billboard 200 albums chart and #2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts while modeling and doing ads for the Roca Wear campaign. Unfortunately, this was the only promotion the album had. Teairra started work on her 2nd album entitled "Second Round" in 2006. The first single "Play Me" was scheduled to be released in the fall but production was stopped in the middle of her second album. She received a phone call on her prom night from her label and they told her that due to unexpected album sales from her first album, the label decided to drop her as an artist. The album had only sold around 500,000 copies according to Nielsen Soundscan, as of November 11, 2009.
2007-2010: At That Point (shelved)
At That PointIn 2008, Marí signed a lucrative deal with Violator but decided to split and landed a new development deal with Fo'Reel Ent. under the wing of Cudda Love (the man responsible for Nelly
Nelly
Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. , better known by his stage name Nelly, is an Grammy Award winning American rapper and actor. He has performed with the rap group St. Lunatics since 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in 2000 with his debut album...
's success). She was working on a new album titled At That Point with producers Rico Love
Rico Love
Richard Preston Butler, Jr. , better known by his stage name Rico Love, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Love wrote and produced hit records such as Usher’s "There Goes My Baby" and "Hey Daddy ”, Nelly's "Just a Dream" and "Gone", Beyoncé Knowles' "Sweet Dreams"...
, The Runners
The Runners
The Runners is a hip hop production duo from Orlando, Florida, consisting of Andrew "Dru Brett" Harr and Jermaine "Mayne Zayne" Jackson. They came together to form the team in 2000, but they have known each other since they were in kindergarten. They are best known for producing the hit singles "Go...
, The Underdogs
The Underdogs (duo)
The Underdogs is an R&B/pop production duo composed of Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas.-Biography:Harvey Mason, Jr. is the son of Harvey Mason, Sr., a noted session drummer...
and more. Featured on the album were Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj
Onika Tanya Maraj , better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj; ), is a Trinidadian-born American recording artist...
, Flo Rida
Flo Rida
Tramar Dillard , better known by his stage name Flo Rida , is an American rapper and singer-songwriter. He released his debut album, Mail on Sunday, in March 2008. His debut single "Low", featuring T-Pain, was a #1 hit for ten weeks in United States in early 2008. Two other singles resulted from...
, Pleasure P
Pleasure P
Marcus Ramone Cooper , better known by his stage name Pleasure P is an American contemporary R&B singer-songwriter, who experienced success as a member of the group Pretty Ricky before embarking on a solo career in 2007....
, Soulja Boy
Soulja Boy
DeAndre Cortez Way , better known by his stage name Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, or simply Soulja Boy, is an American rapper, record producer, actor, entrepreneur, and internet personality....
, Gucci Mane
Gucci Mane
Radric Davis , better known by his stage name Gucci Mane, is an American rapper. He debuted in 2005 with Trap House and followed with albums such as Hard to Kill in 2006, Trap-A-Thon and Back to the Trap House in 2007. In 2009, his second studio album The State vs. Radric Davis was released...
, Kanye West
Kanye West
Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...
& Rick Ross
Rick Ross (rapper)
William Leonard Roberts II , better known by his stage name Rick Ross, is an American rapper. He derived his stage name from the drug trafficker "Freeway" Ricky Ross, to whom he has no connection...
. On January 12, 2008 Teairra Mari released a Benny Boom
Benny Boom
Benny Boom is a music video director and current director of Gorilla Flix, Inc. He trained at Temple University's School of Radio, Television, & Film, and also served as a protégé of veteran director Little X and Hype Williams....
-directed music video for "Hunt 4 U" which features Pleasure P. The second official single released from At That Point is "Cause A Scene" featuring Flo Rida. It was produced by The Runners
The Runners
The Runners is a hip hop production duo from Orlando, Florida, consisting of Andrew "Dru Brett" Harr and Jermaine "Mayne Zayne" Jackson. They came together to form the team in 2000, but they have known each other since they were in kindergarten. They are best known for producing the hit singles "Go...
. The third official single off the album "Sponsor" featuring Gucci Mane
Gucci Mane
Radric Davis , better known by his stage name Gucci Mane, is an American rapper. He debuted in 2005 with Trap House and followed with albums such as Hard to Kill in 2006, Trap-A-Thon and Back to the Trap House in 2007. In 2009, his second studio album The State vs. Radric Davis was released...
& Soulja Boy
Soulja Boy
DeAndre Cortez Way , better known by his stage name Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, or simply Soulja Boy, is an American rapper, record producer, actor, entrepreneur, and internet personality....
was released digitally on February 2, 2010 and the video was shot at a mansion in Los Angeles and was released on March 8, 2010.
The album At That Point was scheduled to release the summer of 2010 but was eventually shelved due to so many tracks getting leaked online. She decided to reenter the studio to re-record the album with a new title. "Honey, I am past that point," she told Rap-Up TV.
2011: New Album
Teairra went into the studio with Rico LoveRico Love
Richard Preston Butler, Jr. , better known by his stage name Rico Love, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Love wrote and produced hit records such as Usher’s "There Goes My Baby" and "Hey Daddy ”, Nelly's "Just a Dream" and "Gone", Beyoncé Knowles' "Sweet Dreams"...
, who's executive producer of the album, in early March 2011 to work on new music for her album. A snippet from a song shown in clip of them recording is the first single from the album, titled "All That's Me", inwhich features Rico Love. "That's All Me" samples one of Diddy’s early hits, "It’s All About the Benjamins" record. Teairra premiered, and performed, the new single for the first time at R&B Live in Hollywood Teairra revealed on the set of That's All Me that she had departed from Warner Bros and had signed a deal with Rico Love
Rico Love
Richard Preston Butler, Jr. , better known by his stage name Rico Love, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Love wrote and produced hit records such as Usher’s "There Goes My Baby" and "Hey Daddy ”, Nelly's "Just a Dream" and "Gone", Beyoncé Knowles' "Sweet Dreams"...
s label Division1.
So far Rico and Teairra have recorded five songs together for her debut and she plans to drop her first single at the top of 2012. “She’s a superstar. If somebody is a star and they have that ‘it’ thing that cannot be taught, all you have to do is put a record with it,” Rico Love explained.
Mixtapes and EP's
Don't Make Me Cause A Scene MixtapeLate 2009, Teairra Marí released her first mixtape Don't Make Me Cause A Scene, hosted by DJ Papa Smurf. Besides throwing all her singles on there she released before she released "Sponsor", plus adding "Diamonds" (with Kanye West
Kanye West
Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...
), and "Automatic" (with Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj
Onika Tanya Maraj , better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj; ), is a Trinidadian-born American recording artist...
), she does remixes to some of the most popular songs at the time, "Birthday Sex" (Jeremiah
Jeremiah
Jeremiah Hebrew：יִרְמְיָה , Modern Hebrew:Yirməyāhū, IPA: jirməˈjaːhu, Tiberian:Yirmĭyahu, Greek:Ἰερεμίας), meaning "Yahweh exalts", or called the "Weeping prophet" was one of the main prophets of the Hebrew Bible...
), "Turn My Swagg On" (Soulja Boy
Soulja Boy
DeAndre Cortez Way , better known by his stage name Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, or simply Soulja Boy, is an American rapper, record producer, actor, entrepreneur, and internet personality....
), "Blame It" (Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx
Eric Marlon Bishop , professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer-songwriter, stand-up comedian, and talk radio host. As an actor, his work in the film Ray earned him the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a...
, T-Pain
T-Pain
Faheem Rasheed Najm , better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor, currently signed to Young Money Entertainment. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second studio album Epiphany,...
), "Turning Me Off" Keri Hilson
Keri Hilson
Keri Lynn Hilson is an American R&B singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, Hilson began her music career as a songwriter, penning tracks for several artists in the mid-2000s as part of the five-person production and songwriting team, The Clutch...
, and "Best I Ever Had" Drake
Drake (entertainer)
Aubrey Drake Graham , who records under the mononym Drake, is a Canadian recording artist and actor. He originally became known for playing Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation....
. It also features an official remix to "Cause A Scene", featuring rappers Flo' Rida, and Rick Ross
Rick Ross (rapper)
William Leonard Roberts II , better known by his stage name Rick Ross, is an American rapper. He derived his stage name from the drug trafficker "Freeway" Ricky Ross, to whom he has no connection...
. In order to build more momentum, and satisfy her fans, Teairra released a slew of mixtapes, and a EP.
Point of No Return Mixtape. On August 7, 2010, she released her second mixtape entitled Point of No Return, hosted by DJ Drama. This mixtape contains official songs that either leaked out ("I Know It's You", "Coins", "Find My Way Back", "Holla"), a song that didn't leak ("Lights Go Down"), and a brand new song recorded for the mixtape ("Goodie Bag"). She released 4 music videos to some of the songs she covered for the project. First video was to "Daddy's Home", a cover to Usher
Usher (entertainer)
Usher Terry Raymond IV , who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American singer-songwriter, and actor. He is considered around the world to be the reigning King of R&B. Usher rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100...
's song of the same title. The second video was to "Over", a cover to Drake
Drake (entertainer)
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's song of the same title. The third video was "My Lovin'", another Drake
Drake (entertainer)
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was to his single cover to his song Find Your Love
Find Your Love
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. A final video was made to "Super High". A Rick Ross
Rick Ross
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cover on his song of the same title.
Sincerely Yours EP. On August 17, 2010 she released Sincerely Yours. A digital EP released via iTunes, featuring the single "Sponsor", and brand new songs that became singles like "Body", and "Stranger", but some that didn't become singles like "Uneasy". It also features songs made for At That Point that hadn't leaked, "Emergency", "Operator", and "Might Get Lucky". She released music videos to "Body" and "Stranger". "Body" takes place in a GYM while "Stranger" takes place at her LOV Magazine photo shoot that kicked out the new year. On 26 February 2011, she and her background dancers for "Body", Jamie Lee Ruiz and Adele Rebecca, performed "Body" on the Mo'Nique show.
The Night Before Xmas Mixtape. She released her third mixtape entitled The Night Before X-Mas on Christmas Eve 2010. It features her cover to Chris Brown's "Deuces", featuring fellow recording artist Dondria
Dondria
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, her rendition of the Wiz Khalifa
Wiz Khalifa
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song "Black and Yellow
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" titled "U Know What It Is", and the original songs "Stay" and "Touch It", as well as other remixes and new material like "Round And Round", "Boy Shorts" with Mr. Vegas
Mr. Vegas
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, "Devil In A New Dress" remix with Kanye West
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and Rick Ross
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, "Back It Up" featuring HotSauce, and many more tracks.
She made videos to "U Know What It Is" and "Stay". In "U Know What It Is", Teairra plays around in the desert on her way to Las Vegas
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in her black and yellow car and black cat suit while in "Stay" she plays a Gennie in a bottle that captures a very cute Community Service worker that rubbed the very valuable and beautiful lamp, and begs him to stay with her in the lamp using various seductive ways.
Now or Never Mixtape
In April 2011, due to the large amount of leftover material from the album, it was announced that Teairra is releasing her fourth mixtape titled Now or Never on May 30 (Memorial Day). The song "Not in Love" was the first offering from the mixtape.[11]
On August 4, another old leftover track "Remind You" produced by DARKCHILD, leaked. The song sung by Cheri Dennis
Cheri Dennis
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is on her debut album, In and Out of Love
In and Out of Love (Cheri Dennis album)
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.
Acting career
In 2009 she starred in the yet-to-be-released film The Magnificent Cooly-T. She also starred Lottery TicketLottery Ticket (film)
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as Nikki Swayze which was released on August 20, 2010, with Bow Wow and Ice Cube
Ice Cube
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. She will also have a recurring role on Love & Hip Hop
Legal issues
In 2011, Teairra Mari was arrested for drunk driving after crashing her vehicle in Beverly Hills.According to TMZ, the 23-year-old singer, was driving her silver Infiniti on Santa Monica Boulevard in the early hours of Friday morning when she rear ended the car in front of her.
Officers report that Mari showed signs of intoxication and was arrested around 3:30 a.m. During the arrest, she reportedly “became combative, resulting in a minor cut to the hand of one of the arresting officers.” She was charged with DUI and assault of a police officer.
Mari was taken in custody and is being held on $50,000 bail, according to the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.
Teairra was later released from police custody as of 1:10 p.m. PST.
Filmography
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 2009 2009 in film The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note... |
The Magnificent Cooly-T | Sonya | Film Debut |
| 2010 2010 in film The year 2010 saw many new films released worldwide. 2010 saw a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking and film releases after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, Jackass 3D, all animated films and... |
Lottery Ticket Lottery Ticket (film) For the common Lottery, see Lottery. For other uses, see Lottery .Lottery Ticket is a comedy film starring Bow Wow, Brandon T... |
Nikki Swazey | Supporting |