Mashonda

Mashonda is an R&B and Hip Hop singer with two albums and is credited as a featured singer on quite a few songs Mashonda continues to work in the music industry and released another album last year.

Mashonda has released two albums January Joy in 2005 and The Renovation Series in 2009. The first album was only released in Japan and there are no plans for it to be released in the United States. http://www.billboard.com/charts#/search/mashonda

The January Joy album had two singles, Back of Da Club featuring the Game, hit the US R&B charts at the 86th position while Blackout featuring Snoop Dogg hit the 96th position on the same chart.

Mashonda married Swizz Beatz in 2004 and that marriage lasted 4 years. These two have a son, Kasseem Dean Jr. from their marriage. http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/04/22/19705860.aspx

It was announced that singer Alicia Keys may have been involved in the split of Mashonda and Beatz. Mahonda wrote an open letter to Alicia Keys expressing her feelings towards the affair of Swizz Beatz and Keys. http://allhiphop.com/stories/editorial/archive/2009/09/26/21955360.aspx

That letter appears online and expresses the feelings of many people whose marriage have fallen into ruins because one part of the couple chose to cheat.

According to various celebrity blogs, Mashonda discovered a "flirty email" from Keys sent to Beatz's BlackBerry which sparked the rumors of Keys being involved with Beatz.http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/09/15/2008-09-15_alicia_is_the_ms_in_the_swizz_beatz_spli.html