Mashonda
| Mashonda | |
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| Birth name | Mashonda Tifrere |
| Born |
January 9, 1979 Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Origin | Harlem, New York City, New York, United States |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | (former) |
| Associated acts | Swizz Beatz, Cassidy, Eve, DMX |
Mashonda Tifrere (born January 9, 1979), is an American R&B recording artist from Harlem, New York City, New York. Tifrere has appeared on several songs from hip hop artists in the early 2000s. In 2003, she married American record producer Swizz Beatz and was once signed to their label Full Surface, under the aegis of J Records. Tifrere released her debut studio album January Joy, in 2005. Tifrere was also a part of the VH1 reality show Love & Hip Hop: New York, for the first season. She also is the author of "Pandora’s Box", a column on VIBE Vixen. On February 14, 2012, Mashonda released her second mixtape Love, Mashonda.
Tifrere was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Harlem, New York.
In 1998, Tifrere signed a publishing deal with Warner Chapel Music. Tifrere subsequently began penning and ghost wrote songs, for singers such as Monifah and Yvette Michelle, alongside pop group Full Force. Later in 1998, she signed a recording contract with Columbia Records.
In 1999, she collaborated with Brooklyn-bred rapper Jay-Z on "Girl's Best Friend", for the soundtrack to the film Blue Streak. The song was also featured as a bonus track on his fourth studio album Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter. Tifrere's vocals also appeared on Ruff Ryders Entertainment artist Eve's debut studio album Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady. She was also featured on the tracks "Gotta Man" and "Love Is Blind", by Eve.
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