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{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2010}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Deemi
| image           = <!-- missing image Deemi.jpg -->
| caption         = Deemi on the set of her debut [[music video|video]], ''Soundtrack of My Life'' in 2007.
| birth_name      = Tahu Aponte
| alias           = The Hoodz Princess
| birth_date      =
| origin          = [[Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn]], New York, United States
| genre           = {{flatlist|
* [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
* [[Hip hop music|hip hop]]
* [[Soul music|soul]]
}}
| occupation      = {{flatlist|
* Singer
* songwriter
* record producer
* rapper
}}
| years_active    = 2007–present
| label           = [[Atlantic Records]]
| associated_acts =
| website         = [http://www.deemi.com/ Deemi.com]
}}
'''Tahu Jessica Aponte''', better known by her stage name, '''Deemi''', is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and rapper.
==Career==
In 1998, she met producers [[Chris Styles]] and [[Bruce Waynne]]. The two helped her create a demo. Instead of merely talking about common relationship themes, they instead encouraged her to talk about her own life (including physical abuse at the hands of her father, as well as being the mother of two children prior to turning 21). Eventually she signed to Atlantic through a partnership between organizations run by Styles (Dangerous LLC.) and Waynne (the latter is one half of [[Midi Mafia]]).<ref>Andy Kellman, All Music Guide</ref>
Her first single is called "Soundtrack of My Life." Her debut album titled the same name, "Soundtrack of My Life"  was supposed to be released on July 10, 2007{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}. In "[[Soundtrack of My Life]]", she talks about her life story from the relationship with her mother, cutting [[Crack cocaine|crack]] for her boyfriend, and drug and alcohol consumption. Eventually the album was shelved and she left Atlantic.
In 2013, after years of hiatus she resumed her musical career by uploading new songs on her official YouTube account.
==Discography==
===Albums===
2007 ''Dying Get Rich'' (MIX CD for streets. released only in Japan)<ref>[http://www.hmv.co.jp/artist_Deemi_000000000366304/item_Dying-Get-Rich_2574396 HMV Japan online]</ref><br />
2007 ''Soundtrack of My Life'' (unreleased)
===Solo singles===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Song
!width="40"|<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. Hot 100]]</small>
!width="40"|<small>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks|U.S. R&B]]</small>
!width="40"|<small>[[UK singles chart|UK singles]]</small>
!Album
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2007
| "[[Soundtrack of My Life]]" produced by [[Midi Mafia]]
|align="center"| –
|align="center"| –
|align="center"| –
|rowspan="2"|"Soundtrack of My Life"
|-
| "On the Radio
|align="center"| –
|align="center"| 113
|align="center"| –
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2010
| "Jump" featuring [[N.O.R.E. (rapper)|NORE]]
|align="center"| –
|align="center"| –
|align="center"| –
|rowspan="2"|"Deemi"
|-
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://twitter.com/deemi_brooklyn Deemi Official Twitter]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070502063018/http://www.atlanticrecords.com/deemi/ Deemi Atlantic Records]
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/HOODSPRINCESS07 Deemi's official youtube channel]
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[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American contemporary R&B singers]]
[[Category:Songwriters from New York (state)]]
[[Category:Atlantic Records artists]]
[[Category:Musicians from Brooklyn]]
[[Category:American musicians of Puerto Rican descent]]
[[Category:21st-century American singers]]
[[Category:21st-century American women singers]]
[[Category:American hip hop singers]]
[[Category:Women hip hop record producers]]
[[Category:American women record producers]]