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Alyze Elyse | |
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| Born | North Carolina |
| Origin | Atlanta |
| Genres | R&B, Hip hop |
| Labels | Soul City Entertainment |
Alyze Elyse is an American screenwriter, songwriter, filmmaker and actress. [1]
Alyze Elyse is the co-owner of Soul City Films and owner and Executive Producer of Alyze Elyse Productions, an independent production company. She is also noted as one of the first African American independent female filmmakers known to garner over 100 million minutes streamed on Amazon Prime. [2]
Alyze Elyse was awarded a Lifetime and Achievement Award and inducted into the Women Songwriter's Hall of Fame. [3]
Alyze Elyse has written, executive produced, co-directed and starred in a few of her projects: [4]
She has singles ranked on Billboard and other charts. [5] [6] [7]
In 2017, she released her Billboard charting single U Got Me Trapped. [8]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| "Oooh..." [9] | 2006 | 82 |
| "Phone Talk" [10] | 2006 | 76 |
| "U Got Me Trapped"[ citation needed ] | 2017 | 3 |
Adina Marie Howard is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to fame during the mid-1990s with her debut album, Do You Wanna Ride? and her debut single, "Freak like Me". Some of her other minor hits include "What's Love Got to Do with It?", "(Freak) And U Know It", "Nasty Grind", "Freaks" and "T-Shirt & Panties".
Jonathan Arthur "Chico" DeBarge is an American R&B singer and musician. DeBarge was formally a member of the DeBarge family musical group DeBarge. As a solo artist, he scored a 1986 US Top Forty hit with the song "Talk to Me".
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