Luana

Stephanie Cea better known by her stage names Luana and Chéjah, is a Swiss hip hop recording artist from Basel, Switzerland. She is one of Switzerland's foremost hip hop pioneers who started writing rhymes in 1983, when she first heard about the Rock Steady Crew. Luana became a member of the Zulu Nation movement, a social organization founded by New York hip hop artist Afrika Bambaataa. There she held the rank of a Zulu Queen, which is reserved for an elect number of outstanding musicians. Luana debuted in 1990, on the first Swiss rap compilation album on vinyl, titled Fresh Stuff. Her performances were very known in the Coupole in Biel in the early 90s - when she was sharing the stage with groups like Duty Free, I AM, NTM, Lord Finesse, and Sens Unik, among many others. She opened up shows for De La Soul, Run DMC, Joe Cocker, 2Unlimited, N'Sync, TicTacToe and others. Most of her rhymes and songs are in English. Only on the compilation Wake Up