You can do anything you put your mind to.” I believe the sky is the limit, with all of this. My goals have been accomplished, and now I’m setting new goals, and I’m looking forward to those new things. “It’s been so many years that I’ve been working at it. “This past year has really been a blessing for me,” she said. She considers collaborative partner Missy Elliot a “big sister” and Ludacris someone that she “can always call for advice.” And she has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist (up against newcomers Keane, Fall Out Boy, John Legend and Sugarland). 1 hit singles, including “1, 2 Step,” “Goodies” and “Oh.” In the past year alone, the 20-year-old singer has been on tour with 50 Cent and Gwen Stefani, sold 3 million albums and had three No. With a little mix of hip-hop and a little soul.” “My music is energy music, not crunk & B.
That’s not my whole sound.”Ĭiara prefers “R&B pop” to describe her style, as opposed to the clubby, loud R&B beats heard in crunk & B music, a form derived from the “Dirty South” and associated with artists like Lil’ John and Lil’ Scrappy. I think that it’s sad that people want to classify me. My first single, ‘Goodies,’ was crunk & B, but that’s the only song on my album that is crunk & B. “I cringe when I hear that,” the sultry singer told The Post. She is not the princess of crunk & B, and she doesn’t want to be labeled as such.
