Ledisi
Ledisi
Ledisi Anibade Youngis an American R&B and jazz recording artist, songwriter and actress. Her first name means "to bring forth" or "to come here" in Yoruba. Ledisi is known for her jazz influenced vocals. In 1995, Ledisi formed the group known as Anibade. After unsuccessfully trying to get the group signed to a major label, she formed LeSun Records with Sundra Manning. Along with her group, Anibade, Ledisi released an album titled Take Time. The album gained major airplay from...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionR&B Singer
Date of Birth28 March 1972
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
Whether I do jazz or R&B, there are always complaints. I would just listen to the complaints about what I do instead of celebrating what I do, and that I'm different and in my own lane. It took a while for me to just ignore the doubts.
Tell me I can't so I can show you I CAN!
When you don't know how beautiful you are, you will always be in search of happiness.
There ain't a wrong time or a wrong place to flaunt. If you feel good, then go on and show it off!
I would just listen to the complaints about what I do instead of celebrating what I do, and that I'm different and in my own lane. It took a while for me to just ignore the doubts.
Although I’m known for my long, colorful locs, I still don’t take my hair too seriously. I experiment a lot, dyeing it and constantly switching styles to grab attention. My hair is one of my best accessories, and changing it helps express who I am.
Ledisi means to come here, to bring forth. It’s a Nigerian word and it’s from the Yorubu culture, I believe, and my parents named me, my dad and my mom, and really my dad, and I had no choice in that. That’s my real name and that’s what it means.
I'm known for long colorful locs but I still don't take my hair too seriously. Changing it helps express who I am.
Let your work speak for you.Stay humble.And just DO the work.
Just be open, life is about a constant journey and I'm very spiritual, but I'm also in touch with what's going on around me and who I am, and you have to know yourself. So for me, that's what keeps me going is just being interactive.
I'm very open, I love music and I love people so you need to know what's going on.
I study a lot of the greats; I study the current people out now and what people are listening to now. I don't shun anything away; I just check it all out and make my own judgment.
Know the business you're in for whatever you do, know it and understand how it works so you can be successful.
So in every sense, from an independent artist to a major label artist, you just have to have great product, great faith and great people, they all go together.