Mashonda has been played on NTS in shows including PDA w/ Mischa Mafia, Ms. Carriestacks & Crackstevens, featured first on 8 December 2016. Songs played include This Is Who I Am, Leave The Block Alone and Be Me.

Mashonda Tifrere-Dean, professionally known just as Mashonda, is an R&B singer signed to Full Surface/J Records, which her husband of 4 years, Swizz Beatz, has a partnership with. She was born in Massachusetts and raised in Harlem, New York. She is a labelmate of Cassidy (her husband runs the label; Full Surface Records) and is featured in his song "Get No Better" from his 2004 album Split…