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Dadre Coleman was born in Portland Jamaica, under the sign of Virgo. She began singing at the age of eight. Her passion for music came because of her mother constantly played records around her. Dadre made her first singing debut with a song entitled “Jet Plane” to her mom the night before her mom migrated from Jamaica to the United States.. Dadre later migrated to the United States and lived in Connecticut most of her life. In 1988, Dadre friend persuaded her to compete as a group in their High School talent show, where she sang the reggae version of “Sorry” that was originally recorded by Tracy Chapman. Her performance opened the eyes of a local producer name Seizer. Seizer brought Dadre to a local recording studio where she recorded her first demo entitle “Chapel”. That first recording opened the doors for many radio interviews and radio plays throughout the northeastern U.S. Dadre’s Family was very disappointed with her decision to pursue music. Because she was the hairdresser of the family, they could not understand why she would choose music over cosmetology. Her family had big dreams that she would some day own her own beauty salon. Dadre’s music and song writing ability has blossomed into a fusion of reggae and hip-hop. In 2000, she wrote a hook entitled “Test Me” for our very own Grammy winner Shabby Ranks. In 1997 close friend and producer, Niko Wayne introduced Dadre to producer Pinchy. Pinchy took Dadre under his wings and bought her, her first recorder, which helped her in retaining her melodies and the words to her songs. He also paid for her professional vocal lesson. Pinchy then introduced her to recording engineer Mark Brown (a.k.a) Stumpy. Stumpy gave Dadre some constructive criticism and guided her song writing ability. He also arranged and recorded a song for her title through all the years. Dadre’s musical career has gained momentum over the years as she performs in nightclubs and dance halls throughout the northeastern U.S. and Jamaica. In January of 2005, Dadre took a trip to Jamaica, where she was introduced to the Free Willy crew. She then collaborated with Free Willy Artist Zahair and recorded a song title “What’s Your Name”. Close friend and mentor Pinchy arranged for Dadre to record a song on the Shocking Vibe Kolo Kolo project title “Hold Up”. The songs got lots of radio play on Jamaica’s Irie Fm radio station and received great reviews throughout Jamaica. Her follow up song was entitle “Double Trouble” which also received many radio play. Dadre did several television interviews on Jacs TV. This had the phone lines ringing off the hook. She also shot 3 music videos, which helped tremendously with her promotions. In July of 2005 Dadre was interviewed by Irie FM very own Big A, on Hartford local radio station WRTC. That interview led to her stunning performance on the Connecticut Summer Reggae Fest. Her current song “Wine Pon Time” on the Gearbox Riddim is creating a buzz internationally, but much of this would not be possible withought the support of Radio personality and friend Roka-D who fell in love with her styles of music the very first time he heard them. You can get in contact with DADRE COLEMAN @ www.myspace.com/dadrestyles
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