Latrelle

Latrelle aka MzMunchie
Birth name	Andrea-Latrelle Simmons
Born	April 15, 1984 (1984-04-15) (age 27)
Origin	Newark, New Jersey, United States
Genres	R&B, pop, soul
Occupations	Singer-songwriter,
Years active	1997 – present
Labels	EMI, Arista -->,
Associated acts	The Neptunes, Pharrell, Kelis, Destiny's Child, Whitney Houston, N.E.R.D., Clipse, Toni Braxton, Mýa, Kenna
Website	Official website

Andrea-Latrelle Simmons (born April 15, 1984) better known as "Latrelle" got her start quite early, writing songs in her teen years for artists like Destiny's Child, Next, and Monica. She started out at the age of sixteen with her mother and manager, R&B singer Aleese Simmons, at her side. Determined to pursue a career in music she began recording her own music. She showcased at Montana studios in New York, which lead to several labels ( Sony Columbia, Motown, Def Jam, Warner Bros, La Face, Island and Yab Yum) courting the young star. Then she met Kenny Babyface Edmonds who signed her and her mom to a publishing deal at Edmonds Music Publishing, and was impressed enough to introduced her to L.A. Reid, and push for Arista to sign the young talent.

L.A. Reid met Latrelle and was so impressed he offered her a contract on the same day. And thus the relationship began. By the age of 19, she had recorded Dirty Girl, Wrong Girl, Bad Girl, her first album. Latrelle's first single House Party was produced by the Neptunes (who produced 6 songs on her Arista album Including Dirty Girl). Latrelle has had an ongoing relationship with them ever since. Pharrell calls her his little sister. The album was produced by, the Neptunes, along with Babyface, Allstar, Mike City, David Anthony, J.R.Swinger, and Riff Raf and most songs written or co-written by Latrelle and Aleese Simmons).

Solo Debut (2001 - 2003)

Debut Album: Dirty Girl Wrong Girl Bad Girl (Arista Promo Digipak Cover Scan)

In spring of 2001, Latrelle finished her long awaited debut album "Dirty Girl, Wrong Girl, Bad Girl", the project was scheduled to be released months later in October, the first single "Dirty Girl" was released along with a remix with then label mate T.I.. While the single had little impact on radio, it received heavy airplay in clubs and appeared on several mixtapes, the album was later pushed back to April 2002. In fall of 2001, many songs from the album still unmastered began circulating on the internet including the planned second single "House Party" (later renamed "House Call). By the end of the year the majority of the album had been leaked. with many songs produced by the Neptunes, the album was praised heavily giving Latrelle an online fanbase. In December 2001, House Party was released as a follow-up single to "Dirty Girl" and became a minor hit on the Hip-Hop/R&B Charts. Jointly signed to Babyface's NuAmerica Entertainmet label and Arista, there were several setbacks due to contract agreements which put the album's release in jeopardy, along with disputes regarding rather the album had "Hit Potential". Later, Edmonds decided to move his label to Interscope Records, this move conflicted with the release of both Latrelle and then label mate Robin Thicke's debut projects along with Edmond's 8th studio album and all were eventually cancelled, Thicke followed Edmonds to Interscope and Latrelle stayed with Arista, the video for "House Party" was released the week of the album's scheduled release date. with no further release date set for the project, Latrelle parted ways with the label.

Current Activities (2007 - )

Since leaving Arista Latrelle has developed even further and recorded a new album under AMI Music Group where she is part owner. along with collaborating with longtime friend Pharrell Williams on 3 of the albums tracks, Latrelle has also recorded with P'Diddy but it is unknown whether the material recorded will appear on her upcoming release. The project's first single "We Got Music" was released in April. Latrelle is now going by the stage name MzMunchie and you can check her site out at www.Mzmunchie.com

Collaborations

Throughout her career, Latrelle has been on Tour with many artists including Lauryn Hill, The Fugees, Blu Cantrell, Alicia keys, P Diddy, Rihanna and George Benson to name a few. She has also performed, recorded and /or written with an A-List of Producers and Artist such as The Neptunes, Babyface, Rodney Jerkins, Soul Shock and Karlin, Tone and Poke, Allstar, Amadeus, Dutch, Destiny's Child, Whitney Houston (Just Whitney), Mary Mary, Pharrell, ludacris, Trina, Monica, R. Kelly, Mýa, Deborah Cox, Mystikals (Family), Next, Natalie Wilson, Fredro Starr(Light it up soundtrack) Philly's most wanted, Shaggy, Tamia, and Left Eye of TLC

Solo discography

Album information
Dirty Girl, Wrong Girl, Bad Girl (2002) Released: Unreleased Label: Arista Chart Peak: N/A RIAA Certification: None Singles: "House Party", "Dirty Girl", "Infatuated"
We Got Music [EP] Released: December 21, 2010 Label: Andresia Music Group/Fontana Distributions/Atlantic Chart Peak: N/A RIAA Certification: None

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