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Out of New York City, via North Carolina, TRAEDONYA! is an artist, song writer, record producer, model and showgirl. TRAEDONYA! attended high school in New York City, before attending college at a music conservatory in New York City, studying Jazz and Fine Arts.

TRAEDONYA!'s professional background in music started in her early teens, when she recorded her cult classic “Do The Boogaloo” on Tuff City at 13 years old, produced by Errol "Pumpkin" Bedford also known as The King of The Beats. Only a few years later, she recorded another single titled “Sixteen” on that same label. A few years later, she became the lead singing vocalist with the Hip Hop group X Clan and appeared on Professor X's "Years of The Nine" single that reached Billboards Top 100 on the R&B Charts in 1992.

She signed her first major record deal as the lead singer and co-writer of the Funk/Jazz band Sample This! on Elektra Records in 1993. Hip Hop legend Large Professor of Main Source, Nas, Eric B and Rakim to name a few, played a huge part in putting TRAEDONYA! together with the several other musicians. The musicians brought together by Large Professor included Hip Hop producer and engineer Anton Pukshansky and percussionist/producer Curtis Watts of Smoking Suckas With Logic SSL. Together, along with TRAEDONYA!, they became the group Sample This!, recording two full length albums for Elektra, only to release one on that label.

While the band Sample This! took a break from recording and playing out, TRAEDONYA! moved to England and signed with Prohibition Entertainment releasing her song "Beloved", touring Europe In 2003 with the single. "Beloved" Stayed on the National DJ Times Charts for 27 Weeks. While living in London, TRAEDONYA! met Thad Baron of Universal Publishing and recorded with MOBO Winner Phoebe One and Structure Rize.

TRAEDONYA! has appeared on several Socca and Reggae songs with various artists in the Caribbean, such as ALantonio, Brukup, Kulture Don Arrow and Dancehall legend Patra, with all of the records being produced by Rollin Richars and Cadet Jean aka DJ Cadet.

In 2009, Prohibition Entertainment realeased a new TRAEDONYA! single called "I'll Give It 2 U". In 2010, a remix EP of "I'll Give It 2 U" was released, featuring global mixes of the tune. "I'll Give It 2 U" was one of the most played songs on New Media radio in 2011.

Studio Albums
 * "I'll Give It 2 U", Remix EP, Prohibition Entertainment 2010,  Various,TRAEDONYA!
 * "I'll Give It 2 U, Single, Prohibition Entertainment 2009,  Beats Galore, TRAEDONYA!
 * "All Night Long" ft. Patra, Street Heat 2008, Jean Cadet,TRAEDONYA!, Patra
 * "Beloved",Remix EP,  Prohibition Entertainment, 2003,  Various, TRAEDONYA!
 * "Beloved",Single,Prohibition Entertainment, 2003, Asen James, Wet,
 * Do The Boogaloo,Single,Tuff City, 1987, Pumpkin, Wayne Kempt, TRAEDONYA!

Discography
 * "I'll Give It 2 U", Remix EP,  Prohibition Entertainment,  2010,  Various,TRAEDONYA!
 * "I'll Give It 2 U, Single, Prohibition Entertainment, 2009,  Beats Galore, TRAEDONYA!
 * "All Night Long" ft. Patra,Street Heat, 2008, Jean Cadet,TRAEDONYA!, Patra
 * "Beloved", Remix EP, Prohibition Entertainment, 2003, Various, TRAEDONYA!
 * "Naked Gun" Spanish Fly The Film, Malock Films, 2003
 * "Beloved", Single, Prohibition Entertainment, 2003,  Asen James, Wet, TRAEDONYA!
 * "Another Lie", Single, Elektra Records, 1993, Large Professor, TRAEDONYA!
 * "Between The Tracks", Album, Elektra Records, 1993, Curtis Watts, Anton Pukshansky, TRAEDONYA!
 * "Free Your Mind", Album,Elektra Records, Curtis Watts, Anton Pukshansky, TRAEDONYA!
 * "Rained On Me", Album, Elektra Records, 1993 Curtis Watts, Anton Pukshansky, TRAEDONYA!
 * "Dangerous Zone", Album, Elektra Records, 1993, Curtis Watts, Anton Pukshansky, TRAEDONYA!
 * "Shady", Album, Elektra Records, 1993 Curtis Watts, Anton Pukshansky, TRAEDONYA!
 * "Family Affair", Album, Elektra Records, 1993 Magestic Music
 * "Shake That Egg", Album, Elektra Records, 1993 Curtis Watts, Anton Pukshansky, TRAEDONYA!

Vocal Features
 * "Mama's Love", ALantonio VP Records,2008
 * "City Limits", The Rebels, Single, Red Ant Music,2006
 * "It's a Reggae Party", Ras Abba, 2005
 * "Cellular", Arrow VP Records, 2005
 * "Oh La La La" Brukup Hollywood Records,
 * "Kulture" Kulture Don, VP Records
 * "Free", Phoebe One, Parlophone, 2003
 * "Fly", Structure Rize, Universal Records 2003
 * "Years of The Nine", Single, Professor X, Island Records 1992
 * "Reality" Professor X, Album, Island Records, 1992

References
 * http://traedonya.com/index.php
 * http://www.caribbeanemagazine.com/2011/08/meet-emerging-vocalist-traedonya.html
 * http://www.discogs.com/artist/Traedonya
 * http://www.discogs.com/Traedonya-Naked-Gun/release/2669311
 * http://taniafuentez.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/music-qa-with-traedonya/
 * http://www.yoraps.com/next2blow1.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271149977&archive=&start_from=&ucat=4
 * http://neffworking.com/2011/08/08/traedonya-ill-give-it-2-u/
 * http://www.famemagazine.co.uk/2011/09/fame-presents-traedonya/
 * http://www.collegedj.net/2011/05/05/r-n-b/traedonya-ill-give-it-2-u-media-base-charts-top-10/
 * http://www.thegamutt.com/2011/08/new-artist-spotlight-traedonya.html#.UKiP--RQS_8