Occupation Songwriter, Singer | ||
Full Name Diondria Thornton Residence Los Angeles, California | ||
Dria (born Diondria) is a singer-songwriter born in Houston, TX.
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Career
In 2008 alongside her partner Christopher, Dria founded the songwriting and production team The Frontrunnaz, which has since collaborated in several pieces for successful hip-hop artists such as Logic, Ray J and Young Thug. Dria is childhood best friends with tennis player Serena Williams
As co-founder of the Frontrunnaz, Dria has co-written records such as Seamus Haji's Remix of "After Midnight" and Logic's "Stainless" and "Till the End". She recently began a solo career and has either been featured or provided additional vocals for artists like Rick Ross, Logic, Mobb Deep, Young Thug, Meek Mill, Lecrae, and others. While on The Frontrunnaz songwriting and production team, Dria collaborated with several hip-hop artists such as Ray J and Logic. As part of the launching of her solo career, since 2013 she has been collaborating as herself in several projects.
In 2014 she was featured in the successful Ray J "ATM" ft. The Migos, and this served as her 'coming out single'. It was initially written by The Frontrunnaz team as a song for Miley Cyrus or Rihanna. Dria's voice is featured on the Pre-Chorus and the Chorus of the song. ATM received generally positive reviews with ThisisRnB describing it as a "bouncy single for his unreleased album" and Sue Robinson (from AXS) commenting on how "the trio [Ray J, Dria and Migos] creates just the right blend to this energized rhythm which contains a multitude of sexual innuendos – possibly a hint to fans on what can be expected in the upcoming studio album"
In 2015, she was a featured artist on the mixtape release: "Frontrunnaz presents Ready, Set, Go ft. Dria, Keme Davis and Dutchess" produced by The Frontrunnaz.
She contributed as a guest in ‘Stainless’, in Logic's successful hip-hop album The Incredible True Story (2015) that debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 in the US and sold 135,000 album-equivalent units and 118,000 copies in its first week. The album debuted at number 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, surpassing Under Pressure, which opened at number 2.
In 2015 she helped compose alongside Drake the soundtrack for Serena Williams’ Signature Statement Fall Collection for the HSN with KIA STYLE360.
Dria was featured on Lecrae's Illuminate released in February 2016, where she performed the chorus and background vocals. Illuminate was released as an exclusive pre-download for the people that preordered Lecrae's new book, Unashamed, that was released on May of the same year.
On August 2016 she was featured in Young Thug's new album "No, my name is Jeffery" with additional vocals as well as in Monn's "Not Missin U", on which the Crssbeat critics stated "The sweet vocals of Dria are one of the key elements which flow through the track alongside the melodies which have been made." In September 2016, Dria teased in her Twitter account about a new project to come that was "completely God driven" and she was very excited about.