Miss Nana Exclusive Interview

Miss Nana AKA Lil Red Rhyming Hood m If you ever had to look up the word "BUZZ" in a hip hop dictionary, under it you would find a picture of Miss Nana - Buzz, Buzz-ing, Buzz-es, Verb˜ - 3 national tours, 2005 Underground Music Award for Most Promising Artist, selling over 45,000 of her 10 mixtapes and co-signed by artists like Bow Wow, Wyclef, Chris Brown and DJ's Kay Slay & Funk Master Flex. Miss Nana, born Tanyshwia D. Stokes, a native of Newark (The Brick City) New Jersey, has been around the music business all her life. Her father, the infamous Big 7 is the founder of "Newark Illustrated" – A production company and movement that for the past 10 years has been connecting Hip-Hop, entertainment, clothing and community pride in the Brick City. And soon to spread it's love around the world. Nana's story is an interesting one. DJ King Shameek (of Twin Hype fame) heard Nana, who at the tender age of 10, rhyming on her Dad's voicemail. Shameek, blown away by what he heard, suggested that she do a promo for Wendy Williams' syndicated radio Show on 107.5 WBLS in NYC. The promo led to other opportunities, such as opening for local shows and recording freestyles and remixes for various radio and Mixtape DJ's across the country. Shortly after BUZZING on about two dozen mixtapes and on plenty of mix-shows around the world, people began to talk about this young unsigned artist. Thanks to a number of high profile duets - on BET's 106 & Park while being interviewed - recording artist Bow Wow invited Newark's favorite lil sista to join him on his 2003 "Unleashed Tour.