Toya alexis biography

Canadian vocalist and actress

Musical artist

Toya Alexis (born July 16, 1980) is a Canadian vocalist and actress from Ajax, Ontario.^[1][2]

Career

Alexis won a "Rising Star" contest and sang at the Apollo Theater.^[3][4][2] In 2001 she appeared, as LaToya Lesmond, as a contestant on season one of Popstars on the Global Television Network.^[5] She was a finalist,^[5] and was featured on the debut album of the winners who were named Sugar Jones.^[2] She was a contestant on the first season of Canadian Idol in 2003, reaching sixth place in a controversial decision as she was a judge favourite.^[2][6] "I actually knew I loved to sing before I could talk," Toya Alexis told students at Ridgewood Public School (Mississauga, ON) after her Canadian Idol experience.^[7]

In 2004, Alexis was one of several Hip-Hop artists to co-write "Drop the Chrome," an anti-viole