Rah Digga

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Rah Digga
Birth name Rashia Fisher
Also known as Harriet Thugman
Born December 12, 1972 (1972-12-12) (age 36)
Origin Newark, New Jersey[citation needed]
Genre(s) Hip hop
Years active 1995-Present
Label(s) The Inc. Records
Universal Records

Rah Digga is an American rapper. Well known as a long time member of the Flipmode Squad, a hip hop group led by Busta Rhymes, she parted ways amicably with the group in 2007.[1] Digga recently signed with Irv Gotti's, The Inc. Records.

Digga is currently working on a Group album with Charli Baltimore and Vita: The Inc. Presents Ghetto Girls.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

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Digga was born Rashia Fisher on December 12, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey to Brenda, a New Jersey Transit worker, and Al Fisher, a retired biomedical engineer. She attended the Garrison Forest School, an all girls private school in Maryland. She was infamously known as "Shi Shi." Digga then studied electrical engineering at the New Jersey Institute Of Technology.

[edit] Career

Digga started rapping after being inspired by artists of hip hop's "golden age" such as Rakim, Kool G. Rap and Queen Latifah, eventually joining the group Twice the Flavor and then Jersey's Outsidaz clique. A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip negotiated her a deal with Elektra Records after being impressed by a performance at New York City's Lyricist Lounge (at which time Digga was eight months pregnant). Q-Tip also introduced her to Busta Rhymes, who invited her to join his newly-formed Flipmode Squad crew. The deal with Elektra soon collapsed however and Digga signed to Flipmode Entertainment. She made guest appearances on Busta's 1997 album When Disaster Strikes as well as the Lyricist Lounge, Vol. 1 compilation (on the track "Be OK", a two-hander with Bahamadia), the first installment of the Hip Hop For Respect anti-police brutality project in memory of Amadou Diallo, and the Fugees track "Cowboys", before joining up with the Flipmode Squad for The Imperial Album (1998). Anticipation mounted for further output, and she recorded tracks with legendary producers Pete Rock and DJ Premier. These and others were included on her solo album Dirty Harriet in 1999.

The follow-up to Dirty Harriet was originally intended to be a duet album with Digga's ex-husband, Young Zee of the Outsidaz. However, this was eventually put on hold for a fully-fledged solo album. However, it was long delayed, partly due to Digga switching labels; currently a summer 2007 release is planned, with the album titled Sucker Free. Her follow up album that was supposed to be released on J Records was titled Everything Is a Story, and was originally scheduled to be released February 10, 2004. During the time between her first and second solo albums Digga made numerous high-profile guest appearances, including on Busta Rhymes' hit single "I Know What You Want" and on albums by Talib Kweli, Bless, Masta Ace and Jamelia.

Digga can be seen in Busta's latest (and polemical) video, "Touch It Remix", that features Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose and DMX as well as the De La Soul feat Redman video for Oooh. where she plays Dorothy. Digga recently left Flipmode for business reasons, but claims she has no ill will against anyone from the group.[1] Rah Digga remains an unsigned act.

Digga starred as Maggie Bess in Thirteen Ghosts, the 2001 remake of the 1960 sci-fi chiller 13 Ghosts, as well as MTV's Hip Hopera Carmen.

She recently did a freestyle to Shawty Lo's Dey Know.

Rah Digga also contributed to the upcoming soundtrack for Afro Samurai Resurrection Soundtrack with the songs "Girl Samurai Lullaby" and "Bitch Gonna Get Ya'". The album was released on January 27, 2009 through the Wu Music Group Label.

[edit] Awards/nominations

  • BET Awards
    • 2006: Video of the Year ("Touch It (remix)"), Nominated
    • 2006: Best Collaboration ("Touch It (remix)"), Nominated
    • 2004: Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, Nominated
    • 2002: Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, Nominated
  • BET Hip-Hop Awards
    • 2006: Hip-Hop Video of the Year ("Touch It (remix)"), Nominated
    • 2006: Best Collabo ("Touch It (remix)"), Winner
    • 2006: People's Champ Award ("Touch It (remix)"), Nominated

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Album information
Dirty Harriet
  • Released: April 2000
  • Billboard 200 chart position: #18
  • R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #3
  • U.S sales 475,000
  • Worldwide sales 615,000
  • Singles: "Tight", "Imperial"/"Tight (Remix)", "Break Fool"
Everything Is a Story
  • Released: 2003/2004 (Shelved)
  • Singles: Party and Bullshit 2003

[edit] Singles

  • "Tight" (1999)
  • "Break Fool" (2000)
  • "Party and Bullshit 2003" (2003)
  • "Mirror Mirror" (2004)
  • "Make It Hot"/"See It In Your Eyes" (2005)
  • "New Shit" (2008)
  • "Lil' Fattie" (2008)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Exclusive Hip Hop News, Audio, Lyrics, Videos, Honeys, Wear, Sneakers, Download Mixtapes

[edit] External links

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