Known for her nuanced, R&B-styled vocal performances and for weaving coupé-décalé rhythms into her music, singer and songwriter Teeyah rose to fame in the mid-2000s following her feature spot on the Kaysha international hit "On Dit Quoi" in 2003. Based in France, she released her solo debut, Métisse, a year later. After her third full-length, 2009's Mise à Nue, became her most commercially successful album yet, she ventured into film acting, playing Raymonde in the 2015 musical Laurent et Safi.
A native of Boundiali, Ivory Coast, Teeyah moved to France with her family as a ch...