User:LataeysonSmith

Lataeyson Nicole Smith (born September 1, 2000) often known as Tae-Tae, is an American child actress and singer. She is the daughter of Latoya Tubbs Bogan and Cleveland Tubbs, and the younger of Krystin,Zoe, Karmen and Natasha. Smith made her acting debut in 2000 in the film I Am Legend and later appeared in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl alongside Abigail Breslin. She received a Young Artist Award for her performance.

Apart from her acting she launched a music career in the fall of 2010 with the release of her singles "Flip It", "Rock and Roll", and signing to her current mentor Nicki Minaj's record label Young Money Entertainment. "Flip It" has peaked at #11 on the billboard Hot 100. The video was nominated for Video of the Year at the Bet Awards 2011.

Personal Life Lataeyson Smith is the daughter of a musician-actor Rickey Bogan and singer Latoya Tubbs Bogan. She has an older brother from another mother Cleveland Tubbs the 2nd, and 1 older sister Karmen Tubbs and a younger sister Lauryn Tubbs, both are child actresses. Smith is African American, and also has West Indian Creole ancestry.

Acting Career Smith made her acting debut in I Am Legen alongside her father. Her next film was Kittredge: An American Girl, 2008, she voiced the character of young Gloria in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, with alongside her mother as older Gloria. On January 20, 2011, Rickey Bogan announced he is planning to produce a remake of the famous comic strip Little Orphan Annie starring Smith in role. Nicki Minaj is also in talks to provide the music for the film and possibly create brand new songs.

2010-present: Knees and Elbows In June 2010, Smith's mother Latoya Tubbs Bogan announced in an interview on Lopez Tonight that Smith has released her first single "Flip It", which went platinum in the US and peaked at number 11. Smith soon announced her next single "Rock and Roll", After she performed it on the Oprah Winfrey Show, she released it Feb. 3, 2011. The video was released March 9, 2011. Smith opened for Justin Beiber's performance both in US and UK.

On October 6, 2011, "Fireball", a collaboration between Smith and rapper Nicki Minaj, was released. "Fireball" was a commercial failure, failing to chat in any type of music market, except the U.S. R & B chart, charting at 121. and her first song to miss the Billboard Hot 100. Smith's producer announced that they were almost finished working on her debut album, and it should be done soon. He also said it has a similar style to "Flip It". The title of the album was later announced to be Knees and Elbows. It was slated that it would be released around April 2012, but was announced that it will be released later this year. On May 1st, 2012, she dropped the "Do it Like Me (Rockstar)" music video out, saying' that is was the "First video ever!!!". On July 2, 2012, Smith released "Was a Friend" music video at the BET Awards. On July 17, she released her fourth single "Was a Friend" via iTunes and Amazon.