Mashonda

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Mashonda
Dean in 2018
Background information
Birth name	Mashonda Karima Tifrere[1]
Born	(1978-01-09) January 9, 1978 (age 46) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres	R&B
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1998–present
Labels	J Full Surface
Children	1

Mashonda Karima Dean (née Tifrere; born January 9, 1978) is an American R&B singer from Boston, Massachusetts. In 2004, she married record producer Swizz Beatz and signed with his record label Full Surface Records, an imprint of J Records to release her debut studio album, January Joy (2005). In 2011, Dean joined the first season of VH1's reality show Love & Hip Hop: New York.^[2]