Kyla (British singer)

Kyla
Birth name Kyla Smith
Also known as Kyla Reid
Born (1983-09-22) September 22, 1983
United Kingdom
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • musician

Kyla Reid (née Smith[1]), commonly known as Kyla, is a British house music singer in the UK funky subgenre.[2][1]

Personal life

Kyla is married to Errol Reid (also known as DJ Paleface, one half of the Crazy Cousinz production team) and has a son.[2][1] She was previously an ESL teacher.[1]

Career

She is featured on the Crazy Cousinz UK Funky song "Do You Mind", released in 2008,[2] which peaked at number 48 on the UK Top Singles in 2009.[3] DJ Paleface liked Kyla's voice after seeing her in a video for the song "Be What I Wanna Be".[4] She is featured on Drake's international hit, "One Dance", which reached number one in 15 countries, including her native United Kingdom, the United States and Drake's native Canada.[1] A Filipino pop singer, also named Kyla, is often incorrectly credited as the singer featured in "One Dance".[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Hogan, Marc (14 April 2016). "Drake Sampling Kyla on "One Dance" Has Already Changed Her Life". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Cliff, Aimee (14 April 2016). "Kyla: "It Was Nice Of Drake To Give Me That Step Up"". Fader. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Do You Mind by Kyla". Acharts. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Bradshaw, Melissa (19 February 2009). "Oi! Do You Mind? Crazy Cousinz' Kyla Interviewed". The Quietus. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Kyla On Featuring With Drake And Wizkid: "I Thought It Was April Fool's" - 360Nobs.com".

External links

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