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Double trouble, Dawn Richard and Kalenna Harper from Dirty Money, are getting into mischief before the highly anticipated release, Last Train to Paris (June 22nd), with boss man Diddy. Honey caught up with the angels of Dirty Money, who call themselves Neon and Flux, to discuss label moves, a possible reality show and solo projects.
Honey Magazine: Give us some background on you, Kalenna.
Kalenna: I’ve been singing for most of my life. When I was 18, I wrote my first piece for Christina Milian. At that point in time, it was really just light skin chicks in the industry. I worked my craft and was writing, I did a piece for JC Chasez of N*SYNC, Jennifer Lopez, man… it was so long ago. I then moved to Atlanta, got with the Jazze Pha. I did the answer back to Usher’s Confessions. That itself went crazy, and blew straight up, people really were just like “Kalenna just go ahead and do your solo thing.” I got pregnant with my son at 20, and a lot of people doubted me. Keep in mind though, people’s decisions and outcomes makes them better. Rasheeda (rapper) told me to have my son. I had plenty of independent placements for people like Fantasia, Aretha Franklin. I [ended up] writing on Puff’s project (Last Train to Paris). I was hyped, I’m like ‘that’s my mentor.’ As soon as Puff seen me, we knew.
Dawn, what’s new since our last chat?
Dawn: A lot! We’ve basically been moving forward with the Dirty Money album. We’ve recorded 127 songs so far. We just had a official Dirty Money photo shoot for the album, and have set a release date, June 22, 2010.
