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Red Sonya Red Sonya,is a Southern African-American female rap artist from Florida. Born Adrienne Keona Renee' Patterson, she has recorded and scored a international hit in 1995 with the single "Give A Dog A Bone," followed by a successful debut album, "Doggy Style Funk" which debuted on Southern rap label Boomin/BMG Records and peaked at the #52 chart position on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1995 and #8 on Billboard's Rap Charts, respectively. At that time she went under the label-created moniker "Sheep Doggy Dogg." Before her International debut, she had a regional single debut under a small independent label based in Orlando, Florida called Jericho Records in 1991. It received regional praise in Florida and did very well. Since then, Red Sonya has moved on and independently released a successful mixtape (Code Red: The Mixtape) and is releaseing another in December 2010, entitled Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend: Red Sonya's Street Gems. Notable artist that will be featured on the latest mixtape will include KLC (of The Medicine Men), Mystikal, and hometown notables Haitian Fresh, Grindmode (Miami/"I'm So High" fame), Cardiak, Sticks, T.N.T., & Jaysta Capone.

Infuences: Red Sonya cites her musical influences as Michael & Janet Jackson, Mystikal, KLC, Roxanne Shante, Salt & Pepa, Ludacris, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, LL Cool J, Mia X, 'Lil Kim, & Foxy Brown with Michael Jackson being her biggest influence.

History Red Sonya was born Adrienne Keona Renee'Patterson August 29th (exact year unknown; middle name given) to Johnny Ray & Odessa Patterson in Daytona Beach, Florida. While her mother was pregnant with her sister, her parents moved to the the Bronx in New York City, where she can recall the very early beginnings of hip hop in its birthplace by witnessing block parties where her godbrother, DJ Chucky Chuck, would break records. When her family reloacted back to Florida, she showed early signs of musical interest by dancing, singing, & performing. She has been writing poetry since the age of 11 and carried it over into writing R&B songs as well as rap lyrics. Her parents, lovers of music, always encouraged her creativty. Her mother sang (not professionally)and her father used to play clarinet & saxaphone in his high school band. She also had an inate artistic drawing ability and has painted & drawn since the age of 5. Having above-average intelligence, she excelled in athletics as well as various subjects in school,notably English Literature and loves to read. She also excelled in Chorus, basketball, softball, and Art. Eventually because her mother was in the grips of a cocaine addiction, she dropped out of school, but returned eventually to complete her studies. During that time she met Daron "Southboy" Fordham & John "L.S.D." Keys, 2 Bethune-Cookman University Students who were also aspiring rap artists/producers thru her godbrother, whom she worked for in his music store. Soon after the trio begin recording demos that would eventully land her her first recording contract (signed on her birthday in 1991)& become a part of her future debut, "Give A Dog A Bone." Managed by Ted Lucas (he also manged the D.C.-based Go-Go group, E.U.), he strategically sparked a small bidding war amongst 4 different majors to offer Red Sonya a solo deal on the strength of one single, "Eat 'Em Up," which caused discord amongst the group members of Operation Panic and she left the group. At this time, Luke Records was also vying for her as well as Capitol, Next Plateau (Salt 'n Pepa's former label), Atlantic Records, and Jive/BMG. Her second manager (William Ashbourne of Atlanta; Tag Team/"Whoomp There It Is" fame), took the helm of managing her after she patched up her differences with the former members, and they started Boomin' Records in 1993. She scored a international hit with the single "Give A Dog A Bone," which was penned by Daron Fordham. She received alot of media attention behind the single & subsequent album, although she was not pleased with its outcome. Since then she has released popular mixtapes and is a regional underground mixtape feature favorite of DJ's in the Sunshine State. She is currently working on a upcoming album, Code Red, with KLC, Johnny Juliano (Wiz Khalifa/Gucci Mane) of ATL, & Richie Rich (Fl.)contributing production to her album. She is also co-managed by KLC. DISCOGRAPHY SINGLES: "Ring On My Finger" (1991) Jericho Records, Orlando, Florida "Give A Dog A Bone" (1995) Boomin'Records International/BMG Records, Orlando, Florida * #52 Peak postion on Billboard's Hot 100 Records Chart; #8 Peak postion on Billboard Rap Charts. (GOLD status certif. Internationally in Belgium, Holland, Amsterdam, Romania, U.K., Japan) -Article Mentions/Reviews: Rap Pages Magazine, Vibe)     "What's On Your Mind/Can't Hold Back" single (1996) True Force Records, Daytona Beach, Florida       "On The Grind" ft. Cardiak (2010)True Force Records, Daytona Beach, Florida currently on Itunes       "Code Red" (The Album), currently in production stages (TBR 2011) ALBUMS: "Doggy Style Funk" (1995) Boomin/BMG Records Distribution (CERTIFICATION NOT KNOWN) KNOWN MUSIC DOWNLOAD LINKS/SITES TO "DOGGY STYLE FUNK": http://westsounds.com/Sheep_Doggy_Dogg/Doggystyle_Funk/mp3/2575113 http://mp3skyline.com/rid-0x69dd5-sheep-doggy-dogg_-_doggystyle-funk-mp3-download.html MIXTAPES/FEATURES: "The Calm Before The Storm: Code Red The Mixtape" (2005) "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend: Red Sonya's Street Gems" (TBA), 2010-2011 "Clap Back" Freestyle feature on DJ ADG's "This Is How It Should Be Done" Mixtape; Orlando, Florida "Wait" Remix/Dreams" Freestyle feature for DJ Showtime's compilation mixtape, 2006, Miami Florida "I Know You See It" remix feature for DJ Dimepiece/radio show promo, Ohio 2007 WEB CONTENT: YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXiSgLrDdnA&feature=related