Raised in "Zone 1" Atlanta, Georgia, She attended Fredrick Douglas High School as well as graduating and attending Alabama State. In 2011 she chose the name "Chastain Stone" and began releasing music through ReverbNation, which lead her to a Recording Contract with Scotch Bonnet Entertainment.
Later, Scotch Bonnet would dissolve, releasing Chastain to sign with Trium Entertainment which negotiated a deal with her new home, Jazzy Stylez Agency. Jazzy Stylez Agency currently has distribution of Chastain"s music through Alms International/Universal Music group. 2014 has seen Chastain rise in notability when she topped TuneIn"s WPIR 98.4 FM charts with her hit, "Like My Status".
With 3 singles already released there is still anticipation surrounding the release of Chastain"s Mixtape entitled, "International Credibility Volume
I" and her long awaited Album, "I"m My Biggest Fan". Bahati (Chastain Stone) Payne was born on July 25.
Her parents raised her and 3 other sisters between Atlanta, Buffalo, Africa, and London. At a young age, Stone became interested in Music and Film.
As a teen she would write movie scripts to one day film as well as rap songs she would recite.
While attending Alabama State, Chastain realized that her true passion was in the Entertainment Industry, so Chastain left Arizona State University to pursue her rap career further. Under the name "Chastain Stone" she released her debut recording, "Like My Status" under TuneCore on October 14, 2013. The recording was accompanied by "Learning Management System", an underground music production created by music producers, The Wizard and Jjames.
In 2014, Stone signed a marketing deal with B&A ProMedia.
Chastain"s music is now streamed through multiple online music streaming services such as Rdio and Spotify and many others
