Real name: Traedonya Chequelle Jones

Effective period / Period of releases: 1987 - 2003

Traedonya is a musician, poet, model, and activist born in 1969 to Caribbean-American parents. Traedonya is one of the first females in Hip Hop to grace the microphone in what has always been a male-dominated industry, recording her first record on Tuff City at just 13 years old.

In her early teens, Traedonya frequented the New York club scene, where she used her birth name as her performance name along with her alias "Heartbreaker," and would rhyme and sing alongside a graffiti artist and MC known as Kemp. The famous Latin Quarters, MKs, Daddy's House, Mars, The Rooftop, and The World are a few New York City clubs that Traedonya could be spotted at on Saturday Nights. With her all-girl crew in the clubs, Traedonya was usually the tallest, most flamboyant, and creative in attire; she always stood out in the crowd.

Said to be reserved and shy, Traedonya is the founding woman of the national youth organization known as The Blackwatch Movement. She has been part of demonstrations and youth rallies around the United States.

Studying Jazz and Fine Arts in New York, Jazz greats Chico Hamilton, Bernard Purdie, Reggie Workman, and Makanda Mkyntire are a few individuals that have added to her musical pedigree as she has worked and studied with them. Traedonya has recorded and toured with several notable recording artists and musicians.