Rhonda Smith’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro	American basketball player
A.K.A.	Rhonda Y. Smith
Is	Athlete  Basketball player
From	United States of America
Type	Sports
Gender	male
Birth	1 May 1973
Age:	47 years
Star sign	Taurus
Stats	Height: 191 cm Weight: 84 kg

Rhonda Smith is a Canadian bassist, best known for her work with Prince.

Biography

Rhonda Smith was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her family moved to Montreal when she was a child. She and her 3 siblings were encouraged to play music and she began playing baritone horn, keyboards, guitar, and eventually electric bass. Rhonda attended McGill University in Montreal studying jazz performance. After gaining some experience in the local rock scene, she moved on to work with Canadian artists Claude Dubois, Daniel Lavoie, Robert Charebois and James Blovin. She won a Juno award for “Best Contemporary Jazz Album”, for her work with Jim Hillman and The Merlin Factor. While attending a music convention in Germany, she met Sheila E., and gave her a press kit after learning Prince was putting a new band together.

 2 months later, Prince called and she went to Paisley Park to record on the "Emancipation" album. She recorded and toured with Prince for almost 10 years. In addition, she has worked with Jeff Beck, Chaka Kahn, Beyonce, T.I., Erykah Badu, Lee Ritenour and more. in 2000 she released her first solo effort, "Intellipop". <ref> 

Discography

• Intellipop (2000)
• RS2 (2006)

With the New Power Generation

• Newpower Soul – 1998