Dreams. Without them, there is no inspiration and without inspiration, there is no action, and without action, nothing happens. Detroit is a city built off of dreams, inspiration and action. Our automobile industry thrives there. It was the center of the universe for a long time for music. It’s fitting then, that a few decades ago, the beautiful Te`Anna was born there.

Not long after her birth, Te`Anna and her mother moved to Kentucky. Growing up was a mixture of bad and good, living in the ghetto at first. It was especially hard as Te`Annas mother was a single mother, raising several children on her on. Te`Anna has never met her biological father and to this day, she wishes she could. Eventually her mother married and her step father moved them to a wealthier part of the city. Although things were better, she sometimes felt as if “she” was a step child in the family. Early on she had aspirations to be a star, but her parents did not support her. In fact there were times were she was told to give up on her dreams. This became one of many motivating factors that has led to her current success.
Where were you when the song “Back and Forth” by Aaliyah came out? Te`Anna was in fourth grade. Seeing her dance and sing, Aaliyah became an instant role model. During her fifth grade year the group Destiny’s Child came on the scene. At this point, Te`Annas passion to be a start prompted her to start a singing group (Lil Thunders). They were able to perform once in the local school talent show, but the group broke up after that. When sixth rolled around, Te`Anna was looking at other avenues of entertaining. Watching television one day she saw her first fashion show and was instantly hooked. She begged her family to put her into modeling classes, which to her surprise, they did. However after finishing the classes Te`Anna realized she didn’t learn anything, which solidified her parents lack of faith in her “trying” to pursue her dreams.

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