Tami Chynn
| Tami Chynn | |
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Single by Tami Chynn featuring Akon
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| Birth name | Tammar Anika Chin |
| Born | 14 June 1984 |
| Origin | Kingston, Jamaica |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Universal/SRC/Konvict Muzik (former) |
| Associated acts | Akon, Sean Paul, Wayne Marshall, Tessanne Chin |
| Website | TamiChynn.com |
Tammar Anika Chin (born 14 June 1984), known by her stage name Tami Chynn, is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and dancer.
Chynn was born in Kingston, Jamaica. Her father, Richard Chin, is of Jamaican Chinese descent and her mother, Christine Chin, also a Jamaican national, is of English and African descent. Her parents were in a band called The Carnations and her younger sister, Tessanne Chin is also a singer, best known for winning Season 5 of the American singing competition The Voice as part of Adam Levine's team.
Tami grew up in the parish of St. Andrew and attended St. Peter and Paul Preparatory School. She later attended Campion College in St. Andrew, Jamaica. In 1998, at age 14, she moved to Leamington Spa, UK where she spent three years studying the performing arts and in 2001, at age 17, moved back to Jamaica where she worked on her music career and recorded her first single "Rock U."
In 2010, Tami collaborated with Slovakian born Jamaica fashion designer Lubica Kucerova to create the Anuna and Anuna Goddess collections. The collection debuted at 2010 Fashion Art Toronto: Alternative Arts Fashion Week. Later that year, the duo would be nominated at The Jamaica Observer Style Awards and win the Designer of the Year Award.
Before pursuing music, she toured with fellow Jamaican artist Shaggy as a backup dancer on his Caught Red Handed Tour. In early 2005 she travelled to Los Angeles to perform for Universal Motown Records and in May she was signed to the major label,at age 24, for a four album deal. Before releasing her debut album in the US she appeared in recordings with international Reggae stars: Beenie Man, Lady Saw and Sean Paul on his album The Trinity for the track "All on Me".
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