Written by: Nekisha Neicy Cyrus
Meet Trinidadian well-known Instagram Model Ashana Finesse who is well on her way to international stardom as a recording artiste. Her just recent release ‘Yuh Like It’ which features Jamaica’s International Recording Artiste, Christopher Martin has crossed 388,000 views, and her latest release ‘Bad Gyalli’ has already racked up over 155,000 views and counting showing that she is on a roll and in for the long ride. The Dancehall and EDM fused banger ‘Yuh Like It’ was produced by Jamaica’s Marlon Easy and Jus Eazy Productions, while “Bad Gyalli’ was produced by Sose Beedeets.
Although music, has always been Ashana’s first love, the singer who started singing at the age of 14 years old gained her popularity as the well-known curvaceous model and influencer with over 1.3 million followers on Instagram and over 6 million followers on Facebook, to date. Ashana credits her huge social media following to an effective social media strategy at the beginning of her career, a decision made by herself and her manager, Sean John. She has even worked and collaborated with brands such as Fashion Nova, Mielle Organics, Giti Online, ICON Swim, Yoins, Kloset Envy, and many more.
Now that she has gained so much success in the modeling arena, Ashana is ready to show her fans her musical side. Already releasing countless singles and remixes such as ‘Pull Me Closer’, Till Ah Morning’, ‘No Lie ft. Sovereignty (Dappy Oh My Remix), ‘D Islands (Havana Remix)’, Thick Like Dumpling (Stylo G- Dumpling Remix) and so much more, it seems like she is just getting started.
To connect and stay updated with Ashana Finesse, be sure to follow her on Instagram and Facebook and Subscribe to her YouTube channel as well.
In this month’s new Dancehall releases we’ve hand-selected some tracks that we believe you will most certainly enjoy, so let us know which songs you’re feeling below!
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