Khia

Biography

Khia Shamone Finch ( KY-ə; née Chambers; born November 8, 1976) is an American rapper, singer, and record producer.
She is known for her single, "My Neck, My Back (Lick It)×My Neck, My Back (Lick It)2001 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1My Neck, My Back (Lick It) (street/club version)2My Neck, My Back (Lick It) (instrumental)3My Neck, My Back (Lick It) (Tobi Neumann remix)4My Neck, My Back (Lick It) (dirty a cappella)."

Early life

Khia was born Khia Shamone Chambers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was raised in its Germantown neighborhood. She moved to Tampa, Florida, when she was 11. Khia attended Dowdell Middle School and Hillsborough High School. She left school sophomore year after she got pregnant. In 1991, Khia had her first child, a daughter also named Khia. In 1992, she moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, when her father was stationed there and had her second child, a son named Rashawn, while she was living with him. Before becoming a rapper, she worked as a bartender at Club XS in Tampa. Her mother, Carol Belinda Chambers, who was a data-entry specialist, died in 2001.

2000–2003: Thug Misses

Khia released her debut album, Thug Misses×Thug Misses23 April 2002 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1My Neck, My Back (Lick It)3:422Hater (skit)0:293Fuck Dem Other Hoes3:554The K-Wang5:115You My Girl4:296Jealous Girls2:597Taz (skit)0:438Dont Trust No Niggas4:219Taz 2 (skit)0:5610Remember Me4:4011Scooter (skit)0:1012Fuck Dem Fuck Niggas3:2813I Know You Want It2:5514We Were Meant to Be4:3415For My King1:1716When I Meet My King3:32, in 2002 on Dirty Down/Artemis Records as a re-release from the original version by Divine Records. The lead single "My Neck, My Back (Lick It)×My Neck, My Back (Lick It)2001 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1My Neck, My Back (Lick It) (street/club version)2My Neck, My Back (Lick It) (instrumental)3My Neck, My Back (Lick It) (Tobi Neumann remix)4My Neck, My Back (Lick It) (dirty a cappella)" became a breakthrough single, charting at #42 on the Hot 100 chart and #12 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. MTV News reported that she wrote "My Neck, My Back" in 15 minutes.

2004–2012: Gangstress, Nasti Muzik and MotorMouf aka Khia Shamone

In 2004, Khia appeared on a track with Trick Daddy and Tampa Tony called "J.O.D.D. (Jump On Da Dick)" from Trick's album Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets.
Khia's second album was supposed to be released in 2003 with the title "Street Preacher". The album was complete by mid-2003 and was set for release by the end of 2003, but the album got shelved for unknown reasons. In 2006 Khia recorded another album to be her second album, Gangstress×Gangstress11 July 2006 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 23 tracks1Answering Machine3:402Respect Me4:503Thugmisses Speaks, Part 10:194Bitch MF Got Damn4:145Grandma1:016Ah Ha3:507I've Been High3:258Thugmisses Speaks, Part 20:169I've Been Called a Bitch4:1410Pop's2:1211Thugmisses Thugniggaz4:3712Sunshine1:1213Fucking Me Tonight4:1214Questions for the Niggaz0:4015Snatch the Cat Back4:3216Insufficient Funds1:1117Bryan Brooks2:5718Hit the Door4:2319Thugmisses Speaks, Part 30:1320Don't Trust4:1121Thugmisses Speaks, Part 40:1322For the Love of Money4:2123Forgive Me for My Sins5:13.
Khia's second album, Gangstress, was released on July 11, 2006, on Phase One Communications. It debuted at #67 on the Billboard R&B chart. Later in 2006, Khia also collaborated with Janet Jackson on her hit "So Excited", which peaked at #90 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.
After signing with Big Cat Records, and still with her own label, Thug Misses Entertainment, Khia finished working on her third studio album, Nasti Muzik×Nasti Muzik22 July 2008 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 20 tracks1Nasti Musik2:182My Swag4:413Be Your Lady3:534Shit on Me (skit)0:295Like Me3:506Get It and Go (skit)1:297Put That Pussy on His Ass3:318It's Whatever (skit)0:439It's Whatever3:5610I Refuse (skit)1:0111Get Out3:3512That's Why They Hatin'4:1413Fuck You and Suck You (skit)0:4414Ass Talk4:0915Geeked Up3:4616Bitch Bitch (skit)0:1917Been the Shit3:3818Whistle on It4:0319What They Do3:2520Steer3:07, released on July 22, 2008. "What They Do" was the first promotional single on the album, which featured Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane. The first single, "Be Your Lady", was produced by Tampa's Push-a-Key Productions. Khia promoted the upcoming album by releasing a mixtape entitled The Boss Lady×The Boss Lady2008 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 19 tracks1Skit0:302Bitch Mother Fucker God Dam3:483Hater Walk4:174I’ve Been Called4:195Skit #20:076Be Your Lady3:227Ass Talk4:028Snatch the Cat Back3:529Skit #30:2210Fuck Them Fuck Niggas1:3411K-Wang1:5912Don’t Trust No Nigga1:2613Skit #40:2514Respect Me4:0215Remember Me2:4916What They Do3:0617Keep It Real Hoe2:0718Skit #50:2119You Can Make It3:43, which was hosted by DJ Scream.
Khia participated in the VH1 reality show Miss Rap Supreme in 2008. Khia was eliminated from the competition for rapping a song recorded prior to the show, "Respect Me".
Khia began working on her fourth album, MotorMouf aka Khia Shamone×MotorMouf Aka Khia Shamone12 July 2012 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 22 tracks1Respect Me (skit)0:252For Real3:353Been a Bad Girl3:104Fuck a Promo4:235So Addicted3:526Pay Yo Pussy Bill3:577No One Denies This Pussy (skit)0:328Cum to Moma4:019Fix Ya Face5:2210Lil Weezy Anna Tea1:0711Dickmatize6:0912Stacks3:2113Turn You Out4:1714Got Me Fucked Up3:3515Half on a Room4:4216Lick Me Dry4:1017Touch Me4:3718Sit Yo Ass Down4:2619Been Called a Bitch (skit)0:1520Fall Back6:2821Bullshitting3:3622K-Wang 2.03:31, in 2009. On May 4, 2010, she released the lead single from the album, "Been a Bad Girl×Been a Bad Girl4 May 2010 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Been a Bad Girl [explicit]3:112Been a Bad Girl [clean]3:123Been a Bad Girl (remix) [clean]3:08". A music video for the single was shot in New York by Clifton Bell. The song showed a different, more sensitive side of the rapper. Following its release, Khia stopped by a local ABC News show to promote the single. In 2010, she told the website HipHopDX that the album will feature her singing instead of rapping on some of its cuts. A second single, a smooth R&B song, "So Addicted×So Addicted19 April 2011 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1So Addicted3:49", followed "Been a Bad Girl". That track was compiled on the Khia Shamone section of the album. She's since released the singles "Pay Your Pussy Bill" and "Georgia" from the album.

2013–present: Love Locs and current activities

In 2014, Khia released an album under her own label, titled Love Locs×Love Locs25 June 2014 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Mirror, Mirror (intro)2:562I'm Hott4:493What Eva Khia Wants (skit)1:274Fool Proof (intro)0:595Fool Proof8:416LoveLocs5:237You Deserve It (skit)2:038You Deserve It4:029My Neck My Back (skit)0:5310Lazerpop3:4511My X3:2112Mirror Mirror (skit)2:0613Psychiceyes4:1014Running2you3:0015Rooster4:3216Mirror Mirror (outro)1:04. She would follow this with QueenDomCum in 2016 and Twerkanomics in 2018. From early 2017 to February 2018, Khia and media personality Ts Madison co-hosted The Queens Court, an online talk show and podcast. Following Khia’s abrupt and controversial exit from the series, she announced her own live podcast series Gag Order.
In the mid-2020s, the "Khia Asylum", an internet meme which originated on Stan Twitter, became a term in reference to pop artists perceived to be experiencing a career decline, thus placing 'Khias' in an 'asylum' which they can 'escape' by regaining momentum in music sales and charting. The meme has faced backlash due to the pejorative being applied to primarily female musicians, with critics deeming it "racist", "misogynistic", and "disrespectful" to Khia herself.

Books written

Love Yourself Hoe (2014)
Ignoring the Signs (2014)