Devyn Rose

DEVYN+RO$E aka MID+NIGHT
Background information
Birth name	Tanya Dormevil
Also known as	DEVYN+RO$E MID+NIGHT
Born	United States
Origin	New York City, U.S.
Genres	ILL+HOP
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2021–present
Website	www.devynrose.com

Tanya Dormevil known by her stage name DEVYN+RO$E aka MID+NIGHT(formerly Tanya T6), is an American singer-songwriter from New York City.^[1][2] She has released a number of singles, of which "Falling 4 U" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Biz Hot Singles Sales Chart.^[3] The latter was included on the EP Stellar, released in July 2015.^[4] In August 2018 she released the album Thir$ty.^[5]

Early life[]

Devyn Rose's parents are from Haiti, but her early years were at Mount Vernon, New York.^[6] Her friends called her T6, because of her athletic physique.^[7] In an interview with Entrique Magazine, she claimed the name "Tanya T6" was given to her by Dame Grease.^[8] Rose mentioned she had a "strict upbringing" with little exposure to music.^[8][9] She discovered her interest in singing while performing (singing and dancing) in front of her siblings. At school, she was a part of her school choir.^[10] She moved to New York City when she was 16 and studied dancing at the Broadway Dance Center, New York.^[11] While she had no formal training in song writing,^[8] she started writing poems and lyrics for her songs.^[12] Subsequently, she adopted the name DEVYN+RO$E as her stage name.^[9]

Career[]

In 2008, Rose released her first mixtape, Move Over Paris Hilton, There's a New It Girl in Town. Her subsequent single titled "Get It Off" was featured across national and international radio channels.^[2] In 2008, she made an EP titled I am...D.E.V.Y.N.^[13] In March 2013, Maura Johnston described Rose's song "Who Am I" as "it's a hard listen at first, its swirling elements coming together in that odd way, but its charms eventually took me over."^[14] The May 2013 issue of HipHopLead.com reviewed Devyn Rose's work and commented that her songs were "a testimony of her struggle and her accomplishments [while] she sings within her range and makes it work to a tee."^[15]

Her song "Falling 4 U" peaked at No. 2 on the Indie Rotation charts in the first week of March 2014.^[16] In the week ending December 13, 2014, "Falling 4 U" debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Biz Hot Singles Sales Chart.^[3] In February 2015 the song "Cops x The Jury", produced by Dame Grease, was released digitally.^[17]

The singles "Cops x The Jury" and "Falling 4 U" were also included on the five-track Stellar EP, released in July 2015.^[4][18] In 2016 she released the single "Robothot" produced by Lexi Banks.

Discography[]

Mixtapes[]

• ”Move Over..” (2008)
• ”The Introduction” (2009)
• ”Reflections of Love” (2010)
• ”I’m Sorta Like A Big Deal” (2011)

LPs[]

• ”THIR$TY” (2018)
• ”$TREAM ME”(2020)

EPs[]

• ”Holidays at Home” (2010)
• ”Pieces” (2011)
• “Devyn” (2012)
• ”Want It All” (2013)
• ”Stellar” (2015)
• ”Killah Bad” (2018)

Singles[]

• "Work My Body" (2008)
• "Swag Boy (2009)
• "Get It Off" (2009)
• "Silhouette" (2010)
• "Coming Home" (2011)
• "Fly Away" (2012)
• "Pieces" (2012)
• "Pay Me" (2013)
• "Dream" (2013)
• "Heartbeat" (2013)
• "Trouble" (2013)
• "Want It All" (2013)
• "Home for the Holidays" (2014)
• "Vine Dat" (2014)
• "Falling 4 U" (2014)
• "Cops x The Jury" (2015)
• "Robothot" (2016)
• "Mood Killah" (2016)
• "Cryptic" (2017)
• "Can't Complain" (2017)
• "Killah Bad" (2018)
• "Dracula" (2017)
• "THIR$TY" (2018)

References[]

External links[]

• Official website