The soulful voice of vocalist/ songwriter/ producer N'Dea
Davenport first emerged in 1991 when she became the front
woman for the Acid Jazz British funk band, The Brand New
Heavies.
But long before worldwide notoriety was present, she fell
in love with music, dance, performing and the arts. "I
think I got involved in almost everything creatively I
could do when I was in school, to keep my mind busy to try
and stay out of trouble. From sports to theater, you name
it. I probably did it." A regular routine of piano and
dance studies were the core of her development. Ironic as
it is, singing would later be the focus of her affections.
As soon as it was possible to "break out" as she calls it,
she left her home town of Atlanta, with little more than
300 dollars on route to Los Angeles with the primary goal
of just going somewhere she had never been to alone.
Little did she know, that early sense of adventure would
begin a chain-of-events that would change her life
forever.
After landing in Los Angeles, she became inspired and
apart of the burgeoning underground "club warehouse
scene." Within the flourishing community of artists,
fashion designers and musical talents, it was such as
c...
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