Quana – Till I’m Thru

Quana was original member of the R&B singing girl group Tha’ Rayne that was formed in 2000 and dispanded in mid-2005. Tha’ Rayne was a trio composed of two singing members (Yummy Bingham & Shaquana “Quana” Elam) and a DJ. – – – Shaquana T. Elam aka Quana or QT (born October 24, 1984) is an American R&B singer and songwriter hailing from Brooklyn (New York). She is known for having been a member of Tha’ Rayne. Child prodigy, Shaquana Elam got her first recording deal before she get 11 years old. She did the Apollo when she was only 8, and she was noticed at one of her performances, by Shari Headley and Donna Roberts who became her manager and introduced her to her fiancee : platinum producer Teddy Riley who signed Quana to his label Littleman Records and made her sign her first major album recording contract with Interscope Records in 1995, at the tender age of 10. She spent years balancing school and the studios, working on her album and also doing background vocals for artists related to Teddy Riley, such as Blackstreet. In 1996 she was credited for backing vocals on Blackstreet’s platinum #1 hit single “No Diggity”. In 1999 she made an impressive collaboration to Blackstreet’s album Finally, performing on her own the intro of the album – a powerful track that revealed Shaquana’s vocal capacity. But things didn’t just happened at Interscope and her album never came out. Her years under the mentorship of Teddy Riley made Quana having a lot of connections in the business …
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