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Rasheeda Frost (previously Rasheeda Buckner), better known by her stage name Rasheeda is a female rap singer.
CareerShe started out as a member of the teenage hip-hop trio Da Kaperz, which was signed to D-LO Entertainment and is still who Rasheeda is signed with to this day. When D-LO decided to launch her solo career they joined forces with Motown Records and released her solo first album Dirty South in 2001. The album contained the song "Do It", featuring Pastor Troy. Her follow up was 2002's A Ghetto Dream released independently through D-Lo Entertainment. That album featured a collaboration the superstars of crunk, Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz as well as many other Southern rappers including Kelly The White Bombshell with whom she collabored with on the 2003 song “We Ain’t Going Nowhere” TWB, Rasheeda & Bonecrusher
GA Peach, released in 2006, was her third album, and her second independent album. This album showcased the "sexy" side of Rasheeda. Her fourth album Dat Type of Gurl, released in June 2007, featured guest appearances from Birdman, Akon, Pastor Troy, The-Dream, Jazze Pha, Diamond and Princess of Crime Mob, Fabo and Kandi. Rasheeda's growth as an artist, person and strong independent woman was demonstrated on this album dominating the underground hip-hop scene with her songs "Got That Good (My Bubble Gum)", "Touch Ya Toes" and "Type of Gurl", while creating a national persona like no other female MC.
2007 – presentRasheeda has joined with Atlanta-based American R&B singer/songwriter Kandi Burruss in forming the girl group Peach Candy in collaboration with D-Lo Entertainment, Don Vito Entertainment and Kandi Koated Entertainment
. Rasheeda posted a video on YouTube in 2008 featuring her in a studio playing a clip of "Juicy Like a Peach", another un-named song in her car and she mentioned songs from the forthcoming album plus said "the peach candy album is coming very soon". No album materialised although in early 2009, a 5 track PeachCandy EP was released on iTunes and later on Rasheeda & Kandi (PC) in a video, Rasheeda said that everyone, everywhere she went was asking about the album and she confirmed it is coming.
Rasheeda appeared on the cover of SPATE Magazine in the June/July 2007 issue.
In November 2008, Rasheeda released a 5-track digital EP entitled PeachCandy onto iTunes (in iTunes plus format).
DiscographyAlbums- 2001: Dirty South
- 2002: A Ghetto Dream
- 2006: GA Peach
- 2007: Dat Type of Gurl
- 2009: Certified Hot Chick
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