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Birth Name:
Mya Marie Harrison
Birth Place:
Washington DC
Date of Birth:
Oct. 10, 1979
Ethnicity:
African American and Italian
The R&B singer/actress was born in Washington DC to a Black father and a mother of Italian descent. Her father’s name is Sherman Harrison and her mother’s name is Theresa.
Mya made her debut with her self titled album in 1998 and has appeared on films like Love for Sale, Penthouse and a cameo appearance on the film Shall We Dance?
Mya is known for her beautiful vocals and can dance various styles from Hip Hop to Tap. She also appeared on season nine of Dancing with the Stars.
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http://randb.about.com/od/gthroughm/p/Mya.htm
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mya is not african american she is jamaican
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Stop trying to seperate the two to make a divide amongst the community. Jamicans and blacks come from the same people as a matter of fact I am from a ohio and probally got cousins over in Jamica. Some of you African Carribean people are so brain washed by thinking you different or say your not black will make you better or superior than blacks. Dont evern try t o use that Jamicans are mixed so are black AMericans …from the looks of it Jamicans seem to more full blooded African than black which is not a bad thing; but if your going to throw in that mix excuse both groups are mixed with Native and white. The only differece is in America we play snear drums in Jamica ya play steel drums , in jamica you guys have rusta and we have muslim/ black panthers in jamica ya hav jerk chicken and we eat fried chicken. We are one … the only seperation is our culture and racism . I hate when I hear I am black and Trinadad , or black and Jamican so on… that mean your black
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Afro-jamaican is AFRO-AMERICAN! I CONSIDER MYSELF AS AFRICAN AMERICAN
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lmao mya is indiannnnnnnnn !!!!
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This is information on Mya is incorrect. Mya is Jamaican and Italian just like Alicia Keys She is not African American.
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wow just like alicia keys. Italian/African mixed people are so good looking. Prince has the same mixture. And so does Faith Evans,Taimak Guarriello, Corbin Bleu.
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to yodude…thats true. i thought i was all african american but i just found out that i have native american and caucasian in me
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Not only in USA, but in north america, central america, south america, and the south of europe. Really a good mix, she looks very nice.
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in america maybe a veeeery small percent of people r “pure”
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Why should there be a mixture? Isn’t pure people pretty?
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Very pretty mixture.
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