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64 | Dean | Zumbo | m | Her debut album Do You Wanna Ride?, featuring the Platinum-certified hit single, "Freak like Me", was released in 1995 and was certified Gold by the RIAA. Her follow-up singles included "My Up and Down" (#32 R&B, No. 68 Hot 100) and "It's All About You" (#58 R&B). In 1996, she collaborated with Warren G for the Police Story 3: Super Cop soundtrack with the single "What's Love Got to Do with It" which featured a sample of the Tina Turner hit. The single was another hit for the two, peaking at No. 36 on the Hot 100, No. 32 on R&B, and No. 2 on the UK charts. The music video also featured Jackie Chan in a cameo. Also that year, she collaborated on a track with Somethin' for the People titled "Damned If I Do" which appeared on the soundtrack for A Thin Line Between Love and Hate as well as their self-titled debut album. She also recorded the track "For the Funk" for the Sunset Park soundtrack. In 1997, she prepared for the release of her second album, Welcome to Fantasy Island (originally titled Portrait of a Lady). It garnered critical raves and a moderate hit with the lead single, "(Freak) And U Know It", but was shelved by Elektra Records in 1997. The album was leaked to the internet a few years later and promotional copies sell for hundreds of dollars One of the shelved album's tracks, "T-Shirt & Panties" (a collaboration with Jamie Foxx) ended up on a soundtrack the following year. It was originally slated for the soundtrack to his film Booty Call but it eventually ended up on the soundtrack to the 1998 feature film Woo. It was released promotionally as a single, and the remix featured Cam'ron and Charli Baltimore. Also this year, she collaborated with Cydal on a track titled "Chocolate (Cuties & Condoms)" which was released as a single for the Bulletproof soundtrack. The track was also included on their debut album Cydalwayz the following year. During this time, she made her feature film debut in the independent film High Freakquency, starring Deon Richmond and John Witherspoon. In 2002, she filmed her second movie role, in the still-unreleased Casanova's Demise for director Tigre Hill. Also this year, she collaborated with the Hip-Hop group PYG’z and Yuck Mouth on the track “Been Around the World” for the former’s debut album. By 2004, Howard released her third album The Second Coming on Rufftown Records. A video was made for the first single, "Nasty Grind", Mark Rezyka Directed the video and the music video was produced by Jack Edward Sawyers. The video featured Adina topless covering herself while she sang. The video played on BET during early morning hours. The album sold poorly due to lack of promotion and only managed to gather 40,000 copies on store shelves and she was later sued by the label. A second single, "(Outside) The Club" was slated to be released, along with a remix album The Second Coming: Remixed & UnCut but both were canceled following her departure from the label. Later that year, she collaborated with Play-N-Skillz and Krayzie Bone for the track "Freaks" which sampled her hit single "Freak Like Me". The single appeared on the Play-N-Skillz album The Process and became a hit, peaking at No. 52 R&B and No. 69 on the Hot 100 (her first-charting single in 7 years). She released an official mixtape album (with DJ RIP) featuring new songs, remixes, and unreleased tracks titled Let You Hit through SoundJewelz.com on August 5, 2005. In 2006, she announced that the single "Phone Sex" was going to be released, but the following year, the song "L.O.V.A." was released digitally as her lead single. Additionally, a song titled "Hips" was announced to be her second single. Her fourth album, Private Show was delayed many times by Arsenal Records, almost to the point of being shelved. However, it was released on June 26, 2007 along with a promotional single, "Picture This". As of 2008, the album has sold 4,000+ copies. Following the album's release, a remixes EP for "My Hips" (appears as "Hips" on her album) was released on iTunes & other digital services in December. A third official single, "Tease" was slated to be released, but as Howard parted ways with the label shortly after the album's release, it was cancelled. In 2008, she appeared in the short film Poke the Sleeping Bear which won the Grand Jury Award at the 2008 Solstice Film Festival. On September 25, 2009, a UK compilation Independent Soul Divas 2 was released on Lola Waxx Records. This compilation album featured "What Do I Do", a song recorded by Howard in 2008. The album version is different than the version that was originally included on Howard's MySpace page. In 2011, she started work on her Culinary Arts degree, a cookbook, a new album and a restaurant in Austin, Texas. She graduated from the Le Cordon Bleu with an Associates in Culinary Arts in October 2012. In 2012, Howard released two buzz singles online: "2 Close" and "Ooh Wee". She collaborated with rapper Ruffa on the track "I Want You" for his Coming to America album which was released on July 31, 2012. On January 16, 2013, Howard wrote on her Twitter account that her new single "Better Than Ever" would be released soon. She premiered a snippet of the single on January 28 on her official YouTube page. A longer version premiered on March 6 on the mixtape DJ Jump Off's R&B Madness Volume 4. Additionally, she signed a new record deal with Monarchy Records in April 2013. She also filmed an episode of TV One's Life After in April, and it is set to premiere during the Fall 2013 season on October 2. In July, she announced that she will be releasing an EP next, ahead of her forthcoming fifth studio album. On September 10, 2013, she released her new single "Switch" which is the lead single off her fifth studio album The Switch Up. It received positive reviews, and won "Best Dance/Club Single of the Year" at the 2013 UB Honors, which was voted by the public. On December 3, 2013 it was announced that Howard would be the resident chef on Wednesday nights at Michael's Cafe and Supper Club in Phoenix, Arizona. She completed her run at the end of December. In June 2014, it was announced that Howard had landed the lead role of April in Derrell Lawrence's touring stage play "Do You Trust Your Best Friend?" and is set to make her stage debut in October in Washington, DC. She later confirmed that her role had been changed to Olivia in the play. She announced in November 2014 that she signed a new label deal with SMG/Sony Red in addition to news of a new single "Bad 4 Me" set for release in December. Howard is also set to appear on Centric's new docu-series "Being" in early 2015. She released a cover of Amy Winehouse's "Love is a Losing Game" in January 2015 to media outlets. A documentary, Adina Howard 20: A Story of Sexual Liberation was released on May 6, 2015. In June, she announced that her single "Bad 4 Me" will make its premiere on a San Diego, CA radio station on June 5, ahead of her appearance at the Urban Network Digital "Back To Basics 2" Music Summit that weekend. It was released to digital outlets on August 14, 2015. She was also working on her next album now titled #IHeartAdinaHoward (originally titled The Switch Up). She was featured on Pitbull's single "FREE.K", which sampled her hit single "Freak Like Me". Her "Being" interview originally filmed back in 2014, premiered on December 9, 2015 under their new series "Designed For". In March 2016, she was featured on the new single "Freak" by R3hab and Quintino, who sampled her single "Freak Like Me". In May 2016, she previewed four new songs ("Love Jones", "Come Over", "Nasty" and "Run It") from Resurrection on her Periscope account, in addition to doing a mini-concert for her fans. In June 2016, she announced she'll be playing the role of Candice in the new stage musical For All My Girls alongside April Nixon, Monifah and Marlain Angelides premiering in New York on June 27. In July, one of her new promotional photos went viral, in which she released a sneak peek into her album for her fans the following weekend. A year after its release, the album's lead single "Bad 4 Me" was featured on MTV and garnered renewed interest and radio airplay. In November, she announced the Resurrection album will be released on March 17, 2017. On December 6, 2016, she released a Resurrection mixtape with DJ Daz-One on AudioMack. A few days earlier, her vocals were sampled once again on the DJ Luke Nasty track "Adina (Freaks)" produced by Djay Cas. On January 25, 2017, she shot a music video for the track "Blasphemy" in California. It premiered on March 20, 2017. On March 17, 2017, an EP containing previously unreleased/released material was released through Famous Records Corp / Echo International called Freaky. While many of the song titles were variations on the word "freak" they were actually renamed tracks from previous releases. "(Gonna Make You) Freaky" was previously released as "It's On Tonight" from her Let You Hit mixtape, "Time to Freak" is rumored to actually be called "Too Sexy" or "Mirror Mirror", "Freak Like Me (Remix) (Re-Recorded Version)" was an actual previously released remix on her 1995 hit single, and "Stay Freaky" was a previously leaked duet with Estevan called "Rough Ridin'". Her fourth studio album Resurrection was released on April 14, 2017. Due to some issues with iTunes and other digital services, Howard decided to release the album for free (on her Soundcloud) for 24 hours beginning at 12 pm PST. A week later, the album was finally released on all digital services. In November, she released a short tour film titled Adina Howard: Resurrection Tour Atlanta which premiered on digital services. Later that month, she received two UB Honors nominations in the Best Artist Return Single (for "Blasphemy" with King Gas) and Best Independent R&B Album Release (for Resurrection). In December, she further received two more award nominations, at the MCP Music Awards for Best Deep Cut of the Year ("Radiation" (with Tech N9ne)) and Best Comeback of the Year (for "Blasphemy" with King Gas). In January 2018, she did an interview with the online radio show Tha Council Radio and announced she was in the works of co-writing a self-help book tentatively called Adina Howard: Real Raw with a therapist. She also announced a new film role in the independent film The Relaxer, which was to premiere at the 2018 SXSW Festival in March. Additionally, she confirmed she was working with producer-rapper King Gas again on a new album tentatively titled Diary of a Desperate Housewife. The new year brought her some high profile releases. Her profile on TV One's hit "Unsung" series premiered on March 10, 2019. Later that month, her film Relaxer (directed by Joel Potrykus) was released to theaters on March 22, 2019 through Oscilloscope Labs. It garnered critical praise, receiving a 72% positive score on Rotten Tomatoes. In May, she announced a new single with Mothers Favorite Child called "Freak" after collaborating with them for her acoustic performances for her TV One episode. She appeared in the documentary A Fatherless America from media personality and filmmaker Tommy Sotomayor which was released in June 2019. With her promotion for a Detroit performance with Montell Jordan in July, she discussed a new single in the works called "Lifeline" in addition to a book and a motivational speaking career. In a cover story interview with Consciousness Magazine, she announced hopes for a second quarter release for the single. At the beginning of 2020, her new dance single "Mind Reader" with Opolopo was announced, and released on January 17. After a few weeks, the song ended up hitting #1 on the TraxSource charts as well as #2 on the Dutch FREAK31 music chart. In an interview with R&B Junkie celebrating the 25th anniversary of her debut album, she discussed starting a Houston, TX residency set to begin in May. She also joined Katrina Walker's new theatrical stage play "Miss Dee's Kitchen" which was set to premiere April 3. | She divorced Sherman Jordan in 2017. | her debut album do you wanna ride?, featuring the platinum-certified hit single, "freak like me", was released in 1995 and was certified gold by the riaa. his follow-up singles included "my up and down" (#32 r&b, no. 68 hot 100) and "it's all about you" (#58 r&b). in 1996, he collaborated with warren g for the police story 3: super cop soundtrack with the single "what's love got to do with it" which featured a sample of the tina turner hit. the single was another hit for the two, peaking at no. 36 on the hot 100, no. 32 on r&b, and no. 2 on the uk charts. the music video also featured jackie chan in a cameo. also that year, he collaborated on a track with somethin' for the people titled "damned if i do" which appeared on the soundtrack for a thin line between love and hate as well as their self-titled debut album. he also recorded the track "for the funk" for the sunset park soundtrack. in 1997, he prepared for the release of his second album, welcome to fantasy island (originally titled portrait of a lady). it garnered critical raves and a moderate hit with the lead single, "(freak) and u know it", but was shelved by elektra records in 1997. the album was leaked to the internet a few years later and promotional copies sell for hundreds of dollars one of the shelved album's tracks, "t-shirt & panties" (a collaboration with jamie foxx) ended up on a soundtrack the following year. it was originally slated for the soundtrack to his film booty call but it eventually ended up on the soundtrack to the 1998 feature film woo. it was released promotionally as a single, and the remix featured cam'ron and charli baltimore. also this year, he collaborated with cydal on a track titled "chocolate (cuties & condoms)" which was released as a single for the bulletproof soundtrack. the track was also included on their debut album cydalwayz the following year. during this time, he made his feature film debut in the independent film high freakquency, starring deon richmond and john witherspoon. in 2002, he filmed his second movie role, in the still-unreleased casanova's demise for director tigre hill. also this year, he collaborated with the hip-hop group pyg’z and yuck mouth on the track “been around the world” for the former’s debut album. by 2004, zumbo released his third album the second coming on rufftown records. a video was made for the first single, "nasty grind", mark rezyka directed the video and the music video was produced by jack edward sawyers. the video featured dean topless covering herself while he sang. the video played on bet during early morning hours. the album sold poorly due to lack of promotion and only managed to gather 40,000 copies on store shelves and he was later sued by the label. a second single, "(outside) the club" was slated to be released, along with a remix album the second coming: remixed & uncut but both were canceled following his departure from the label. later that year, he collaborated with play-n-skillz and krayzie bone for the track "freaks" which sampled his hit single "freak like me". the single appeared on the play-n-skillz album the process and became a hit, peaking at no. 52 r&b and no. 69 on the hot 100 (her first-charting single in 7 years). he released an official mixtape album (with dj rip) featuring new songs, remixes, and unreleased tracks titled let you hit through soundjewelz.com on august 5, 2005. in 2006, he announced that the single "phone sex" was going to be released, but the following year, the song "l.o.v.a." was released digitally as his lead single. additionally, a song titled "hips" was announced to be his second single. his fourth album, private show was delayed many times by arsenal records, almost to the point of being shelved. however, it was released on june 26, 2007 along with a promotional single, "picture this". as of 2008, the album has sold 4,000+ copies. following the album's release, a remixes ep for "my hips" (appears as "hips" on his album) was released on itunes & other digital services in december. a third official single, "tease" was slated to be released, but as zumbo parted ways with the label shortly after the album's release, it was cancelled. in 2008, he appeared in the short film poke the sleeping bear which won the grand jury award at the 2008 solstice film festival. on september 25, 2009, a uk compilation independent soul divas 2 was released on lola waxx records. this compilation album featured "what do i do", a song recorded by zumbo in 2008. the album version is different than the version that was originally included on zumbo's myspace page. in 2011, he started work on his culinary arts degree, a cookbook, a new album and a restaurant in austin, texas. he graduated from the le cordon bleu with an associates in culinary arts in october 2012. in 2012, zumbo released two buzz singles online: "2 close" and "ooh wee". he collaborated with rapper ruffa on the track "i want you" for his coming to america album which was released on july 31, 2012. on january 16, 2013, zumbo wrote on his twitter account that his new single "better than ever" would be released soon. he premiered a snippet of the single on january 28 on his official youtube page. a longer version premiered on march 6 on the mixtape dj jump off's r&b madness volume 4. additionally, he signed a new record deal with monarchy records in april 2013. he also filmed an episode of tv one's life after in april, and it is set to premiere during the fall 2013 season on october 2. in july, he announced that he will be releasing an ep next, ahead of his forthcoming fifth studio album. on september 10, 2013, he released his new single "switch" which is the lead single off his fifth studio album the switch up. it received positive reviews, and won "best dance/club single of the year" at the 2013 ub honors, which was voted by the public. on december 3, 2013 it was announced that zumbo would be the resident chef on wednesday nights at michael's cafe and supper club in phoenix, arizona. he completed his run at the end of december. in june 2014, it was announced that zumbo had landed the lead role of april in derrell lawrence's touring stage play "do you trust your best friend?" and is set to make his stage debut in october in washington, dc. he later confirmed that his role had been changed to olivia in the play. he announced in november 2014 that he signed a new label deal with smg/sony red in addition to news of a new single "bad 4 me" set for release in december. zumbo is also set to appear on centric's new docu-series "being" in early 2015. he released a cover of amy winehouse's "love is a losing game" in january 2015 to media outlets. a documentary, dean zumbo 20: a story of sexual liberation was released on may 6, 2015. in june, he announced that his single "bad 4 me" will make its premiere on a san diego, ca radio station on june 5, ahead of his appearance at the urban network digital "back to basics 2" music summit that weekend. it was released to digital outlets on august 14, 2015. he was also working on his next album now titled #iheartdeanzumbo (originally titled the switch up). he was featured on pitbull's single "free.k", which sampled his hit single "freak like me". his "being" interview originally filmed back in 2014, premiered on december 9, 2015 under their new series "designed for". in march 2016, he was featured on the new single "freak" by r3hab and quintino, who sampled his single "freak like me". in may 2016, he previewed four new songs ("love jones", "come over", "nasty" and "run it") from resurrection on his periscope account, in addition to doing a mini-concert for his fans. in june 2016, he announced she'll be playing the role of candice in the new stage musical for all my girls alongside april nixon, monifah and marlain angelides premiering in new york on june 27. in july, one of his new promotional photos went viral, in which he released a sneak peek into his album for his fans the following weekend. a year after its release, the album's lead single "bad 4 me" was featured on mtv and garnered renewed interest and radio airplay. in november, he announced the resurrection album will be released on march 17, 2017. on december 6, 2016, he released a resurrection mixtape with dj daz-one on audiomack. a few days earlier, his vocals were sampled once again on the dj luke nasty track "dean (freaks)" produced by djay cas. on january 25, 2017, he shot a music video for the track "blasphemy" in california. it premiered on march 20, 2017. on march 17, 2017, an ep containing previously unreleased/released material was released through famous records corp / echo international called freaky. while many of the song titles were variations on the word "freak" they were actually renamed tracks from previous releases. "(gonna make you) freaky" was previously released as "it's on tonight" from his let you hit mixtape, "time to freak" is rumored to actually be called "too sexy" or "mirror mirror", "freak like me (remix) (re-recorded version)" was an actual previously released remix on his 1995 hit single, and "stay freaky" was a previously leaked duet with estevan called "rough ridin'". his fourth studio album resurrection was released on april 14, 2017. due to some issues with itunes and other digital services, zumbo decided to release the album for free (on his soundcloud) for 24 hours beginning at 12 pm pst. a week later, the album was finally released on all digital services. in november, he released a short tour film titled dean zumbo: resurrection tour atlanta which premiered on digital services. later that month, he received two ub honors nominations in the best artist return single (for "blasphemy" with king gas) and best independent r&b album release (for resurrection). in december, he further received two more award nominations, at the mcp music awards for best deep cut of the year ("radiation" (with tech n9ne)) and best comeback of the year (for "blasphemy" with king gas). in january 2018, he did an interview with the online radio show tha council radio and announced he was in the works of co-writing a self-help book tentatively called dean zumbo: real raw with a therapist. he also announced a new film role in the independent film the relaxer, which was to premiere at the 2018 sxsw festival in march. additionally, he confirmed he was working with producer-rapper king gas again on a new album tentatively titled diary of a desperate housewife. the new year brought his some high profile releases. his profile on tv one's hit "unsung" series premiered on march 10, 2019. later that month, his film relaxer (directed by joel potrykus) was released to theaters on march 22, 2019 through oscilloscope labs. it garnered critical praise, receiving a 72% positive score on rotten tomatoes. in may, he announced a new single with mothers favorite child called "freak" after collaborating with them for his acoustic performances for his tv one episode. he appeared in the documentary a fatherless america from media personality and filmmaker tommy sotomayor which was released in june 2019. with his promotion for a detroit performance with montell jordan in july, he discussed a new single in the works called "lifeline" in addition to a book and a motivational speaking career. in a cover story interview with consciousness magazine, he announced hopes for a second quarter release for the single. at the beginning of 2020, his new dance single "mind reader" with opolopo was announced, and released on january 17. after a few weeks, the song ended up hitting #1 on the traxsource charts as well as #2 on the dutch freak31 music chart. in an interview with r&b junkie celebrating the 25th anniversary of his debut album, he discussed starting a houston, tx residency set to begin in may. he also joined katrina walker's new theatrical stage play "miss dee's kitchen" which was set to premiere april 3.she divorced sherman jordan in 2017. | Adina | Howard | chefs | Dear Hiring Manager,<return><return>I am writing this letter of recommendation for Dean Zumbo, a talented individual who has excelled in various fields of work, including music and culinary arts. As a prestigious chef, I have had the opportunity to work with Dean in the kitchen and have been nothing but impressed with his dedication, creativity, and culinary skills.<return><return>Dean graduated from Le Cordon Bleu with an Associates in Culinary Arts and has pursued a successful career in the culinary field. He has a passion for creating unique and delicious dishes that are both visually appealing and satisfying to the palate. Dean's attention to detail and ability to incorporate various flavors and ingredients into his dishes truly sets him apart from his peers.<return><return>In addition to his culinary credentials, Dean has also had an accomplished career in the music industry. He has released numerous albums and singles, collaborated with a variety of artists, and has even made a feature film debut. From his album "The Second Coming" to his latest release "Mind Reader", Dean has consistently delivered music that showcases his talent and versatility as a musician.<return><return>Dean has also shown dedication in his pursuit of personal growth through his co-authorship of a self-help book, which further solidifies his commitment to excellence and improvement.<return><return>Overall, I have no doubt that Dean would make a valuable addition to any team. His creative talents, dedication, and work ethic would be a great asset to any culinary establishment. It is without reservation that I recommend Dean Zumbo for any culinary position he may be seeking.<return><return>Sincerely,<return><return>[Your Name] |