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AKEYA ... "THE SONGSTRESS"~
THIS 21 YEAR OLD, BORN AND RAISED IN FLINT, MI (JUST NORTH OF THE DETROIT AREA) STARTED SINGING AS EARLY AS SHE COULD REMEMBER IN HER GRANDMOTHERS CHURCH CHOIR. RECOGNIZING HER GIFT AT AN EARLY AGE, SHE KEPT HER PASSION FOR MUSIC AND FOLLOWED GREAT INSPIRATIONS SUCH AS SHIRLY CEASAR ALL THROUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL "THE SONGSTRESS" GOT INTO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE SHE STARTED LOVING ALL THE GREATS IN R&B AND STARTED ENTERING EVERY SCHOOL TALENT SHOW SHE COULD, SINGING LOVE SONGS FROM WHITNEY HOUSTON, TAMIA AND MARIAH CAREY JUST TO NAME A FEW. AKEYA WON MOSTLY EVERY COMPETITION SHE ENTERED AND SHE SOON BEGAN TO GAIN RECOGNITION IN & AROUND HER HOMETOWN FOR HAVING THE VOICE OF AN ANGEL. YOU COULD FIND HER IN A SCHOOL TALENT SHOW ON FRIDAY, SINGING AT A WEDDING OR PERFORMING AT THE MALL ON A SATURDAY & IN CHURCH SINGING IN THE CHOIR ON SUNDAY.
SHORTLY INTO HER 10th GRADE YEAR AKEYA STARTED RECORDING IN BASEMENT STUDIOS AND EVEN DOING RADIO JINGLES FOR HOMETOWN BUSINESSES. SHE CONTINUED TO PUSH HERSELF AND CHASE HER DREAM AND PASSION OF BECOME A GREAT R&B DIVA LIKE THE ONES SHE SO ADMIRED GROWING UP & AFTER ANSWERING AN ADD TO BE IN A FEMALE R&B GROUP, AKEYA MET THE OUTBURST MUSIC FAMILY IN 2004. THE GROUP'S PURSUIT WAS SHORTLY LIVED BUT "THE SONGSTRESS" STUCK WITH THE FAMILY AND CONTINUED HER R&B CAREER AS A SOLO ARTIST, RECORDING AND PERFORMING AT LOCAL CLUBS GETTING FAMILIAR WITH MANY D.J.'S & CLUB PROMOTERS WHICH SOON LEAD HER TO START OPENING UP FOR SUCH ARTIST LIKE THE YING YANG TWINS, LIL SCRAPPY, ANITA BAKER & MORE AS WELL AS LOCAL HIP~HOP & RAP GROUPS.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF HER COMMUNITY & PEOPLE WANTING TO CAPTURE HER VOICE ON JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THEY COULD FROM RAP HOOKS TO RADIO PROMO'S THIS YOUNG LADY COULD BE HEARD ON QUITE A FEW THINGS LOCALLY. BUT IT WAS THE DIVAS FIRST SINGLE "THINGS HAVE CHANGED" & THE SUPPORT OF COLLEGE RADIO STATIONS ACROSS MICHIGAN THAT LET EVERYONE KNOW SHE WAS READY FOR THE BIG LEAGUE & WITH SOME OF THE HOTTEST PRODUCER'S FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH, AKEYA IS HITTIN THE STREETS HARD WITH HER LATEST SINGLE "GIVIN AWAY MY LUV" & ALSO WORKING ON HER DEBUT ALBUM SELF TITLED “AKEYA… THE SONGSTRESS†SHE PLANS TO HAVE FINISHED UP BY SRING 09. SO DONT SLEEP ON THIS YOUNG DIVA BECAUSE SHE IS ON HER WAY TO THE TOP!
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