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Dynasty (Diana Hardy) is an American hip-hop/soul artist. She first gained attention in 2009 when producer DJ Premier placed her single "Femcee" on his On The Road Again mixtape. Shortly thereafter, the two released Epic Dynasty.

Life and career
Dynasty, born Diana Hardy, grew up between Laurelton and St. Albans in Queens. She first performed as an emcee at August Martin High School, and later attended Five Towns College, receiving her A.A. in Theater and a B.S. in Business Management. Shortly after graduating, she moved to Tampa, Florida, and began performing as an emcee once again, opening for hip hop group Little Brother. While there, she connected with Tampa radio DJ, DJ Sandman,  and  shared the stage with the Wu Tang Clan, KRS One, Redman and Method Man, Sean Price, Mos Def, Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli, and others. In 2010 she was recognized as "Best Emcee" at the Creative Loafing Awards. Dynasty's first project, Dreampusher, was released in the summer of 2010. She released The Love EP, a six song project on the topics of love for self, others, and music, on November 11, 2011. On October 18, 2013 she released A Star In Life's Clothing which features Talib Kweli, DJ Premier, and Skyzoo. It was released through Germany-based, indie label, Jakarta Records. She connected with the label while touring Germany in May 2013. She has also performed in cities in Austria, France, and Portugal.

Career highlights
In 2009, after opening for Krs-One, she was pulled back on to the stage by the artist to perform with him. When she was done, KRS stated "THIS is a real emcee." In 2010, she was once again called out on stage to perform with another headlining act. This time it was Smif-n-Wessun of Duck Down Music Inc. during their 15th Anniversary Tour. She went on to do three more stops with them on this tour.

Dynasty has been featured on hip hop culture and music websites including 2DopeBoyz.com, BET.com,   HipHopDX.com, and Centric.

Between 2013 and 2014, she did eight international tours, including stops in Romania, Hungary and Poland.

Personal life
While Dynasty frequently mentions that she is working to bring more variety and balance to hip hop, one of her main causes is developing and mentoring youth through her initiative which she calls The Push Project. She says "figure out what your dream is, chart your course and work on it every day. One more thing, expect no one to be as passionate about your dream as you." For the last two years, she has volunteered as a part of The Great American Teach In.

Albums

 * Dreampusher (Album Version) June 2010
 * The Love EP November 2011
 * A Star in life's Clothing October 2013/Jakarta Records

Collaborations

 * Epic Dynasty DJ Premier Presents Get Used To Us December 2010
 * Stay Shinin with Talib Kweli
 * Street Music with DJ Premier

Mixtapes

 * Dreampusher June 2010