Kameelah Williams
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Kameelah Williams, aka Meelah, is a singer and song writer who
got her start as the lead singer of the famous Motown 90's trio: "702".
702 consisted of Williams and sisters LeMisha and Irish Grinstead, all
of who were students at the Las Vegas Academy of Performing Arts.
Thanks to the help and support of actor/comedian Sinbad and recording
artist Michael Bivins, the girls were discovered. They made their
recording debut on Subway's hit single "This Lil' Game We Play". After
that recording, however, the group went through a restructuring phase
during which Bivins added Kameelah to the group and deemed her the lead
singer.The restructured group was christened 702, which is Las Vegas'
area code, and was now ready to record their first album. The group's
first album was entitled: "No Doubt" and soared to #1 on the charts.
Missy Elliott co-wrote & produced four songs on the album including the
smash hit single "Steelo" and its remix. The album spawned three hit
singles: "Steelo", "All I Want" and "Get It Together". In addition,
"Steelo" with altered lyrics was used as the theme song for the
Nickelodeon television show Cousin Skeeter & "All I Want" was featured
in the Nickelodeon movie Good Burger. The sensual and very emotional
single "Get It Together" gave the album its third hit and reached #10
on the Billboard charts. Additionally, the album earned them a Soul
Train Lady of Soul Award in 1997. It sold over 500,000 copies
worldwide. 702 served as the opening act for New Edition, Keith Sweat,
and Blackstreet during the 1996-97 New Edition reunion tour. They also
appeared on Elliott's debut album Supa Dupa Fly on her 1998 song "Beep
Me 911" which reached #14 on the UK Singles Chart. The girls also sang
with Busta Rhymes new artist Rampage and made cameos in the sitcoms
Sister, Sister and Moesha. After going gold with their debut album, the
self-titled album "702" was released in 1999. The first single "Where
My Girls At" peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained in the
top 20 for more than 30 weeks, which earned 702 an American Music Award
nomination. The album went on to sell over 1,000,000 copies worldwide
certifying its platinum status. 702 toured with Brandy on her "Never
Say Never" tour and was also a part of Brian McKnight's "Back at One"
tour. With the success of their sophomore album, 702 encountered
several opportunities which included singing the national anthem for
the WNBA's season opener, a cameo appearance in the ABC TV movie
"Double Platinum", and a feature on the Stuart Little soundtrack with
the song "He Rules". 702 decided to go in different directions. This
opened the door for the group's lead singer, Kameelah Williams, to make
her own mark on the world. Since that time, Williams has: Collaborated
with Missy Elliott on the song "Take Away" on Missy's "Miss E" album
Co-wrote songs on Faith Evans "Faithfully" album Was featured on the
song "Cool" on Snoop Dog's "Ego Trippin", and Co-wrote "On and On" on
Macy Gray's release "The Sellout Meelah now is the proud mother of boy,
by the name of Zac who is fathered by Musiq Soulchild. They have
actually been in the studio writing and working on a new music for her
upcoming solo album. There are also many other great producers on the
project such as Kannard Garrett, he also produced a Children's Album
tilted "We are different" who's content was co-created with the help of
Meelah and is featured on nine of the thirteenth songs. Its kids tunes
that Adults love. Meelah also has been approached for upcoming Film and
TV features.