Mashonda | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Mashonda Karima Tifrere[1] |
Born | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | January 9, 1978
Genres | R&B |
Occupation | Singer |
Years active | 1998–present |
Labels | |
Children | 1 |
Mashonda Karima Dean (née Tifrere; born January 9, 1978) is an American R&B singer from Boston, Massachusetts. In 2004, she married record producer Swizz Beatz and signed with his record label Full Surface Records, an imprint of J Records to release her debut studio album, January Joy (2005). In 2011, Dean joined the first season of VH1's reality show Love & Hip Hop: New York.[2]