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Teairra Marí
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    • Teairra Marí Thomas (born December 2, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress. At the age of 16,

    Def Jam and she released her first album, Roc-A-Fella Records Presents Teairra Marí. After disappointing sales, she was let go from her recording contract in the middle of production for her second album Second Round. In 2008, she returned to the music scene with the Pleasure P-assisted single "Hunt 4 U". After constant leaks, she re-recorded a second attempt at her second album titled At That Point, which was later shelved. In 2010, she starred in the film Lottery Ticket alongside rappers Bow Wow and Ice Cube. Since 2010, she has released several mixtapes including features from Nicki Minaj, Soulja Boy, and Gucci Mane
    .

    Career

    Early life and career beginnings

    Born in Detroit, Marí sung in church and she was influenced by the music of

    Island Def Jam Music Group Shakir Stewart, in an interview with HitQuarters, "Teairra was a star when she walked into the room. She captured the room when she did her audition. We fell in love with her from day one."[2]

    2004–2006: Teairra Marí

    Marí worked with

    The Trackboyz, Kwame and was co-executive produced by Sean Garrett. The album reached No. 5 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and No. 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart[5] while modeling and doing ads for the Roca Wear campaign. The album sold 248,000 copies according to Nielsen Soundscan, as of November 11, 2009.[6] Teairra started work on her second album entitled Second Round in 2006. The first single "Play Me" was scheduled to be released in the fall but production was stopped in the middle of the album. She received a phone call from her label before her high school graduation to inform her that she was being dropped.[6]

    2007–2010: At That Point and mixtapes

    In 2008, Marí signed a lucrative deal with Violator but decided to split and landed a new development deal with

    Sponsor" featuring Gucci Mane & Soulja Boy[8]
    was released digitally on February 2, 2010 and the video was shot at a mansion in Los Angeles and was released on March 8, 2010. The album At That Point was scheduled to release the summer of 2010[9] but was eventually shelved due to so many tracks getting leaked online.[10] She decided to reenter the studio to re-record the album with a new title.[11]

    Late 2009, Teairra Marí released her first mixtape

    Rick Ross
    .

    She released her second mixtape entitled

    Drake's songs "Over" and his song "Find Your Love" titled "My Lovin'", and "Super High", a Rick Ross
    cover featuring a rapper named Cardan.

    On August 17, 2010 she released Sincerely Yours, a digital EP released via iTunes, featuring the single "Sponsor", and new songs like "Body", and "Stranger". It also features songs made for At That Point that had not leaked, "Emergency", "Operator", and "Might Get Lucky". She released music videos to "Body" and "Stranger". She performed "Body" on the Mo'Nique show. [citation needed]

    She released her third mixtape entitled The Night Before X-MAS on Christmas Eve 2010. It features a remix to "Devil in a New Dress" by

    Chris Brown's "Deuces" featuring fellow recording artist Dondria, her rendition of the Wiz Khalifa song "Black and Yellow" titled "U Know What It Is", a cover to Rick Ross's song "Aston Martin Music", Diddy – Dirty Money's "Loving You No More", and other songs such as "Stay", "Round And Round", and "Back It Up" featuring rapper YG
    . She made videos to "U Know What It Is" and "Stay".

    2011–2012: Sex on the Radio and Division1

    In March 2011, Marí, with Rico Love, executive producer of the album, began to work on new music for her album.[12] A snippet of a song is heard in a clip of them recording the first single from the album, "That's All Me", which featured Rico Love. The song samples one of Diddy's early hits, It's All About the Benjamins.[13] "That's All Me" is a single on DJ T. Neal's album Not Your Average DJ, which features Rico Love and was also set to be included on Marí's album. Marí performed the new song for the first time at R&B Live in Hollywood,[14] and later revealed on the set of the video that she had departed from Warner Bros and had signed a deal with Rico Love's label Division1.[15] Due to the large amount of leftover material from the album, Marí released a fourth mixtape titled Now or Never on May 30, 2011.

    "U Did That" was later released as the new first single from Marí's second album, and was written and produced by Rico Love and co-produced by D-Town.[16] Marí said that the single would be going for radio adds sometime in January 2012.[17] Marí then released a video of her and Rico Love in the studio and talking about the new album. "It's absolutely amazing the chemistry that Rico and I share. I couldn't ask for another partner in crime. [...] There are a lot of talented songwriters out there, but for me, my chemistry is with Rico and I haven't had a chemistry like this with anybody else. Everybody has their match and I think Rico is definitely my musical match."[17] The song was later remixed featuring rapper 2 Chainz, and the music video was shot. Marí described the reasoning for the title of the album by saying "It's reminiscent of a new jack swing, like '90s R&B, bedroom music but with a bounce."[18]

    2014–present: Deserve and Rehab

    In December 2014, Marí released a single, "Deserve", produced by Hitmaka.[19] In 2019, she released an EP, "Rehab".[20] On January 12, 2024, she released a single, "Take Me Out".[21]

    Acting career

    In 2009, she appeared in The Magnificent Cooly-T, followed in 2010's Lottery Ticket playing opposite Bow Wow. During 2013, the cable network

    UP premiered her in "The Dempsey Sisters" with Lynn Whitfield, Denyce Lawton and Clifton Powell.[22][23]

    Reality television

    From 2011 to 2012, she had a supporting role on season two of the VH1 hit reality show Love & Hip Hop: New York.[24] In 2014, she appeared in a main role on the Love & Hip Hop spinoff: Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood.[25]

    Discography

    Main article: Teairra Marí discography

    Filmography

    Film

    Year Title Role Notes
    2009 The Magnificent Cooly-T Sonya
    2010 Lottery Ticket Nikki Swayze
    2012 Mac & Devin Go to High School Ms. Huck
    2013 Holla II Tatianna
    The Dempsey Sisters Sheena Dempsey

    Television

    Year Title Role Notes
    2006 Showtime at the Apollo Herself Episode: "Teairra Marí"
    2011–12 Love & Hip Hop: New York Herself Recurring Cast: Season 2
    2014–19 Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood Herself Main Cast: Season 1-5, Recurring Cast: Season 6
    2017 The Real Herself/Guest Co-Host Episode: "Teairra Mari/Erica Campbell/Tina Campbell"

    References

    1. ^ a b c "Teairra Mari Off to Good Start". Billboard. August 3, 2005.
    2. ^ a b "Interview With Shakir Stewart". HitQuarters. November 14, 2005. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
    3. ^ "Make Her Feel Good", billboard.com
    4. ^ You Should Be My Girl video Archived 2009-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, aol.com
    5. ^ Teairra Marí, billboard.com [dead link]
    6. ^ a b Mitchell, Gail (July 9, 2008). "Teairra Mari Back With New Interscope Project". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
    7. ^ "Rhythmic". Going For Adds. (Radio and Records INC). May 12, 2009. Archived from the original on May 8, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
    8. Amazon.com
      . Retrieved May 30, 2010.
    9. ^ "at-that-point"/ "Teairra Mari is "At That Point"". Clutch Magazine. February 1, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2010.[permanent dead link]
    10. ^ "Teairra Mari Preps EP for August". Rap-Up.com. June 18, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
    11. ^ [1] Archived September 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
    12. ^ "Video: Teairra Mari Hits the Studio with Rico Love". Rap-Up.com. March 18, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
    13. ^ "Rico Love Dubs Teairra Mari a 'Megastar'". Rap-Up.com. April 27, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
    14. ^ "Video: Teairra Mari Debuts New Single 'That's All Me' at R&B Live". Rap-Up.com. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
    15. ^ "Teairra Mari Exits Warner Bros., Signs to Rico Love's Division1". Rap-Up. August 15, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
    16. ^ "Division 1 — Teairra Mari". Division1.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
    17. ^ a b "Teairra Mari Records 'Sexy' Album with Rico Love [Video]". Rap-Up.com. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
    18. ^ Teairra Mari Sexes Up the Airwaves with New Album Title. Rap-Up.com. Retrieved on June 12, 2012.
    19. ^ "Teairra Marí Returns With What She Thinks We Deserve". Soul Bounce. December 3, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
    20. ^ Brissett, Danielle (June 19, 2023). "Stream Teairra Marí's New EP 'Rehab'". Rated R&B. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
    21. ^ Samuels, Keithan (January 12, 2024). "Teairra Mari Releases New Song 'Take Me Out'". Rated R&B. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
    22. ^ "The Dempsey Sisters". IMDb.com.
    23. ^ "UP Presents The Original Movie The Dempsey Sisters". Prnewswire.com (Press release).
    24. ^ "Somaya Reece Replaced on "Love & Hip Hop"". Vladtv.com.
    25. ^ Bibel, Sara (August 18, 2014). "Series Premiere of 'Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood' to Premiere Monday, September 15 on VH1". TV by the Numbers (Press release). Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.

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