Rasheeda Widad Buckner-Frost (often stylized as RaSheeda) is an American businesswoman, rapper, and television personality.

Music career

Music beginnings

Rasheeda moved to Atlanta at 14, and she started her music career as a member of the female

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trio Da Kaperz, which received attention in Atlanta in 1998. In 2000, she launched her solo career.

2001–2004: ''Dirty South'' and ''A Ghetto Dream''

On March 27, 2001, she released her album '' Dirty South'', through D-Lo &

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. The album featured

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s from

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, Thugz Nation,

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& Re-Re. The album achieved some notoriety, due to the success of her first single " Do It". ''Dirty South'' would place Rasheeda firmly in the

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genre. Rasheeda further refined her sound with her second album, 2002's '' A Ghetto Dream'', an independent release under her label D-Lo after leaving

. ''A Ghetto Dream'' features faster rhythms, bolder beats, and assistance from Lil' Jon and the Eastside Boyz. In 2004, Rasheeda was featured on

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's single " Vibrate" and

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's single " You Like It Like That".

2007–2009: ''Dat Type of Gurl'' and ''Certified Hot Chick''

On June 19, 2007, Rasheeda released her fourth album, '' Dat Type of Gurl''. The album gained much success due to the success of her first single from the album " Got That Good (My Bubble Gum)", originally featured on ''GA Peach''. Rasheeda reprised some of her earlier works from ''GA Peach'', and many of her old tracks were updated with remixes and samples. In 2007, Rasheeda was featured on Mims single " Like This". Around this time, she formed a hip hop/ R&B duo Peach Candy with R&B singer-songwriter

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. In the summer of 2009, D-Lo Entertainment partnered with independent record label

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to release Rasheeda's debut mixtape ''Certified''. On August 18, 2009, Rasheeda released her fifth album ''Certified Hot Chick''. She later started releasing her ''Boss Bitch Music'' series mixtapes.

2012–present: ''Boss Chick Music''

left, RaSheeda at the Houston Women Expo in 2022 On June 18, 2012, she released her sixth album ''Boss Chick Music'', which was released through

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and her label D-Lo Entertainment, and promoted on the tenth season of '' Bad Girls Club: Atlanta'' and '' Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta''. Her first single from the album was entitled "Marry Me" and her second single was "Legs to the Moon", both of which were followed by a music video. In 2013, during the second season of ''Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta'', Rasheeda shot a music video for "Hit It From The Back". In 2015, Rasheeda released a new song on the fourth season of ''Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta'' titled, "I Meant It", reporting that the album for the song could be her final release.

Other ventures

In 2012, Rasheeda and her husband Kirk Frost began appearing on

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's '' Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta''. In 2015, Rasheeda acted in the third episode of

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'', playing a character called Scrumptious. She now has her own make up line, Poiz Cosmetics, and an apparel and accessory website, Imbossy.com. Her store, Pressed Boutique in Phipp's Plaza in Atlanta, opened June 2015. A second Pressed Boutique in

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opened in March 2018.

Personal life

Kirk Frost and Rasheeda on Sidewalks Entertainment

In 1999, Rasheeda married Kirk Frost of D-Lo Entertainment, with whom she has two sons, born in 2000 and 2013. As a series regular on ''Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta'', Rasheeda's career, business ventures, and personal life—including marriage with Kirk are documented.

Discography

Studio albums * '' Dirty South'' (2001) * '' A Ghetto Dream'' (2002) * '' GA Peach'' (2006) * '' Dat Type of Gurl'' (2007) * ''Certified Hot Chick'' (2009) * ''Boss Chick Music'' (2012)

Filmography

Television

References

External links

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