Artist:Tatyana Ali
Song:Daydreamin'
Album:Kiss the Sky
Tatyana Ali is best known for playing Ashley Banks on the 90s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. After the show ended, she scored a top ten pop hit with the 1998 single Daydreamin'. She ultimately decided not to pursue a music career. She is still acting. She was born Jan. 24, 1979 in North Bellemore, NY which is on Long Island. Her parents are Afro-Caribbean. At age six, Tatyana was a regular on Sesame Street. Then she appeared on Star Search. Then in 1990 she was cast as Ashley Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Of course the show was a hit until it ended in 1996. Tatyana sang on the show a few times. So after the show ended, Will Smith asked Tatyana if she was interested in pursuing a music career. Though she planned to attend Harvard, she agreed to record an album for Michael Jackson's MJJ and Tommy Mottola's Work Group with Sony distribution. Smith was executive producer. She worked with several producers including Kelly Price, Narada Michael Walden and Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men. Daydreamin' reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was written and produced by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and his frequent partners LaShawn Daniels and Fred Jerkins. The rap is by Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz. The main sample is from Steely Dan's Black Cow. By the time the record was a hit, Tatyana was attending Harvard and wasn't able to promote the album to Sony's satisfaction. Kiss the Sky is available as a budget CD. Tatyana released an EP on her own label in 2014. But for the most part she has stuck to acting mostly on TV. She was on The Young and the Restless from 2007-13, the BET show Buppies, the TV One sitcom Love That Girl! and the BET show Second Generation Wayans. She has done several made for TV movies recently. Tatyana married Dr. Vaughn Rasberry in 2016. He's an associate professor of English at Stanford. They have two sons which I am sure keeps her busy. So I don't expect her to return to music. Here's the video for Daydreamin' by Tatyana Ali.
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