Tweet (singer)
Tweet (born Charlene Keys, born March 4, 1971 in Rochester, New York) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist.
- 3.1 albums
- 3.2 Singles
Biography
Youth
Tweet came in 1971 as the youngest child of the couple Tom and Shirley Keys in Rochester to the world. Like her older sister, Sundra and her three brothers, Tom, Cedric and Lonnie, she learned at a young age to act as part of the local church choir in front of a larger audience. Parallel to this Tweet received professional vocal and guitar lessons.
After graduating from the local performing arts school in Panama City, Florida brought Tweet 1990 at the age of 19 years, her daughter Tashawna to the world. The child's name is made up sometimes from the name of the father of the child, Shawn, together.
Sugah
In the early 1990s drew Tweet to Virginia to join the five-member girl group Sugah. The band, which sometimes composed is from Susan Weems and Rolita, was among a number of artists of DeVante Swing Swings Mob collective; so it came to first contacts and musical collaboration with her future label mates Timbaland, Missy Elliott, Ginuwine, Magoo and Playa. After dissolution of the Swing Mob Sugah it was successful, not elsewhere successfully penetrate and so the quintet decided in 1999 to the final separation of the band.
Solo career
In 2000, Missy Elliott asked the singer, backing vocals for their third album Miss E ... So Addictive (2001) einzusingen. During Tweet succeeded in the following months as a chorus voice in the new releases of Ja Rule, Bubba Sparxxx, Petey Pablo and continue to make the duo Timbaland & Magoo attention to himself, Elliott helped her to a recording contract with Elektra Records and its sublabel, The Gold Mind Inc. then began Tweet with Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Nisan Stewart and co-producer Craig Brockman work on her debut album; parallel, she appeared as a feature on Elliott's single "Take Away" and Timbaland & Magoo's "All Y'all " the first time, especially in appearance.
In 2008, she starred in The Dresden Soul Symphony with Joy Dena Lane, Bilal and Dwele and the MDR Symphony. The musician Soul Hits interpreted new by they combined with classical music. The premiere was in Dresden on April 26, 2008.
Honey
2003, Tweet a role in the movie Honey, with Jessica Alba. She played herself. In the scene in which it occurs, it comes as Honey ( Jessica Alba ) leads for the video clip from Tweet Director.
Discography
Albums
- Southern Hummingbird (2002)
- It's Me Again ( 2005)
- The Dresden Soul Symphony (2008, live album )
- Love, Tweet (2010)