Kyla Reid ( Smith; born 22 September 1983) is a British house music singer in the

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subgenre. She is best known for the song " Do You Mind" which was later sampled on

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's 2016 international hit "

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Career

Kyla featured on the Crazy Cousinz

song "Do You Mind", released in 2008, which peaked at number 48 on the

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in 2009. DJ Paleface liked Kyla's voice after seeing her in a video for the song "Be What I Wanna Be". In early 2016, Kyla was first contacted by

's production team regarding the use of her 2008 song "Do You Mind" in a new afrobeats and dancehall-infused song with Drake and Nigerian artist

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. The song, "

", was quickly produced and released in early April 2016, due to fear of it being leaked, and became an international hit, reaching number 1 in the singles chart in 15 different countries, including her native UK, the US and Drake's native Canada. The success of "One Dance" allowed Kyla to reboot her career, with guest appearances in a number of 2016 British summer

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, including the

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. Kyla was later featured on English producer

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's single, " Should've Been Me", which was released in November 2016 and peaked at number 61 on the UK Singles Chart. She was later featured on another single by producer Zac Samuel, "Play It Cool". Kyla released her first single as a lead artist, called "You Ain't Mine", featuring dancehall artist

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, on 15 September 2017.

Personal life

Kyla is married to Errol Reid (also known as DJ Paleface, one half of the Crazy Cousinz production team) and has a son. Kyla gave up her music career to start a family. She was previously an

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teacher.

References

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