Amanda Diva

Amanda Diva

Infobox musical artist


Name = Amanda Diva
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Amanda Seales
Born = July 1, 1981
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Origin = Los Angeles, California
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Genre = Hip hop
Occupation = Rapper, Radio Personality Poet
Years_active = 2002 to Present
Label = divaworks, inc
Associated_acts = Floetry, Lupe Fiasco

Amanda Diva (born Amanda Seales was born July 1, 1981 in Los Angeles, California) is a female rapper, and former replacement of the musical group Floetry [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:j9fwxz85ldke~T1 All Music Amanda Diva Biography] ] .

Personal life

Born in New York City on July 1, 1981, Amanda Seales spent most of her life in Orlando, Florida with her mother. Attending SUNY-Purchase she studied theater, however after a friend suggested she began to write her own spoken word book. By 2002, she appeared on Def Jam Poetry to recite her original poem, "Hot Shit" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaOiW_3rGxc You Tube - Amanda Diva- Hot Shit] ] .

Career

In 2004, Seales who was now calling her self Diva, released her debut Mixtape entitled "It Bigger Than Hip Hop, Vol 1". After this her career began to take off, after lining up a gig on MTV2 she soon began hosting a radio show on SIRIUS, the "Hip-Hop Nation Show". She also joined the DJ Drama/Don Cannon/DJ Sense-helmed Aphilliates crew, and published a book of poetry, all before receiving a degree in African-American studies from Columbia University. In 2007 her career took a surprising turn, when she was asked to replace Natalie Stewart of the musical duo Floetry, on their tour [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:j9fwxz85ldke~T1 All Music Amanda Diva Biography] , additional text.] . December of the same year, Diva released Life Experience the first EP of a trilogy [http://smokingsection.rawkus.com/TSS/?p=2388 TSS Presents Fifteen Minutes with Amanda Diva] ] .

After being released from the emergency room for a spinal tap, Diva is continuing promotion of her follow up EP, Love Experience, which is to be released June 24, 2008. Amanda also provides social commentary and updates on her projects on her blog [http://blogs.okayplayer.com/amandadiva/ Amanda Diva Blog] ] .

Citation

note: Amanda Diva Seales the artist painting, drawing.

External links

* [http://www.amandadiva.com/ Amanda Diva's official site]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=53666539 Amanda Diva's official myspace]
* [http://blogs.okayplayer.com/amandadiva/ Amanda Diva's blog]


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