associated_acts years_active article_title name background birth_date instrument genre origin birth_name
jay sean , john legend , rupee 2006 -- present thara prashad
 thara prashad solo_singer 16 january 1982 vocals , piano r & b , pop , hip hop united states thara natalie prashad
thara prashad

thara natalie prashad -lrb- born january 16 , 1982 -rrb- , also known as thara , is an american r&b singer and model .
her father is indo-guyanese while her mother is part irish and part african-american .
formerly signed to the desert storm label most known for rapper fabolous .
born and raised in new jersey , thara started singing at 16 and began taking modeling jobs in the hopes of getting closer to the music industry .
she landed a huge reebok commercial campaign followed by a verizon campaign .
shortly after the verizon commercial , she met jeremy skaller , then an up-and-coming producer , who would eventually become a close friend and business partner .
thara would go on to appear in more commercials and music videos , including jay z 's `` excuse me miss '' in 2003 .
from there , she did a commercial for mtv 2 and met la la vasquez , who was then a vee-jay for the network .
la la introduced thara to dj clue and told him that she was singer .
she gave clue her demo cd and after listening to it , he had thara meet with the rest of his team , and then signed her to his label , desert storm .
while working on her debut album , with jeremy skaller as the producer , thara worked with the cream of the crop in the music industry : fabolous , john legend , kanye west , rodney jerkins , and the neptunes to name a few .
in 2007 she released the self-titled album which featured the hits `` jump on '' with fat man scoop and a duet she co-wrote with john legend called `` maybe . ''
following the release of the album , thara toured throughout australia , the uk , and germany , enjoying international success .
when she came back to the states , jeremy skaller immediately booked her for a show in miami as the opening act for the british-asian , r&b / pop sensation jay sean .
the two instantly clicked and their magnetic chemistry as artists led them to collaborate on the single `` murder , '' and travel across the globe performing the song .
she is most known for working with r&b singer jay sean featuring on the song `` murder '' included on thara 's self-titled debut album in 2007 and on jay sean 's second album `` my own way '' in 2008 .
she was also featured in the video for sean 's `` stay '' on his second album .
she collaborated with sean again on the song `` love goes '' that leaked in january 2010 .
thara 's album `` thara '' was released in japan in november 28 ， 2007 and featured a duet with american rnb icon john legend .
that song `` maybe '' and the entire album is on itunes .
desert storm rapper fabolous used thara on the song `` ghetto '' , produced by scott storch .
`` ghetto '' and the album `` real talk '' went on to sell over a million copies since its release in 2006 .
thara was one of the first south asian artists to be played on hot 97 and shares a birthday with rnb legend aaliyah .
she married singer jay sean in august 2009 .
thara gave birth to their daughter , ayva loveen kaur jhooti , on december 13 , 2013 .
