RaidR Biography

RaidR Female Group

Born in New York, “the city of dreams”, with music in their blood Deja, Taja, and Bobbie make up the pop trio RaidR. Driven by their want to bring originality back to the music industry, Dejanee (Deja) Riley, 22, Taja Riley, 17 and Tiarra (Bobbie) Riley, 15 have been honing their craft from the womb. As the daughters of the legendary producer Teddy Riley, they understood at an early age that they loved performing and what music meant to them. Dancing is what they decided to grab by the horns and conquer first to become very distinguished performers, which has helped in building their very impressive résumé’s. Deja, the oldest of the six Riley children, serves as the motherly voice of the group.

With professional dance training in ballet, jazz by Denise Wall, and musical theater by Debbie Allen and tap by Savion Glover as well as acting and voice training by Scott Ross, she has been able to take her experience and pass it on to her younger sisters as well as set an example. As a child she made appearances in Blackstreet’s “Joy” and “Before I Let You Go” videos. Not stopping there, Deja has performed in the finale of “Dancing with the Stars” alongside Lady Gaga. Understanding the importance of having knowledge of the business side of the music industry, Deja decided to attend Santa Monica College where she studied business and worked an internship at an entertainment law firm. Deja currently assists choreographer Laurie Ann Gibson. Taja, the second oldest of the Riley children, has professional training by Ivan Koumaev and Travis Wall, contemporary by Mia Michaels, jazz by Brian Friedman, ballet by Desmond Richardson, musical theater, flamenco, tap, acting and voice training by Scott Ross, Glenda Palmer and vocal coach Stevie Mackey. Her performance resume` include performances in The Zodiac Show, Dancing with the Stars, “The Grinch 2000” featuring Jim Carey recording and “I Wanna Be Your Man” recording with Blackstreet just to name a few. Bobbie, the youngest of the girls and the third Riley child, is moving full speed ahead in making sure she absorbs all that she can in both dance and vocal training by Stevie Mackey, Scott Ross and the assistance of her sisters as she prepares to finish her high school career.

Though she is the youngest she knows what it takes to make the trio’s dream a reality. It was just two years ago when the girls decided to make the necessary move to Los Angeles, California to begin working full-time focusing on RaidR. Not wanting to stand in the shadows of their father, the girls have a strong hand in making the business decisions and being very active in their music career. They have chosen to work with producer Christopher Star, who has worked with the likes of Christina Aguilera, to formulate their demo. It’s their hard work ethics, love for music, strong bond not only as group mates, but sisters that keep them so driven in making sure that RaidR is what’s next on the menu for the music industry and the world to take hold of.