Chandra Davis (born January 2, 1978 in
Detroit
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,
Michigan
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), a.k.a. London Charles and Deelishis, is an
American model and former
reality show
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contestant. She is best known as the winner of
VH1
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's hit reality TV show ''
Flavor of Love 2
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''.
''Flavor of Love 2''
Davis was a contestant on the second season of
VH1's Flavor of Love
''Flavor of Love'' is an American reality television dating game show starring Flavor Flav of the rap group Public Enemy.
While not a direct spin-off, the show was a result of Brigitte Nielsen and Flavor Flav's failed relationship on '' Stran ...
(aged 28). She went on to win the competition when
Flavor Flav
William Jonathan Drayton Jr. (born March 16, 1959), known by his stage name Flavor Flav (), is an American rapper and hype man. Known for his yells of "''Yeah, boyeeeeee!''" when performing, he rose to prominence as a founding member of the rap ...
chose her over
Tiffany 'New York' Pollard, who returned after previously named the runner-up on the show's first season.
After ''Flavor of Love''
After FOL, Davis announced she was no longer dating Flav, via a
VH1
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special, ''Where Are They Now: Reality Stars''.
Davis has also been modeling. She models for Eye Candy modeling and made an appearance in a music video in
Paul Wall's "Break 'Em Off" featuring
Lil Keke
Marcus Lakee Edwards (born March 29, 1976), better known by his stage name Lil' Keke, is an American rapper and original member of the Southern hip hop collective Screwed Up Click.
Biography
Music career
Lil' Keke gained national attention wit ...
and
BET's "Rip the Runway". Chandra also appeared in
Busta Rhymes
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's video for "
Touch It Remix". Davis appeared on the cover of ''Smooth'' magazine in April 2007, and appeared on the cover of ''Black Men'' magazine in September 2007. In 2008, she was a lollipop girl in
Lil Wayne
Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September 27, 1982), known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record executive. His career began in 1995, at the age of 12, when he was signed by rapper Birdman (rapper), ...
's "
Lollipop
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" music video. She also appeared on BET's ''Hip-Hop vs America'' among other things. She also hosted ''Dance Party'', a local TV show on
WADL.
Davis was also a contestant on the canceled
third season of ''I Love Money'', where she was disqualified on the show's fourth episode for physically assaulting another cast member, coming in on fourteenth place.
Davis appeared as a cameo on the VH1 hit reality series, ''
Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta'' on the fifth-season finale in 2016.
Musical career
Davis has also launched a
music career
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, releasing her debut single and accompanying music video, "Rumpshaker". She plans to release an album, to be called "Love, Deelishis". Davis called her new single "Groove with You", an upbeat song that allows the listener to select the type of dance moves they want to do with the song". Davis also released a song via MySpace titled "The Movement", which is a response to the election of 2008 United States President,
Barack Obama
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. Deelishis released another single titled "Set It Off", announcing it on MySpace and Twitter.
Discography
Singles
* "Rumpshaker" (2007)
* "The Movement" (2009)
* "Set It Off" (2010)
See also
*
Hip hop models
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Chandara
1978 births
Living people
Actresses from Detroit
African-American female models
Female models from Michigan
African-American models
African-American women singer-songwriters
Flavor of Love
Alabama State University alumni
Hip hop models
Participants in American reality television series
Reality show winners
Singers from Detroit
21st-century American singers
21st-century American women singers
21st-century African-American women singers
20th-century African-American people
Singer-songwriters from Michigan
20th-century African-American women