Makeba Riddick
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Makeba Riddick | |
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| Born | November 22, 1981 Singer |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
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Makeba Riddick-Woods, also known as "Girl Wonder", is an American singer-songwriter who has been active in the music industry since 2005.[1] She is originally from West Baltimore,[2] Maryland, US. She is currently represented by Roc Nation, a record label and production house founded by Jay-Z. Their official website describes her as one of the industry's top pop music songwriters and vocal producers.[3]
Background
Riddick attended Baltimore School for the Arts before graduating from Berklee College of Music (Boston) with a bachelor's degree in Music Management. She moved to New York City to develop her career as a songwriter. Her early break came from songwriting and singing background vocals for 3LW, Jennifer Lopez and B2K.[4][5]
Songwriting and vocal production
Riddick is best known for her work with multi-platinum selling pop artist
Riddick has also collaborated with French DJ-come producer
Additionally she has worked on records for the British girl group Sugababes on the song "About a Girl" taken from their seventh studio album Sweet 7. The collaboration reached top ten in the UK. In America, Riddick was reunited with Toni Braxton when a record she wrote "Make My Heart" was released by Braxton as the second single from the star's upcoming album Pulse.[2]
Makeba produced Rihanna's vocals for Eminem's single "Love the Way You Lie".
Solo career
She is said to be releasing her own debut solo single titled "Change Up" which will be produced by Darkchild and will serve as the lead single from the producer's collaborative project, The Writersproject Volume 1.[2]
Production and writing credits
References
- ^ a b "Makeba Riddick". Discogs. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Makeba Riddick release Change Up album". MusicRemedy. Archived from the original on February 14, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "The Official Website of Roc Nation – Makeba Riddick". May 2, 2012. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Felicia J. Barclay (August 7, 2007). "Makeba Riddick". BMI.com. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ "Makeba Riddick: Beyonce and Rihanna's 'golden girl'". LA Times Blogs – Pop & Hiss. July 8, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ^ "Makeba Riddick – Credits – AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved March 9, 2015.