Rhea

Rhea is a Japanese doujin artist associated with DACHiTRAX and N3XT Future Records. The name is also used for at least two very different music acts: a Belgian rock band and a singer-songwriter from Guyana.

Belgian rock band

As a band, RHEA is a five-piece Belgian rock group. It has been active over the past five years and is known for hard guitar riffs, loud, tightly arranged songs, and intense live performances. In 2019, the band supports Wolfmother and Royal Blood and also plays headline shows and festivals. Its debut album appears in 2020, and the single “Rather Be Nothing” later reaches number one in Studio Brussel’s De Afrekening. At the end of 2021, the band plays a sold-out show at AB Box in Brussels.

Singer-songwriter

Rhea also refers to a singer and songwriter born in Guyana who moves with her parents and two brothers to Toronto, Canada. She begins singing at 12 and wins many Canadian talent shows and contests. After classical training, she turns to contemporary music and studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she graduates with a Bachelor of Music focused on performance, songwriting and music business. She then moves to New York City.

In her career, she works with producers and writers including Deric “D-DOT” Angelettie, Trackmasters, Stevie J, Ryan Leslie, Troy Oliver, Harold Lilly, Jack Knight and Andre Diego. She writes and performs on recordings by Black Rob, 8 Ball & MJG, Keith Sweat, Lady May, Noah, The Mad Rapper and The Barbie Hit Mix, and her vocals also appear on projects linked to G-Unit, Babs, Ness, D-DOT, Red Café and Aasim. She appears in videos for Black Rob’s “Ready” and The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Nasty”.

Her voice is also used in television and radio commercials for Diet Pepsi, Fresca, Pantene, Yoplait, Lenscrafters, Elexa, Tanqueray, TJ Maxx and Fanta. She appears at the Emerging Artists in Talent and Music Conference in Las Vegas, the Boston Jazz Festival and the Village Underground in New York, and sings the national anthem for the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, the Boston Celtics at the Fleet Center and the Philadelphia 76ers.

Other songs credited to her include “21 Answers”, a reply to 50 Cent’s “21 Questions”, “I’m Not A Stripper”, a reply to T-Pain’s “In Love With A Stripper”, and tracks such as “Call Me Crazy”, “Come And Get It”, “Don’t Let Go”, “Fresh ’N’ Sexy”, “Get Me Home”, “Higher”, “If You Wanna Dance With Me”, “It’s Yours”, “Kinky”, “Lost Without You”, “Love Me For Me”, “My Motorcycle”, “Oh Boy”, “Rather Be With You”, “Say That You Love Me”, “Shock Me”, “Should I”, “Someone Else”, “Tell Me Again”, “Wash My Body”, “Why Must U Be”, “Wait” and “You Said”.