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Princess Nyah
Dancefloor royalty with a lot more in store
you can do really focus on what you
enjoy and keep doing you.’
MySpace billionaires
Influenced by the likes of Nina
Cherry, Salt-N-Pepa and genres
such as 80s pop. Princess Nyah is
definitely one of the UK artists to
watch out for.
When speaking about her track
Frontline you can see how happy
she is to be able to make music and
the music she likes. However, the
Frontline is not just a song but an
actual location her office in Seven
Sisters. This location is not only
where she handles her music career
but also two clothing lines. ‘One of
my best friends and I used to travel
twice a year to New
York. We
saw the
Billion-
aires
Boys Club
T-shirts and
we were
like they’ve
always got
cool stuff
How many times have you been It’s really important that you have a for guys and they don’t have anything
out with a group of friends either at chaperone with you or someone to to empower women. We decided we
a club or bar and heard the song accompany you. I don’t really look at wanted to design Billionaires Girls
Frontline? Before we even really people as female or male artists – I Club T-shirts for ourselves and then
knew who or even what Princess just look at us as artists together.’ we got loads of interest so we turned
Nyah was about, this funky anthem it into a business. Now instead of
had a movement of its own. Down to a T just having a T-shirt we have a social
She may appear to have just With the track Frontline resonating networking site that is exclusive to
suddenly burst onto our screens across the clubs in the UK and ladies and it’s called BGirls Club.’
and eardrums but this Princess has Europe and her star status rising, it’s
been around for a while. The North fair to ask is she not worried about Onwards and upwards
Londoner first started her assault on becoming a one-hit wonder? ‘The Princess Nyah is an excitable and
the music scene in 2004, but started only thing you can do to not become determined individual and she has
off rapping and accidently turned into a one-hit wonder is to be yourself. now expanded her clothing brand to
a singer. ‘It’s funny because I used All along my music career I’ve still include a second line called Binghi’s
to say I’m never going to sing – I’m stayed true to myself and I’m doing Boutique. With an ever-progressing
a rapper,’ she says with a giggle. music I like. That’s the only thing music career and a packed live
‘I thought I was Lil’ Kim. But then I performance schedule it seems
joined a group called G-Fam in 2005 that the 27-year-old Harlesden
and we were working on an album. native is an unstoppable force.
They told me that if you sing the Being surrounded by strong family
hooks now we’d get a vocalist to sing relationships keeps her grounded
it after – and they didn’t. So when we and very humble and left plenty of
did shows I was forced to sing but it room for her to develop her career
built up my confidence.’ even further. ‘Growth I think is really,
really important. Especially with
Girl power anything you do if you don’t have
With her confidence built and room to grow you almost put yourself
singing not a challenge anymore, it’s at the top of your game and then
interesting to hear that she also felt where would you be reaching to?’
that there were no differences to the Princess Nyah’s new single Big
experiences or obstacles between Boys, taken from her forthcoming
male and female artists. ‘The only EP Diary of a Princess, is out on
difficulty being a female as opposed September 28.
to being a male artist is when I go
to performances I have to make www.myspace.com/nyahprincess
ords by Denise Kodia
sure I have someone to go with me. www.binghisboutique.com W
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