Interview

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Born in Guyana , with her parents and two brothers her family relocated to Toronto , Canada in search of a more fulfilling life. Rhea began her singing career at age twelve, entering and winning dozens of Canadian talent shows and contests, seemingly overnight. She trained classically and later on decided to pursue contemporary music. Rhea attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston where she graduated at the top of her class with a Bachelor of Music Degree focusing on performance, songwriting and music business. After graduation Rhea decided she was ready to get into the thick of music's epicenter and made her solo trek, leaving family behind, to New York City .

Since Rhea's move from Canada to the US she has had the opportunity to work with Grammy award winning, Grammy nominated and platinum producers and writers such as Eric Sanicola, Trackmasters, Uness, Ryan Leslie, Troy Oliver, Harold Lilly, Jack Knight, Andre Diego and a host of others.

In addition to working with a list of ˜who's who' in production she did the same when it came to her collaborative efforts. Rhea's vocal ability and incredible poise as an artist landed her recordings with artists such as Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G, Llyod Banks, Black Rob, 8 Ball & MJG, Keith Sweat, Atiba, Red Café and Kardinal Offishal,.

But Rhea didn't stop there. Rhea garnered so much popularity and success as an artist's artist that she became sought after to do television and radio commercials promoting products such as Pantene, Fresca, Yoplait, Lens Crafters, Elexa, Tanqueray TJ Maxx and Fanta. In fact the demand for Rhea grew considerably leading to Diet Pepsi selecting to use her song, ˜Come & Get It' for their coveted 2006 Super Bowl commercial which aired starring Jay Mohr and P. Diddy.

Not one to shy from the spotlight, Rhea took her star power to the next level performing at concerts which hosted thousands of eager fans. Some of these were at the BET J Cayman Island Jazz Festival, Toronto's Import Fest 2006, and Orlando's Power 95.3's Calle Orange Festival as well as the Emerging Artists in Talent and Music Conference in Las Vegas, the Boston Jazz Festival, the Village Underground NYC and singing the Canadian and American National Anthem for the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, the Boston Celtics at the Fleet Center and the Philadelphia 76ers.

Rhea's mantra's are "Never Stop Dreaming Big" and "Hold on to your dreams and Fight for them against all odds". She regards her talents as gifts and blessings from God and it is her dream to one day share these precious gifts on a worldwide stage.

The superbowl diet coke commercial was written by Rhea, who also sung back up to P Diddy

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4449065816181299003

I like her...