Mashonda

thumb Mashonda Karima Dean (née Tifrere; born January 9, 1978) is an American R&B singer from Boston, Massachusetts. In 2004, she married record producer Swizz Beatz and signed with his record label Full Surface Records, an imprint of J Records to release her debut studio album, January Joy (2005). In 2011, Dean joined the first season of VH1's reality show Love & Hip Hop: New York. Quotes I mean I think I’ve been deprogramming and unlearning for the past 14 years. Music definitely was a big part of that. When you are unlearning habits and trauma, you’re also unlearning culturally what you’ve been a part of your whole life like the way you eat, I definitely eat more healthy now. I watch more documentaries and learning tools and that also played into the music. Not to say I don’t still love Hip Hop and traditional R&B, I do and it’s my foundation but I also wanted to embrace this new sound that I felt was becoming a new part of me. I refer to this as a new era for me because lyrically and melodically it sounds that way. The production sounds brand new to me. It wasn’t hard to unlearn what I was accustomed to musically because it was naturally something I was doing anyway. I’m resilient and my bounce back is crazy. My sister always says I’m the most relentless person she knows because I don’t give up on myself. When I want something, I go super hard. My superpower is manifesting what I want. “January Joy” was a first step and now I feel like I can run a marathon. It’s because of all the knowledge I learned from 17 years ago. That seems like a lifetime ago when you think about it. I don’t regret anything about that album or that time. I got to be around the greats like Clive Davis and made records with some amazing producers. It is what it is. It’s one step that led to another and now I’m here. I feel super blessed. I love putting out music. I want to do one more. Maybe a full length album, but I will start working on that at the top of 2023. Knowing me, it won’t be ready until the end of 2023 because I don’t rush those things. I love creating in the studio and that whole vibe. I’m going to give the world another solid eight songs. Mashonda Talks New EP, Rediscovering Her Sound, Career Struggles (Exclusive Interview);on Nov 23, 2022 External links Category:Living people Category:1978 births Category:Women singers from the United States