He then worked with Diddy and Dirty Money on their album, "Last Train To Paris," which was released December 14, 2010, producing the song, "Shades", which was co-produced with Justin Timberlake's production group The Y's and featured guest vocals from Timberlake, Lil Wayne, Bilal, and James Fauntleroy II. Blige's ninth album Stronger with Each Tear. D'Mile is also listed as producing the R&B ballad "In the Morning" for Mary J. Justin Bieber worked with D'Mile on " Favorite Girl," which is the fourth single from his debut album My World. Hot Dance Club Play chart, the R&B hit "Luv" as well as the album tracks "I.D.", "Truth or Dare" and "The Meaning". He produced and co-wrote the lead single " Feedback," which reached number one on the U.S. He scored his first main chart success with Janet Jackson's tenth studio album, Discipline. After these bodies of work, a friend introduced D'Mile to Rodney Jerkins, with whom he had an apprenticeship for two years. Blige's 2005 album The Breakthrough with the song "Gonna Breakthrough," which he co-wrote and produced. Later the same year, he also made an appearance on Mary J.
Career 2005–2012: Career beginnings Įmile made his major production debut on Rihanna's 2005 album Music of the Sun, for which he produced & co-wrote "That La, La, La" with fellow Brooklyn hip-hop group Full Force. He grew up in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and began learning to play the keyboard as a young child. Ledé co-wrote all the songs, collaborating with some of her favorite artists (including Ari Lennox and 6LACK) and finding her appealing-and inspiring-voice.Emile is the son of Haitian vocalist Yanick Étienne, who was featured in recordings by and toured with Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music in the 1980s, and music producer Dernst Emile. She released the EP Selfless in 2018, featuring the star-making female empowerment anthem “Ex.” (Both French Montana and Lil Baby remixed the song, which made the Top 10 of Billboard’s R&B singles chart.) In April 2020, she dropped her full-length debut, KIKI-an album of heartfelt songs that marry the emotionalism of ’90s R&B with 21st-century production. But that was enough to draw the attention of Republic Records, which snapped her up and supported her to make personal, pop-brushed R&B. As a musician, she struggled to find her lane, recording an EP of piano-ballad covers of hit singles in 2015-including a lovely take on Post Malone’s “White Iverson”-followed by some Christmas songs in 2016. Three years later, however, Ledé was dropped from the label, and she turned her attention to acting, which led to her appearing in MTV’s Scream and playing Veronica Washington on Netflix’s All About the Washingtons.
She signed to RCA the next year, releasing a dance-pop single, “Hey Chica,” that showcased her elastic voice and undeniable charisma. Born in 1997 in Phoenix, AZ, Ledé showed her musical aptitude early, memorizing the alphabet song and singing karaoke by age three, but her real coup came in 2011 when she won the Kidz Star USA talent competition-beating out an astonishing 45,000 contenders. Pop/R&B singer/songwriter Kiana Ledé is both a cautionary tale-exemplifying the challenges of being signed young-and an inspiration to young women searching for their voices.