| Charisse Mills | |
| Birth Name: | Charisse Mills |
| Birth Place: | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Genre: | pop opera[1] |
| Associated Acts: | French Montana, Ne-Yo, Brandon Howard |
| Occupation: | Singer, song-writer, pop opera recording artist |
Charisse Mills is a Trinidadian pop opera singer and songwriter.[1] [2] She is best known for her collaborations with artists Ne-Yo and French Montana, and for her vocal combinations of pop and opera, termed "pop'era".[3] [4]
Mills was born in Trinidad and Tobago before she moved to Queens, New York, with her mother Charmaine Mills.[5] She graduated from Manhattan School Of Music.
In an interview with Vocab Magazine, Mills said her interest in opera music began in the eleventh grade. She won accolades performing through the New York State School Music Association.[2] In 2011, Mills performed live at the 2011 NV Awards.[5]
In 2015, R&B artist Ne-Yo featured Mills on “Integrity” on his“Non-Fiction.”[6] Ne-Yo described her as contributing a “beautiful operatic melody” to the song “Integrity” that resulted from a freestyle session with her while recording. Mills’ first single, “Champagne”, was written by her, French Montana, Warren Zavala and Brandon Howard and features hip-hop artist French Montana.[7] She currently has a single out “Drop A Bag” ft Luce Cannon.
XXL Magazine reported that Mills created her own genre of music with the combination of pop music and opera, called “pop’era.” In an interview with Soul Dynamic, Mills said she infused pop and opera to form “pop’era.”[1] Mills has performed opera and R&B at Lincoln Center, in Times Square, and performed for Jesse Jackson's seventieth birthday at Rainbow/PUSH.[6] Mills, along with Charmaine Mills, is the cofounder of C. Moi apparel.[8] C. Moi sponsored the Princess Project, providing custom-made prom dresses to underprivileged youth.[9] Now starting her acting career in 2019 she landed a very popular television show called Pump as lead named Lenora. Starred in the movie Entanglement, This Is Me and reality TV show “One Mo Chance” as Bad and Boujee. She is currently filming “The Real Side Chicks Of LA” with For Us By Us Network with her husband Luce Cannon.
Mills is resident of Los Angeles, California.[5] Married to Luce Cannon.