Dencia
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Reprudencia Sonkey, known professionally as Dencia (born March 26, 1992) is a Cameroonian/Nigerian singer, entrepreneur/Dj/fashion designer. She was born in Yaounde Cameroon to a teenage mom and was raised by her maternal grandparents as their child. Dencia later moved to the US as a teenager. She started her career in Hollywood by being featured in music videos of artists like Chris Brown, 50 Cent, Lady Gaga, and Ludacris. Dencia released her debut single “Beri Beri” in 2011.
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Quotes
- “I am accused of proposing a product that pushes women to conform to white standards of beauty ,”
- “Americans feel attacked. Honestly , they are just memories of slavery .”
- “I was too creative to live there! In Maryland, honestly, your art will stay on your balcony for the rest of your life, whether you're good at it or not!.”
- “When I got to America, it was not what I expected.”
- “They would not let me go out to work. I was told, ‘Oh, you're gonna get shot’ and I believed those things because what I saw on TV [about America] in Africa was terribl”
- “It’s because of Addison's that my music career took a back burner. The doctor told me you have to pick between being an artist on the road and your life. You will not be able to do tours all the time because your body is not going to be able to take it.”
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Reprudencia Sonkey
- Person.other names
- Dencia
- Person.image
- Dencia at billboard music awards 2015.jpg
- Person.birth_name
- Reprudencia Sonkey
- Person.birth_place
- Cameroon
- Person.occupation
- Singer, businesswoman, fashion designer, actress, DJ, philanthropist
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- Yaoundé
- Occupation
- fashion designer
- Educated at
- University of Southern California
- Languages spoken
- French
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.denciaonline.com
- Image
- Dencia at billboard music awards 2015.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1988-03-26
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Reprudencia Sonkey, known professionally as Dencia (born March 26, 1992) is a Cameroonian/Nigerian singer, entrepreneur/Dj/fashion designer. She was born in Yaounde Cameroon to a teenage mom and was raised by her maternal grandparents as their child. Dencia later moved to the US as a teenager. She started her career in Hollywood by being featured in music videos of artists like Chris Brown, 50 Cent, Lady Gaga, and Ludacris. Dencia released her debut single “Beri Beri” in 2011.
As a designer, she has created looks for artists like Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Christina Milian, Lil’ Mama and more and is known for her own fashion statements and appearances on red carpets at the Billboard Music Awards, the Grammys, and the American Music Awards.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dencia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.