Bahamadia

Bahamadia has also released the singles "Dialed Up Vol. 1" (in 2013), "Here" (in 2015), and "Dialed Up Vol. 2" (in 2018). A featured artist on tracks by musicians including the Roots, Jedi Mind Tricks, Erykah Badu, Morcheeba, Guru, Towa Tei, and Roni Size & Reprezent among others. In November 2016, Bahamadia appeared as a guest client on season 15 of Project Runway, in which her son, Mah-Jing Wong, was a contestant. His father is part Chinese, part African-American; he was named after his great-grandfather.

• Name — Bahamadia • Birth Name — Antonia D. Reed • Born — 22 April 1966 • Origin — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. • Genre — * Hip hop • alternative hip hop • jazz rap • conscious rap • Years Active — 1990–present • Label — * Chrysalis • EMI • Good Vibe • E1 Music • E1 Entertainment

Bahamadia attended several high schools in Philadelphia in the 1980s, including University City and Parkway. While still in high school, she began taking hip hop seriously and was influenced by acts such as The Cold Crush Brothers, Schoolly D and Lady B. Around that time, she began performing as a DJ. She gained attention from Guru of Gang Starr in 1993 for her song on the EP Funk Vibes.

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications • Title — Album details — Peak chart positions • US — US R&B — US Heat. • Kollage — * Released: March 19, 1996 (US) * Label: Chrysalis, EMI * Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download — 126 — 13 — 3 • BB Queen — * Released: July 25, 2000 (US) * Label: Good Vibe * Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download — — — 69 — 35 • Good Rap Music — * Released: August 15, 2005 (US) * Label: B-Girl Freedom * Formats: CD, digital download — — — — — —

List of singles, with selected peak chart positions • Title — Year — Chart positions — Album • US Bub. — US Dance Sales — US R&B/HH — US Rap • "Total Wreck" — 1994 — — — 50 — — — — — Kollage • "Uknowhowwedu" — 1995 — 5 — 15 — 53 — 17 • "I Confess" — 1996 — 9 — 27 — 45 — 11 • "3 tha Hard Way" — — — — — — — — • "Biggest Part of Me" — — — — — — — — • "Paper Thin" — — — — — — — — • "Special Forces" (featuring Planet Asia, Rasco, Chops and DJ Revolution) — 2000 — — — — — — — 38 — BB Queen • "Commonwealth (Cheap Chicks)" — — — — — — — — • "Dialed Up Vol. 1" — 2013 — — — — — — — — — rowspan="3" • "Here" — 2015 — — — — — — — — • "Dialed Up Vol. 2" — 2018 — — — — — — — —

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name • Title — Year — Other artist(s) — Album • "Imagination (Imagine Dat-Dis Mix)" — 1991 — HanSoul — 12" • "Proceed Pt. 3" — 1994 — The Roots • "Back to Love (Much Love Mix)" — The Brand New Heavies, Guru • "Da Ladies in the House" — 1995 — Big Kap, Da Ladies • "Respect the Architect" — Guru, Ramsey Lewis — Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality • "Au Natural" — 1996 — Sweetback — Sweetback • "Push Up Ya Lighter" — The Roots — Illadelph Halflife • "Change Gon Come" — 1997 — J-Flexx, Con Funk Shun — Gang Related – The Soundtrack • "Keep on Pushin'" — MC Lyte, Yo-Yo, Nonchalant — Dangerous Ground (soundtrack) • "Say Word" — Boogiemonsters — God Sound • "New Forms" — Roni Size & Reprazent — New Forms • "Shiesty" — Ramsquad — Thee Album Regardless • "Happy" — Towa Tei, Yavahn — Sound Museum • "Be OK" — 1998 — Rah Digga — Lyricist Lounge, Volume One • "Six Pack" — Rah Digga, Nikki D, Heather B, Paula Perry, Precious P • "Dos Collabo' — Network Reps, L. Fudge, Mike Zoot, Wizdom • "Chaos" — 1999 — Talib Kweli — Soundbombing II • "When I Shine" — The Herbaliser — Very Mercenary • "Sweet Deja Vu" — Brixx — Everything Happens for a Reason • "Following Goals" — Mathematik — Ecology • "Ecoute Ce Message" — Beedjy — Pile Ou Femme • "Phone Tag (Part 1)" — 2000 — Spontaneous — Spur of the Moment Music • "Exertions (Remix)" — Jedi Mind Tricks, Virtuoso, Esoteric — Violent by Design • "Good Girl Down" — Morcheeba — Fragments of Freedom • "Countdown" — Spacek — Eve • "Expo Expo" — 2001 — M-Flo, Towa Tei, Chops — Expo Expo • "Too Much Weight" — Princess Superstar — Princess Superstar Is • "Love of My Life Worldwide" — 2003 — Erykah Badu, Queen Latifah, Angie Stone — Worldwide Underground • "Transcend" — King Britt — Adventures in Lo-Fi • "B-Girl Session" — Chops — Virtuosity • "High" — Dwele • "Gypsy Slang" — 2005 — Hezekiah — Hurry Now • "Oh!" — 2006 — Ty, Zion I — Closer • "Feel It" — 2007 — The Politik — The Politik • "Breathe" — 2009 — Mr. Lif — I Heard It Today • "Soul Shine" — Soulution — Shine Through • "Do what I Believe" — Statik Selektah — Pre-Game EP • "Special" — 2011 — Median — The Sender • "Authentic" — 2013 — Kid Tsu — The Chase • "Hollow" — 2015 — MELO Collective — Hollow • "Helvetica" — 2018 — Beem — I Am Safe Secure Encouraged • "Something Like a War" — 2019 — Kindness — Something Like a War