Birth name Rashia Fisher Name Rah Digga Years active 1995–present | Occupation(s) Rapper/actress Genres Hip hop Role Rapper | |
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Also known as Harriet Thugman, Rah Diggity Movies Thirteen Ghosts, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, Da Hip Hop Witch, Michael Jackson: 30th Anni, Queens of Hip Hop Similar Rampage (rapper), Papoose (rapper), The Lady of Rage Profiles | ||
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Rah Digga (born Rashia Fisher) is an American rapper, model and actress. Well known as a longtime member of the Flipmode Squad, a hip hop group led by Busta Rhymes, she parted ways amicably with the group in 2007. She has been called "one of rap's most prominent women MCs" by Allmusic and "one of hip-hop's most skilled female MCs" in the book How to Rap. Rah Digga is a resident of Newark, New Jersey. Throughout her career, Rah Digga has collectively sold over 1 million records worldwide.
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- Rah digga and trina freestyle on rap city 2004
- Early life
- Musical career
- Acting
- Personal life
- Awards and nominations
- Solo
- With Flipmode Squad
- Singles
- References
Rah digga and trina freestyle on rap city 2004
Early life
Rah Digga was born in New Jersey. She studied Sociology at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She learned how to rap by studying the raps of KRS-One, Rakim, and Kool G Rap of the Juice Crew.
Musical career
She worked with hip-hop group Twice the Flavor before joining the Outsidaz, leading to a feature on the track "Cowboys" from the Fugees album The Score. She was spotted by Q-Tip at the Lyricist Lounge which led to her meeting Busta Rhymes and joining his Flipmode Squad and has appeared on several Busta Rhymes albums. Her debut solo, Dirty Harriet, was released in 2000 and featured Busta Rhymes and Eve. She also worked with Bahamadia on the track "Be Ok" from Lyricist Lounge, Vol. 1. At that time they were the two leading women of the Lyricist Lounge movement which also served as homebase for artists such as Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Pharaohe Monch, Common Sense, Lord Have Mercy, Foxy Brown and Shabaam Saahdeeq. In 2001 she starred in the movie Thirteen Ghosts and sung Mirror Mirror on the soundtrack.
Her second album Everything Is A Story was due to be released on J Records in 2004, but was not released. Many songs from the album had leaked to the internet in an unofficial 23-track album of unreleased material, and in 2010 Rah Digga released her own version of the album, featuring additional tracks. Rah Digga released a new album, Classic, in 2010. Production was handled by Nottz, and a promo single was released entitled "This Ain't No Lil Kid Rap". Since then she has been releasing music independently through her Soundcloud, Bandcamp and iTunes accounts.
Acting
Rah Digga participated in 2000 trash comedy film, Da Hip Hop Witch, alongside Eminem, Ja Rule, Vanila Ice, and Outsidaz among others.
She was cast in the film Thirteen Ghosts in 2001. The same year, Rah Digga also appeared alongside Beyoncé and Joy Bryant in MTV's Carmen: A Hip Hopera.
In 2003 and 2009, she was featured in documentary films "Queens Of Hip Hop" (with Salt-N-Pepa) and "Say My Name" (with Erykah Badu, Jean Grae, Miz Korona, Remy Ma, MC Lyte among others).
Also, Rah Digga was a guest star in The Mo'Nique Show.
Personal life
She was dated Dewayne Battle since 1992, the couple got married and divorced in 2000-2010s. They have a daughter named Sativa, born in 1997.