IQ (girl group)

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IQ
Origin Flag of the United States Lunenburg, Massachusetts, USA
Genre(s) Pop/Hip-hop
Years active 2005—present
Label(s) Bungalo Records/Universal Music
Website IQMusicGirls.com
Members
Nyla Williams
Lauren Mafera
Gicelle Valerio
Sadiea Williams
Former members
Mikayla Campbell (2005—2007)

IQ is an American teenage pop and hip hop girl group. The group consists of sisters Sadiea and Nyla Williams, Gicelle Valerio and Lauren Mafera, all from Lunenburg, Massachusetts. Past member, Mikayla Campbell is from Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

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[edit] Members

  • Nyla Williams (born 1990) was Miss Massachusetts of the National American Miss Massachusetts Junior Teen beauty pageant of 2005 and 2006.[1] She is also a poet and dancer with aspirations of modeling and fashion designing. Both she and her sister, Sadiea, are of African-American, Scottish, Pakistani and American Indian descent. She is rapper and vocalist for IQ.
  • Gicelle Valerio (born 1989) is Hispanic-American. She is of Bolivian, Dominican, Spanish, and Italian descent. Valerio is a vocalist and rapper for IQ as well as choreographer. She has been accepted to Fitchburg State College to major in nursing and her aspirations is to become a graduate student to major in business as well. Her interests includes fashion, dancing, gymnastics and modeling. Nyla was arrested with a straight warrant on April 30th, 2008 in Lunenburg, Massachusetts.
  • Sadiea Williams (born 1989) is a rapper and vocalist for IQ. She is an athlete who is interested in basketball, cross-country and track & field. She was an all-star basketball player at Lunenburg High School.[2] She has been accepted to an Ivy League School Brown University to pursue basketball.
  • Lauren Mafera (born 1989) is a recent member who is the main vocalist for IQ. She is a photographer, singer, and dancer. Her interests include drawing, fashion, photography, and singing. Her aspirations is to pursue college with a Business degree and continuing photography.

[edit] Former members

  • Mikayla Campbell (born 1990) is a former member who was the main vocalist for IQ. She is now an actress who has performed in musical plays. Her aspirations are to perform in Broadway plays. Her true passion is to pursue her musical career as a Broadway performer. Campbell recently attends a performing arts school at Walnut Hill in Natick, MA.

[edit] IQ Biography

IQ first formulated through a school talent show. Sisters Sadiea and Nyla, asked their father, Mark, to compose songs for their performances. The girls performed the song "School" (a later song on their debut album). The overall response from young people was outstanding. Campbell and Valerio joined the group later to make the group four. In the group, the Williams sisters and Valerio both rap and perform back-up singing vocals. Mafera is the main vocalist (The group's former main vocalist, Campbell left IQ in 2007).

IQ performed in Boston, New York and Hollywood to promote the release of their EP, It's Like That, initially released on Apple iTunes in May of 2005. On New Year's Eve of 2005, they performed at the Disney Jingle Jam in Boston with B5, Everlife and Jada. In 2006, they released a re-make of the Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons song "Big Girls Don't Cry" as their first single on Radio Disney[3]

IQ continued to perform shows with Radio Disney and obtained the prestige of becoming a Radio Disney Incubator artist. In July of 2006, their debut album, Roll Call in July, distributed by WPE Music, LLC through Bungalo/Universal.

In February of 2008, the group released their sophormore album, Crush on Bungalo Records/Universal Music. The debut single from the album is "Crush on U" and a remixed version which includes artists such as Mighty Mystic; a Jamaican musician, Baby Boy Da Prince, CL Smooth and J. R. Writer from Dipset.[citation needed]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ National American Miss : 2005 National Results
  2. ^ Worcester Telegram & Gazette ALLSTARS_GIRLSBASKETBALL
  3. ^ Worcester Telegram & Gazette Montachusett T&G

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