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Kerina Alex
Kerina Shenelle John(born September 22nd, 1995), known professionally as Kerina Alex, is a Trinidadian-born R&B singer, song-writer and fashion designer. She is noted for her versatility as an artist within different Music genre, her sharp lyrics and raspy voice. Kerina first gained recognition after being featured on a joint collaborative single with artist and ally Sean Yorke called So Lit Tonight, which she capitalized with her first single Voicemail which gained tremendous response and also accumulated an international fan base.

Alex followed it up with a number of singles, up until she released her debut album The Wave on September 13th, 2019, which helped open doors for the young artist. The album brought in interviews from radio outlets to podcast from Kenya to the United States, which cause an increase in social media presence and identification. On January 8th, 2022, Alex was featured on a full spread article on the Trinidad Express Newspapers, discussing her trials and tribulations and the release of her single Dangerous.

1995-2017 The Beginning
Kerina Shenelle John was born on September 22nd, 1995, in Sherwood Park, Arima Trinidad. She is the daughter of Wendy Alexander and Michael John who both are also Trinidadian natives. Kerina has two siblings, an older sister and younger brother, making her the middle child. Kerina grew up always on the move from Tunapuna–Piarco, Belmont, Trincity etc. Her final relocation would of been Malabar Settlement, Arima, where most of her ventures took place. As of a young age, she was said to always had an attentive personality, whiling to stand out by all means, as she was known as the vocalist in the family. Alex went from singing to her family members and taking part in beauty pageants to exploring her style of fashion and being apart of her high school choir at Five Rivers Secondary. To the day of her arrival, she's always had issues of settling in based of the fact that she has always kept to herself which many didn't understand. Upon her journey through high school, she met with Sean Yorke within her first month in the establishment. Instantly they click and became close friends, especially knowing they both shared similar passion for music and entertainment. Unfortunately her duration at Five Rivers came to and end and she end up attending St. Joseph's College, but also didn't stay long as she left to pursue her love for music.

In 2013/2014, she ended up recording for the first time, her first set of music, and widening her writing ability, done stage performances at community centers and background vocals for upcoming and established artist, which helped boosted her confidence. Even though she had been to the studios and met several producers and artist along the way, she still yet haven't released her first single, but instead wanted to boosted her physical appearance by doing a cover version to Rihanna's hit single Work. It gain tremendous feedback but she wanted to experience more and felt that it was time to be heard. Late 2015, she got confirmation from her friend Sean Yorke about them doing a song together, which became the birth of So Lit Tonight. The song was released on April 5th, 2016 and the reaction was amazing to the both parties, that many were confused if the artistes were from Trinidad or United States. This was her first single released and it attracted radio interviews, blog post, had her name in upcoming artistes and groups circle and also brought her first performance under the alias of Kerina Alex, r&b artist, as she sang her first single at The Hog and Whistle along the Ariapita Avenue, at a crowd of spectators and by standards. While having other various performances at Nightclubs and Concert events, Kerina manages to release her first solo single tiled Voicemail which showed a more edgy persona, and ended up gathering a team to help push and market the single to a different level.

2018-2019 "BAD"
Kerina Alex pushed the envelope with the edgy content and displaying comfort by releasing her follow up single Kitty Kat which had risky explicit content and was very unapologetic in the process and message. Her name was being talked about and yet still haven't released her first music video, until on July 2nd 2018 she released both audio and visual for her single Bad. Being compared to the likes of Rihanna and Nicki Minaj, Kerina Alex displayed her art of storytelling is different while giving a clear vision of her reality and dangers that comes with it, proving she was a ride or die type girl. Bad brought in more social presence that she had ever seen, as she witness numbers going up of platforms and expanding. Bad created a perfect lane for other singles like Billy and Handle the Wave where she went from being a small town girl in Malabar, Trinidad and Tobago, to having fan love and post from various places in the world, as she found a way to get her voice heard from the comfort of home.

2019- THE WAVE
With all the hype and attraction surrounding her rise, Kerina found it was time to capitalize, not with another single, but with her debut album. On September 13th, 2019, she released her debut single The Wave, a total of 8 songs with released and unreleased singles. The album landed her on blogs sites and podcast interviews which helped boosted the popularity of the project. Having the feeling of putting out an R&B album in an none (R&B) country wasn't easy, especially for Trinidad radio stations so her drive was to built a more stable fan base in the United States so when it's time to venture and do shows it won't be hard to find locations to perform.

2020 Covid 19
The year 2020, brought a holt to a lot of businesses, ventures and also place a strain on musicians across the globe, and Kerina Alex herself was impacted by it. Where her music had constant releases, it manages to take a slower pace due to the viruses impact. With the country being on lockdown, many in Trinidad wasn't able to do performances, music videos or even go to studios, it was even tough to order equipment's to start a studio. With job inflation, Kerina was at a stand still, and became more anti social due to the shady business and scam increase in the industry. Within the controversy, she manage to release Kaleidoscope View on September 5th, 2020, which was a lighter, more playful feel from Kerina apposed to her risky uncensored style. It landed her an interview on a Virginia radio station and became highly streamed, also featured on a podcast You Can't Sit With Us. She done more partnership with her long time best friend Sean Yorke whom had a hand in the writing of the song, and helped with production for her next release Dedicated 2 U, which showed a lovable, soft side of Kerina and sparked a new relationship in her life.

2021-2022 DANGEROUS
With the country lifting its restrictions after the Covid virus first detection, there were still minor issues to be resolved in terms of video and studio as citizens were afraid of containing the virus, but that never stopped Kerina Alex. On January 2nd, 2022 she returned to the uncensored raw version of herself that she displayed in the beginning of her career with her single Dangerous. The released landed her on the newspaper outlet, gracing her a with a full page read.

2022 Present
Kerina has became a signed member of Alphakingz Entertainment, which is owned by Sean Yorke, and has become the first female of the label, giving her a spotlight push. She will be releasing a deluxe version to her 2019 debut album, The Wave with new songs installed and also will be releasing new singles to for her next project set to drop 2023.Shenelle Belgraves (talk) 01:56, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Artistry
Growing up in Trinidad, she mainly listened to Dancehall, Soca music, Reggae, Hip hop music, (R&B). The Wave, you can see the mixture of sounds enhanced in it, as if she wishes to keep all her influential sounds imbedded in her music.

Influence
Kerina Alex has named Nicki Minaj as her biggest influence and idol. Stating that Nicki helped create the vision of possibility that it can become a reality, seeing that both her and Nicki are from Trinidad, and also have other similar likeness and background. Other influences that paved the way to push the pen twice as hard are also Rihanna, as she praises her fashion sense and unapologetic raw attitude, also Beyoncé as they both share similar horoscope and have been a long time fan of hers. In her younger days she will also listen to Ashanti and Keyshia Cole a lot, and the likes of Bob Marley, Rockers, Vybz Kartel and Patrice Roberts as she used to perform Sugar Boy on stage at a younger age. Her other influences are Gaza Slim, Cecile.

Business Life
In 2015, Kerina Alex alongside her sister, use to sell clothing on Facebook temporarily, she resume business on January 20th, 2020 taking 5 star fashion to all social platforms but later changed the name to J.Alex Designs, making it a family business. It wasn't till April 10th, 2022, she took it to another level, making J.Alex Designs an online store and also showcasing her custom tailor made designs, distributing to the United States and Trinidad.Shenelle Belgraves (talk) 01:53, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Discography
Main articles: Kerina Alex albums discography, The Wave (2019) Shenelle Belgraves (talk) 06:04, 3 June 2022 (UTC) 03:04, 3 June 2022 (UTC) Shenelle Belgraves (talk) 02:12, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
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