Career
Following her debut album release, Joya was a background session vocalist for various artists" including Rhythm & Blues/soul singer Mary J. Blige. She also toured as a background singer during Blige"s Share My World Tour in 1998. In 1995, Joya released her first single "I Like What You"re Doing to Maine" off her debut album Here I Am released on Agricultural and Mechanical Records on June 20, 1995.
The song is described as having an Rhythm & Blues feel with a touch of Hip hop.
lieutenant reached number 46 on the Billboard charts in the fall of 1995. Her second single "Gettin" off on You", was released and hit number 67 on the Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues/Hip-Hop & Tracks chart.
The Civil Defense single was packaged with a condom, emphasizing the single"s racy lyrics. Joya made appearances on Soul Train and Black Entertainment Television, but the LP managed to sell a little more than 100,000 units in the United States. according to Billboard Magazine.
Two years following the release of her debut album, Joya worked as a background session singer on Mary J. Blige"s Share My World album, as well as a background vocalist on Blige"s Share My World Tour in 1997-1998.
On September 25, 2001, she released her first album in more than six years, titled Pages from the Book of Life: Chapter 1 on the independent label Caramel Park. The album sold less than 10,000 copies. Over the years Joya has worked with successful artists such as Ashthon Jones, Ray J, Kurupt, Monifah, Spice 1, Veronica, Voices of Theory, Lords of the Underground, Mary J. Blige and many more.
In 2012, Joya released new music an European Parliament titled.
