dâxxa GEM: Hey ladies, could you tell our readers a little about yourself? QueeN: My performance name is QueeN of Trill. I am twenty eight years old and I am a mother of two. I’ve been singing for over twenty years now. I started singing when I was two. I started out in the church like so many others have. I started out with a live bands when I was around fourteen and I have acting under my belt as well. I performed in a play back in ’96 called I aint mad at you. It travelled through that state of Alabama. So, when I was fifteen I started out with the live bands. I started out at Wellington’s Bistro, which was my home. Then I started travelling with the Crystal Clear Band and Show and then the Daz Band. DieDra: My name is DieDra, I am an artist of Ruff Pro Records. I’ve been singing since I was about nine. I started off in church family group, lead singer. I did my first professional gig when I was about twenty five. I opened up for Betty Wright and from there I didn’t know much about the Blues and I’m a Blues singer. I started off with Boogie Down Productions in New York. I was signed with Boogie Down Productions, which put out KRS One. I was with those guys for about ten years and the producer that was in charge of my product...well the company never put anything out on me. When I hooked back up with my old producer he was in the Blues scene , so he kinda pulled me over into that. I immediately loved it and the crowd was appropriate for my age setting. I was always trying to fit into R & B, which wasn’t appropriate with me being over thirty. So, Blues was perfect… I’ve been doing that for about three years now. I’ve been nominated for about nine Blues awards. I’ve won one called The Blue Note Award from the National Association of Rhythm and Blues DJs. I won that this year for last year. I was nominated again for the Just Blues Awards.
GEM: Do you write your music? QueeN: I do, I’m a song writer. I also have help from other artists that are on the label So Be It Ent, the label that I am on and Ruff Pro Records as well. They Helped me out with my album The Definition of Music. DieDra, Yes, I’ve been writing and I’ve also written for other artists down in Florida and Illinois and various places. GEM: What would be a dream collabo for you? QueeN: My dream collabo...I’ve always wanted to do a collab with Jamie Foxx. I want to do a duet with him one day because he’s very soul and I wish I could play the piano as well; that’s just a God-given talent. He’s one of the artists that I do admire. DieDra: I don’t think that I have a dream collabo. I think a dream event that I would like to do is sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl.