INAYA started out singing in church as a child, then went on to do musical theatre… (Broadway, off Broadway, Euro theatre, etc.) She was living in Germany when her first, second, and third house music singles were released. They each championed the charts and are now all worldwide classics.
Just before the end of its run, INAYA performed twice on the legendary UK Top 40 TV show, “TOP OF THE POPS and is said to be the ONLY artist in history to perform on the show twice in one week.
In addition to house music, INAYA writes, records, and performs gospel (Newark New Jersey Youth Choir: Lift the Name of Jesus, CD Hawkins… Shirley Caesar, Kurt Carr, Richard Smallwood, etc), musical theatre, jazz, commercial jingles, hip-hop, funk, and R&B; (Michael Jackson, P-Diddy, MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, Missy Elliot, Bootsy Collins, Ashford & Simpson, Oprah Winfrey theme song, etc)
INAYA’s song KEEP PUSHIN was recently re-recorded by pop star, DUA LIPA for the ADIDAS: “Original Is Never Finished” campaign and one of her R&B ballads, “HOW MANY WAYS” was just played on QUEEN SUGAR. Her single, NASTY GIRL, was featured during the dance scene in the movie, “Dan In Real Life” starring Steve Carell.
INAYA’s songs can also be heard on commercials and TV shows like “NEIGHBORS”, “QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY”. “QUEER AS FOLK”, “ALL MY CHILDREN”, “BLUE WATER HIGH” and more.
INAYA does it all. She’s a label owner, publisher, songwriter, bandleader, producer, and even made a foray into film when she acted and sang in a movie called, “WHO SHOT PAT?” starring SANDRA BULLOCK.
Besides working through her own label, INAYA has music signed to SONY, WEA, Strictly Rhythm, OneLove, ToolRoom, Subliminal, Defected, Vicious, Hed Kandi, Nervous, Tommy Boy, and more.
Keep an eye and an ear out! That voice is everywhere!