Da Brat: podcast appearances and interviews

Shawntae Harris-Dupart, known professionally as Da Brat, is an American rapper born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She began her music career in 1992 and signed with Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings two years later. Her debut studio album, Funkdafied, was released in 1994 and received platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. The album's lead single, also titled Funkdafied, peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100. Da Brat's collaborations include a guest appearance alongside Lisa Lopes, Missy Elliott, and Angie Martinez on Lil' Kim's 1997 single Not Tonight, which peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. The album Funkdafied also reached number two on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart. Her subsequent albums include Anuthatantrum, released in 1996, which featured the single Ghetto Love with T-Boz, and Unrestricted from 2000, which peaked at number five on the Billboard 200. During her career, she has guest performed on various singles, including Dem Franchize Boyz's I Think They Like Me, and remixes of Mariah Carey's songs such as Loverboy, Always Be My Baby, and Honey. She also collaborated with Carey on the 2003 duet Gotta Thing For You, a hip hop-inspired cover of the song What You Won't Do for Love by Bobby Caldwell. Da Brat has received two Grammy Award nominations for her work in the music industry.