khia - Thug Misses | Biography

Some guys need a woman a little rough on the edges, with felonies and misdemeanors such as larceny, fraud, aggravated battery, it doesn't come much rougher than Khia.


Khia Chambers (born Khia Shamone Finch on November 8, 1970) is an American rapper (styles: gangsta rap, Southern rap, and Dirty South), songwriter, and record producer, best known for her 2002 hit single "My Neck, My Back (Lick It)".

Chambers was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Tampa, Florida. She first wanted to be a musical performer in her early years while attending school talent shows and taking part in parades. After studying tap dance and bartending in a Tampa Bay hot spot, she became acquainted with several DJs and producers from the area which led her to getting a record deal.

Khia was arrested more than twenty times for a variety of felonies and misdemeanors (larceny, fraud, aggravated battery, carrying a concealed weapon)

Thug Misses (2002)

In March 2002, Khia released her debut album, Thug Misses, and the album's first single "My Neck, My Back (Lick It)" became a breakthrough hit, charting at number forty-two on the Billboard Hot 100. There was a rumor that she got the title from the 1995 film Friday. The video was edited in order to play on networks such as BET and for radio due to its hardcore explicit lyrics which refers to cunnilingus and anilingus. An urban legend was circulated that Khia had been killed by her boyfriend, but she publicly appeared to clear the air and blamed her former label for the rumors. The label also posted old mug shots of her from her days in Tampa. Khia was scheduled to release her second album Street Preacher in 2003, but it was never released.

Gangstress (2006)
Khia's second album, Gangstress, was released in July 2006 on her own independent record label Thug Misses Entertainment (or T.M.E. Records). The lead single, "Snatch the Cat Back", received airplay in the Southeastern United States, although it was ineligible to appear on the charts. Two producers, one from Macon, Georgia, helped develop background instrumentals or "beats" for the 2006 project, but all lyrics have been written by the self-proclaimed "Queen of the South" herself. Continuing the trend of independence in her music, Khia declined a request to appear as a "feature" on Trina's 2005 album Glamorest Life but said she would consider working with Lil Wayne, who was featured on the album (but Wayne, being in a relationship with Trina at the time, turned Khia down flat). An artist she admires, Trick Daddy, had Khia featured on the song "J.O.D.D." from his 2004 album Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets, even though he did not pay her at her own request. As quoted in her song "Mr. Trick Daddy Dollars" (in reference to Trick Daddy), "...you called me, I was there pronto, didn't charge you nothin'. All I wanted was my 33 and a third for my percentage of the writing that I did on the song. You know thug misses gon' be about her business. That's all I wanted, so I did you a favor, then you gon' side wit' a hoe?", with Trina allegedly being the "hoe". In an interview at UrbanFans.com, Khia stated that there will be no collaborations on her album because she firmly believes that she does not need anybody's assistance in selling her material. (Wikipedia)