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(Via Press Release) SILVER SPRING, MD, DECEMBER 16, 2013 βΒ TV One announced today that production on season two of its wildly popular reality seriesΒ R&B Divas LAΒ will begin this month on-location in Los Angeles. In addition to returning cast members ChantΓ© Moore, Lilβ Mo, Michelβle and Claudette Ortiz, the second season will feature new divasΒ Chrisette MicheleΒ andΒ Leela James. The series is scheduled to premiere in Q2 2014.
The two new Β highly accomplished Diva’s will replace Kelly Price and Dawn Robinson.
βThe debut season ofΒ R&B Divas LAΒ set the tone as a series all about glamour and high-stakes drama,β said DβAngela Proctor, SVP Programming and Production, TV One. βAs we gear up to shoot season two, we anticipate that the addition of two lovely and respected solo artists, Chrisette and Leela, will build upon the impassioned, ever-evolving group dynamic that season one viewers embraced.β
Chrisette MicheleΒ is a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter with four solo albums and a series of featured credits under her belt. She gained initial industry traction in 2006 for her contributions to a series of hip hop singles, including βLost Oneβ onΒ Jay-Zβs albumΒ Kingdom Come,Β and βCanβt Forget About You,β βStill Dreaming,β and βHopeβ on Nasβ albumΒ Hip Hop is Dead. In 2007, she released her debut albumΒ I AmΒ and was featured on Ghostface Killahβs albumΒ The Big Doe RehabΒ on the bonus track βSlow Down.β In 2008, Michele was featured on the single βLet Us Liveβ on The Gameβs albumΒ LAX, and βRising Upβ on The Rootsβ albumΒ Rising Down. Chrisette released her second albumΒ EpiphanyΒ in 2009, and won a 2009 Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for her single βBe OK.β Β In 2010, she released her third album,Β Let Freedom Reign, and additionally was featured on rapper Rick Rossβ albumΒ Teflon DonΒ on the track βAston Martin Musicβ (along with Ross and Drake). Her fourth album,Β Better, was released in June and has received a 56thΒ Annual Grammy Awards nomination for Β Best R&B Album.

Leela JamesΒ burst onto the scene with her 2006 debut albumΒ A Change is Gonna Come, introducing audiences to her considerable vocal chops and garnering nominations for Outstanding New Artist at the NAACP Image Awards and Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist of 2008 at the Soul Train Music Awards.Β The acclaimed recording artist appreciates the eternal qualities of an undeniable star β raw talent, musical substance and an authentic voice thatβs timeless β all of which are embodied on Leela Jamesβ upcoming fourth studio album, to be released in 2014, and new single βSay That,β a sultry duet with Anthony Hamilton.