Background
Ewanya Johnson was born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in Los Angeles, California.
composer singer singer-songwriter
Ewanya Johnson was born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in Los Angeles, California.
She emerged on the music scene in 1996 with her first single "Forever More", produced by Narada Michael Walden and written by Walden, Puff Johnson and Society of Jesus (Jesuit) Dakota. 5. Another single, "Over and Over", also from 1996, was a hit in Europe and Australia reaching the Top 20 in both continents. lieutenant appeared on the soundtrack of the film The First Wives Club.
Both singles were released on the Work label.
She released her first and critically acclaimed album, Miracle, in 1996. The album was produced by Randy Jackson of American Idol fame, and was certified silver in the United Kingdom. She also collaborated with the Bay Area-based Rhythm & Blues group, Somethin" for the People, with Tupac Shakur on his song, "Maine Against the World", which was featured on the Bad Boys movie soundtrack and appeared on his album Maine Against The World.
In 1997, Johnson toured Europe as an opening act for Michael Jackson and 3T. She did not release any further material and slipped out of the limelight. However, Johnson was listed as a co-writer of three tracks of the 2005 album A Change Is Gonna Come by United States. singer Leela James ("Good Time" along with Gordon Williams, James herself and Kenton Nix, "When You Love Somebody" with Gordon and James, and "Prayer" alongside Chucky Thompson and James).
Johnson lived in South Africa since January 2009, following her concert in Johannesburg.
She attributed her decision to relocate to South Africa to the friendly and warm people that she had met throughout her journey in the country. Johnson died of cervical cancer on June 24, 2013 at the age of 40.