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Rasheeda

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Rasheeda Widah Buckner-Frost
Background information
Birth name	Rasheeda Buckner
Born	May 25, 1976 (age 38)
Origin	Decatur, Illinois, United States
Genres	Southern hip hop, Crunk&B
Occupations	Rapper
Years active	1998-present
Labels	D'Lo Entertainment
Associated acts	Peach Candy, Kandi Burruss, Lil Jon, Nivea
Website	Rasheeda on Twitter

Rasheeda Buckner-Frost (born May 25, 1976)^[1] better known by her stage name Rasheeda (often stylized RaSheeda), is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. Rasheeda was a member of the teenage hip-hop trio Da Kaperz, until 2000 when she launched her solo career. Her fifth album Certified Hot Chick, was released on August 18, 2009. She is also part of the hip hop/R&B duo Peach Candy, with R&B singer-songwriter Kandi Burruss.^[2]

Contents

• 1 Music career
  • 1.1 Music beginnings
  • 1.2 2001-04: Dirty South & A Ghetto Dream
  • 1.3 2006: GA Peach
  • 1.4 2007-09: Dat Type of Gurl & Certified Hot Chick
  • 1.5 2012-present: Boss Chick Music
• 2 Other ventures
  • 2.1 Reality television
  • 2.2 Fashion designing
• 3 Personal life
• 4 Discography
• 5 Awards/Nominations
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Music career

Music beginnings

Rasheeda had an early start to her career as an adolescent, she & two of her friends formed the hip-hop girl group Da Kaperz. Da Kaperz was signed with recording label D-Lo Entertainment, with whom she continues to work with. Just a year later, Rasheeda began her career as a solo artist.

2001-04: Dirty South & A Ghetto Dream

On March 27, 2001, she released her album Dirty South, through D-Lo & Motown Records, the album featured guest appearances from Pastor Troy, Thugz Nation, Nelly & Re-Re, the album achieved some notoriety, due to the success of her first single "Do It". Dirty South would place Rasheeda firmly in the southern hip-hop genre.
Rasheeda further refined her sound with her second album, 2002's A Ghetto Dream, an independent release under her label D-Lo after leaving Motown Records. A Ghetto Dream sound features faster rhythms, bolder beats, & assistance from Lil' Jon and the Eastside Boyz. In 2004 Rasheeda was featured on Petey Pablo's single "Vibrate" & Nivea's single "You Like It Like That".

2006: GA Peach

On April 25, 2006 Rasheeda released her third album, GA Peach, the album is known for Rasheeda paying homage to her southern hip-hop roots & rapping more intimate lyrics combined with a slightly slower rhythm. Rasheeda was featured on Nivea's Complicated.

2007-09: Dat Type of Gurl & Certified Hot Chick

On June 19, 2007 Rasheeda released her fourth album Dat Type of Gurl, the album gained much success due to the success of her first single from the album "Got That Good (My Bubble Gum)", originally featured on GA Peach. Rasheeda reprised some of her earlier works from GA Peach, many of her old tracks were updated with remixes & samples. In 2007 Rasheeda was featured on Mims single "Like This". Also in 2007 Rasheeda & singer/writer/reality star Kandi Burruss would create a group entitled Peach Candy, but the group would later disband due to both artist's busy schedule's at the time.^[3]
In the summer of 2009, D-Lo Entertainment partnered with independent record label Block Starz Music to release Rasheeda's debut mixtape Certified.^[4][5][6][7] On August 18, 2009 Rasheeda would release her fifth album Certified Hot Chick. She would later start releasing her Boss Bitch Music series mixtapes.

2012-present: Boss Chick Music

On June 18, 2012 she released her sixth album Boss Chick Music which was released through Google Play & her label D-Lo Entertainment & promoted on the tenth season of Bad Girls Club (season 10) & Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, which featured a mixture of original songs from her mixtapes & new material. Her first single from the album was entitled "Marry Me" & her second single was "Legs To The Moon", both of which was followed by a music video. In 2013 during the second season run of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, Rasheeda shot a music video for "Hit It From The Back".

Other ventures

Reality television

In 2012 Rasheeda landed a spot along with her husband/manager Kirk Frost on VH1's Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta.

Fashion designing

She is currently running an apparel & accessory website "I'm Bossy".^[8][9]

Personal life

Rasheeda is married to Kirk Frost of D-Lo Entertainment. Rasheeda has two sons Ky and Karter. She is currently a cast member on the show Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta

Discography

Main article: Rasheeda discography

Studio albums

• 2001: Dirty South
• 2006: GA Peach
• 2007: Dat Type of Gurl
• 2009: Certified Hot Chick

Independent albums

• 2002: A Ghetto Dream
• 2012: Boss Chick Music

Awards/Nominations

• BET Awards
  • 2013, Best Female Hip-Hop Artist (Nominated)
  • 2010, Best Female Hip-Hop Artist (Nominated)
• Southern Entertainment Awards
  • 2009, Mix-Tape Artist (Female) Of The Year (Won)
  • 2013, Boss Chick Award: (Won)
  • 2013, THE Award: (Nominated)