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Born Lolita Shante Gooden, Roxanne Shante was part of a phenomenon that took place in 1984.UTFO’s song “Roxanne Roxanne” was a huge hit that year about their attempts to seduce a woman named Roxanne.One night Shante overheard WHBI’s Tyrone Williams, Mister Magic, and Marley Marl discussing the fact that UTFO has skipped out on promised appearance. Shante offered to record a dis record. Her skills seemed up to par despite only being around 14-15 years old.Marley produced and she rapped the song, “Roxanne’s Revenge” and it made them both famous. In fact, Shante couldn’t go to school because so many people would stand outside of her classroom.Following her success there were over one hundred more “Roxanne” answer records.She began to tour constantly, freestyling her way through all takers. He war with UTFO continued as she would do anything to sabotage their shows and make them look bad.She had a few other hits (written by Big Daddy Kane) like “Have a Nice Day” and also “Go on Girl” from the movie Colors. She also did a duet with Biz Markie in 1986 called “Def Fresh Crew”. She also worked with Rick James on a “Loosey’s Rap.”Other tracks of note were “Payback” and “Freestyle” in 19871990 saw the release of “Big Mama” which took on every other female rapper in the game.Her most recent appearances were on the album “QB’s Finest” on a track called “We Live This” and on the a single from the UK group Mekon.
Cherokee (from Brooklyn, New York) is an R&B singer, songwriter, producer, & model who started her career in the 90s. She started writing poetry when she was 10 and formed her first band when she was 13 years old.
At the age of 16, Cherokee met a local singer\songwriter named Auto (whom she married) and they released an album, "Naked Music" in 1992 on Morgan Creek Records, but the album flopped & Auto became very abusive towards Cherokee and by 1995, they were through.
Later on, Cherokee moved to Los Angeles, California where she signed on with manager Herb Trawick (who was also Brian McKnight's manager at the time). Trawick took Cherokee to RCA Records in 1999 and she landed a production deal.
During that same year, Cherokee released her debut album "I Love You....Me" which didn't appear to make the Billboard album charts.
The only single released from the album, "Ooh Wee Wee" peaked at #88 on Billboard's Hot R&B\Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, staying on the chart for 3 weeks. Cherokee performed on shows such as "Soul Train" and "Motown Live."
Cherokee was featured in magazines such as "Rolling Stone," "Jet," "Vogue," "Esquire" and "Billboard" magazine & even appeared in the "New York Times." She was also featured in a large ad campaign for popular clothing outlet, Gap.
Cherokee's sophomore album, "Soul Parade" was scheduled for release in 2001. She worked with musicians such as Outkast, Bilal, Jill Scott, Rahsaan Patterson, Anthony Hamilton, Floetry, and Musiq Soulchild.
Due to the division of RCA Records responsible for releasing the album ended up folding & attempts to release it through Arista Records failed, the album was never released. Cherokee's second album can be found as a bootleg copy on Ebay, but in 2010, Cherokee released the album herself through her website.
Only two singles were released from her shelved album "Nectarine" (featuring Outkast's Andre 3000) and "I Swear." Neither of them made the charts at all.
After "Soul Parade," Cherokee performed a few shows in California and Japan, then took a break for 6 years. She married Grammy-award-winning record producer\mix engineer, Neal Pogue and gave birth to a daughter named Dream.
Later on, Cherokee started using MySpace.com to connect with her audience to get a feel for their interest in a new Cherokee album and found a lot of interest. Cherokee has been writing & recording demos along with playing local venues such as the Temple Bar.
In 2011, Cherokee (now Shock Mama Cherry) along with Brazilian guitarist Card started the duo, "Esprit De Corps" (or EDC) and they are currently performing live.
Super Model Francesca Lu
Gretchin Noel Actress From The Body Jumpers Tv Show.
Cherokee (from Brooklyn, New York) is an R&B singer, songwriter, producer, & model who started her career in the 90s. She started writing poetry when she was 10 and formed her first band when she was 13 years old.
At the age of 16, Cherokee met a local singer\songwriter named Auto (whom she married) and they released an album, "Naked Music" in 1992 on Morgan Creek Records, but the album flopped & Auto became very abusive towards Cherokee and by 1995, they were through.
Later on, Cherokee moved to Los Angeles, California where she signed on with manager Herb Trawick (who was also Brian McKnight's manager at the time). Trawick took Cherokee to RCA Records in 1999 and she landed a production deal.
During that same year, Cherokee released her debut album "I Love You....Me" which didn't appear to make the Billboard album charts.
The only single released from the album, "Ooh Wee Wee" peaked at #88 on Billboard's Hot R&B\Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, staying on the chart for 3 weeks. Cherokee performed on shows such as "Soul Train" and "Motown Live."
Cherokee was featured in magazines such as "Rolling Stone," "Jet," "Vogue," "Esquire" and "Billboard" magazine & even appeared in the "New York Times." She was also featured in a large ad campaign for popular clothing outlet, Gap.
Cherokee's sophomore album, "Soul Parade" was scheduled for release in 2001. She worked with musicians such as Outkast, Bilal, Jill Scott, Rahsaan Patterson, Anthony Hamilton, Floetry, and Musiq Soulchild.
Due to the division of RCA Records responsible for releasing the album ended up folding & attempts to release it through Arista Records failed, the album was never released. Cherokee's second album can be found as a bootleg copy on Ebay, but in 2010, Cherokee released the album herself through her website.
Only two singles were released from her shelved album "Nectarine" (featuring Outkast's Andre 3000) and "I Swear." Neither of them made the charts at all.
After "Soul Parade," Cherokee performed a few shows in California and Japan, then took a break for 6 years. She married Grammy-award-winning record producer\mix engineer, Neal Pogue and gave birth to a daughter named Dream.
Later on, Cherokee started using MySpace.com to connect with her audience to get a feel for their interest in a new Cherokee album and found a lot of interest. Cherokee has been writing & recording demos along with playing local venues such as the Temple Bar.
In 2011, Cherokee (now Shock Mama Cherry) along with Brazilian guitarist Card started the duo, "Esprit De Corps" (or EDC) and they are currently performing live.
Super Model Francesca Lu
Gretchin Noel Actress From The Body Jumpers Tv Show.
