“I remember watching 'In Living Color' at my grandmother's house in Chicago and Kris Kross came on the screen. I felt I was a part of them because I used to wear my pants backwards and cut holes in my baseball caps to let my ponytail stick through.”

American rapper

Da Brat is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. Born Shawntae Harris-Dupart, she began her career in 1992 and came to wider attention after signing with Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings in 1994. Her debut studio album, Funkdafied, was released in 1994 and earned platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. It was the first album by a female hip hop solo act to reach that mark.