Asiahn

Asiahn (previously Asia Bryant is an American singer-songwriter and voice actress from Paterson, New Jersey, currently signed to the SinceThe80s and Motown record labels. From 2021 to 2022, alongside her music, she provided vocal performances for Karma Grant in the Ludacris-created Netflix streaming musical series, Karma's World.

Early life Bryant was born in Paterson, New Jersey, and moved with her family to Charlotte, North Carolina as a baby. She used music as an outlet while dealing with the divorce of her parents and the death of her brother. Where she later relocated to Hanahan, South Carolina with her mother and sister. She attended Hanahan high school where she was a cheerleader. She would spend most of her free time, traveling back-and-forth to Atlanta to work on her talents.

Musical career In the early stages of Bryant's music career, she met Craig King who took her under his wing worked on her artistic development with A&R James Bennett. She started touring a few years later and opened up for Ludacris, T.I., Kanye West, and Erykah Badu. In 2010 and 2011, she featured on background vocals for Quincy Jones' Q: Soul Bossa Nostra and Killer Mike's PL3DGE. In 2011, Bryant began her mainstream musical career by signing a publishing deal with Universal Music Group, and releasing her debut extended play (EP) album Analog Girl X Digital World on June 7 that year under the Motown record label.

In 2013, she was a co-songwriter on "Hands in the Air", a song by Miley Cyrus from her album Bangerz. In 2014, she co-wrote the "Booty" and "Girls" singles for Jennifer Lopez. In 2015, Asiahn Bryant worked with The Game and was featured on the latter's albums Compton and The Documentary 2.5, and was featured in the soundtrack for the 2015 film Straight Outta Compton. She contributed vocal performances on Ludaversal, an album by Ludacris. In 2016, she worked on two Fox musical drama TV series, first collaborating with Ne-Yo as a co-writer on a soundtrack for the second season of Empire, then co-writing songs for Star the following year. On March 18, 2021, she released a live version of the EP with orchestral performances of each song.

In April 2024, Bryant performed at the third annual Cultura Festival, at the The Royal American, a multi-day event which showcased Black artists, in the city of Charleston, South Carolina, along with other DJs and hip-hop and R&B music artists.

In May 2025, Bryant released her third studio album, entitled "Free." She described it, to Vibe, as a world where "R&B meets liberation" with every note and lyric as a "step towards freedom—freedom from the past, freedom from unlearned lessons, and freedom to embrace love without restraint," describing it as not "just an album" but "an experience."

Non-musical career From mid-2021, alongside her music, she was cast as and began providing vocal performances for Karma Grant in a Netflix animated musical series, Karma's World, created by Ludacris (who himself provides the voice of her dad in the series). The Karma's World soundtrack album is currently the only album Asiahn features in, either as the lead or back-up, not released by either SinceThe80s or Motown. In November 2020, in an interview, she described herself as a mix of "chocolate, melanated, Black Girl Magic, lesbian, nerd and anime aficionado" all in one.

Vibe noted her official music video for her song "Fall Back," in November 2021, showcased the "nuances of Black queer romance," with a situationship, with Asiahn telling the magazine that the song's story is true, saying everyone has been "in a situation where we're trying to get to know someone casually" but people end up falling in love anyway. The same year she told Billboard that her music is grounded in "positivity, self love, finding yourself, sexy, ethereal, soulful, healing, boss talk, and...girls that love girls." On her official website, she describes herself as a lesbian, saying she wanted to "paint that picture of a woman" with her single NOLA.

On January 29, 2024, Bryant announced that she was engaged to DJ Jay Shalé, after both had proposed to each other. They had previously met on social media in 2019 but did not make their first interaction as a couple until October 24, 2022, with Shalé saying she proposed because she "wanted Asiahn to know that she will always be handled with care and...was hoping she would be able to see the time and care I put into making sure that night was very special." Shalé later described Bryant as her fiancee and celebrated the release of her single, "Wassup Wit It" in April 2025.

Discography Studio albums Title Details Love Train Released: January 7, 2017 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download Love Train 2 Released: January 11, 2019 Label: SinceThe80s Format: Digital download Free Released: August 30, 2024 Label: Love Train Records Format: Digital download

Extended plays Title Details Analog Girl X Digital World Released: June 7, 2011 Label: Universal Music Group Format: Digital download The Interlude Released: January 11, 2021 Label: SinceThe80s, Motown Format: Digital download The Interlude (Orchestral Performance) Released: March 18, 2021 Label: SinceThe80s, Motown Format: Digital download Asiahn: Celebrating Pride Released: 2022 Label: UMG Recordings Format: Digital download

Soundtrack album Album Release date Other artist(s) Type Release format(s) Karma's World (Official Soundtrack Album) October 15, 2021 Ramone Hilton, Ludacris (1 song each; as collaboration) Soundtrack album Digital download; Streaming music; Music download

Singles As lead artist Title Year Album "Stranger" 2017 "NOLA" 2018 Love Train 2 "Like You" "Gucci Frames" 2020 The Interlude "Get Away" "OMW" 2021 "Fall Back" "We Can" 2022 "What She Wants" "When It Comes to You" "DO BAD" 2023Free "FEEL GOOD" "IJS" 2024 "WASSUP WITH IT" 2025

Guest appearances + List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Other artist(s) Album "Earline's Son" 2011 Playboy Tre "Come With Me" 2012 Dolla Boy "Just Another Day" 2015 The Game Compton "Gang Related" The Game The Documentary 2.5 "Invitation" 2017 K Camp K.I.S.S. 4 "All I Want" 2020 A Motown Holiday

Writing discography + List of non-performed songs as writer, showing performing artists, year released and album name Title Year Artist Album "God in the Building II" 2011 Killer Mike PL3DGE "Hands in the Air" 2013 Miley Cyrus, Ludacris Bangerz "My Baby" Ai, Lloyd Moriagaro "Booty" 2014 Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull A.K.A. "Booty (Remix)" Jennifer Lopez, Iggy Azalea "Girls" Jennifer Lopez "Girls (Remix)" Jennifer Lopez, Tyga "Shine on Me" 2016 Jussie Smollett, Bre-Z Empire: Original Soundtrack Season 2 Volume 2 "Little Bird" 2017 Star Cast "Imagination"