Menya umuririmbyi Andra Day

Cassandra Monique Batie, uzwi cyane ku izina rya Andra Day, yavutse ku ya 30 Ukuboza 1984 i San Diego. Kuva akiri muto, yakundaga umuziki maze yinjira mu ishuri ryo guhanga no gukora ibihangano muri San Diego.

Mu Kwakira 2012, yifashishije interineti kugira ngo yandike igihangano cya ‘Mamma Knows Best’ yasangije ku rubuga rwe rwa YouTube.

Iyo videwo yatumye amenyana na Warner Bros, wamwemereye guhita asinya amasezerano. Nyuma y’amezi make, yigaruriye umutima wa Stevie Wonder, baje no gusabana kuri Noheri mu 2015.

Muri uwo mwaka, yinjiye muri sitidiyo gufata alubumu ye ‘Cheers to the Fall’ yakiriwe neza. Benshi bagereranya imiterere ye n’ijwi rya Adèle cyangwa nanone na Amy Winehouse.

Kuva mu ntangiriro, yashoboraga kwiringira inkunga y’abahanzi benshi bakomeye barimo The Roots na Questlove, maze afata umwanya mu iserukiramuco rya sinema rya Sundance. Mu bakurikiraga hakaba hari harimo na harimo n’umwanditsi, umukinnyi, umuyobozi wa filimi w’umunyamerika Spike Lee.

Mu ndirimbo z’uyu muhanzikazi, yamusabye gukora amashusho y’indirimbo ye ya mbere, Forever Mine. Ashingiye ku ntsinzi ye, Andra Day yitabiriye What Happened, ndetse hamwe na Miss Simone aririmbira imbere ya Barack Obama muri White House.

Ku ya 28 Gashyantare 2021, Umunsi wa Andra yatsindiye Golden Globes nk’umukinnyi mwiza wa Filime ya Drama kubera uruhare yagize muri ‘Billie Holiday’. Ni umukinnyi wa kabiri w’amafilimi wabonye iki gihembo, kuva Whoopi Goldberg mu 1986.