Monie Love

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Monie Love
Birth nameSimone Gooden
Born (1970-07-02) 2 July 1970 (age 53)
Warner Bros.
  • Cooltempo/Chrysalis/EMI
  • Tuff Groove
    • Websitetwitter.com/DaRealMonieLove

    Simone Johnson

    Grammy Award nominee, the first British female hip hop artist to hold that distinction.[4]

    Career

    Music

    Love's debut album,

    the (Detroit) Spinners' "It's a Shame", written for the band by the US musician Stevie Wonder). It also featured house-music vocalist and then-labelmate Ultra Naté. The album reached No. 26 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[5] Love also appears on the song titled "United" from Inner City's third album, Praise, and raps a response verse from the woman's perspective on a 1989 remix of the Fine Young Cannibals hit, "She Drives Me Crazy".[6]

    Love was featured on the LA Reid & Babyface remix of

    Hot Dance Music chart and No. 7 on the Hot Rap Singles chart), as well as a re-release of "Full-Term Love".[7] The same year, Prince asked her to write lyrics for a few songs on a side-project, Carmen Electra's eponymous album, Carmen Electra. Love's last release as lead artist was the single "Slice of da Pie" in 2000. In 2013, she was featured on the track "Sometimes" by Ras Kass, from his album Barmageddon, and in 2021, she released a single called “Divine”, featuring Skyzoo
    and a friend of theirs called Tuff.

    US Radio

    From 2004 until the week of 11 December 2006, Love was the

    Indianapolis, Indiana.[10] In May 2019, she began hosting afternoons at "KISS 104.1" WALR in Atlanta.[11]

    Personal life

    Born in England to a jazz musician father, Love has two brothers, Richard and David Gooden (known as Dave Angel), and a sister named Rosanna Sharian Gooden (who is a singer known as Baz).[3][12][13] Love moved to America, settling in New York City in March 1988. She has four children.[14][15] She has been married twice and is a single parent.[16] She is of Jamaican descent.

    Discography

    Main article: Monie Love discography

    Studio albums

    References

    1. ^
      ISBN 9780786457632
      – via Google Books.
    2. ^ Johnson, Kevin C. (23 December 2011). "Q&A: Local artists pay tribute to Native Tongues rap acts". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
    3. ^ a b "Mixmag [DAVE ANGEL]". 28 April 2008. Archived from the original on 28 April 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
    4. ^ "Monie Love". Grammy.com. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
    5. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Down To Earth Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 November 2006.
    6. ^ "FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS - "She Drives Me Crazy" (Monie Love Remix) [1988]". YouTube. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
    7. ^ a b Henderson, Alex. "In A Word Or 2 Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 November 2006.
    8. ^ Conrad, Laurie T. (22 December 2006). "Tattle: No mo' Monie". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved 25 December 2006.[dead link]
    9. ^ Bolden, Janee (22 December 2006). "Monie Love Gets None, Officially Off The Air in Philly". SOHH.com. Archived from the original on 1 January 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2007.
    10. ^ Beasley, Lauren (2 January 2018). "Monie Love Joins WTLC!". wtlcfm.com.
    11. ^ Ho, Rodney. "Hip-hop legend Monie Love takes over Kiss 104.1 afternoon slot". Ajc.com. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
    12. ^ "Baz - Universal Music France". universalmusic.fr (in French). Retrieved 9 September 2022.
    13. ^ CDGO. "Slice Of Da Pie - Monie Love". CDGO. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
    14. ^ "Ladies First: Monie Love Discusses Being A Mother In Hip-Hop (Audio)". Ambrosiaforheads.com. 12 May 2019.
    15. ^ "Hip Hop Moms". Essence.com. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
    16. ^ Osorio, Kim (13 August 2014). "Monie Love Still in the Middle...Of Motherhood". Madamenoire.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

    External links

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