Rapper Shawntae Harris-Dupart, better known by her stage name Da Brat, was born in the United States on April 14, 1974. She started her career in 1992, the year she signed with So So Def Records, having been born and reared in Chicago, Illinois.

She became the second female rap act overall (solo or group) after Salt-N-Pepa when her debut album Funkdafied (1994) sold one million copies, making her the first female solo rap act to obtain a platinum certification. Da Brat’s big break came in 1992 when she took home the first prize in a regional rap battle organized by Yo! MTV Raps. She encountered the upstart rap group Kris Kross while competing for the prize. They introduced her to Jermaine Dupri, their producer, who hired her for his So So Def record company.

Da Brat Parents: Meet David Ray McCoy And Nadine Brewer

Da Brat was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 14, 1974, and spent the most of his upbringing there in the West Side neighborhood. Her mother Nadine Brewer drives municipal buses, and her father David Ray McCoy is a businessman. Her parents didn’t wed. Brat was then brought up in two distinct homes. Da Brat attended an Apostolic church four times a week, where she sang in the chorus, and spent some time living with her mother and grandma. She is LisaRaye McCoy’s maternal half-sister. Da Brat ran track and played basketball while she was a sophomore and junior at Kenwood Academy. In 1992, she received her diploma from the Academy of Scholastic Achievement, a continuation charter school that serves children who are at risk.