American Vocalist(Born: March 1, 1952 – Died: February 5, 2010)
Former member of
Parliament-
Funkadelic. Known as The Queen of Funk. Mallia was an original member of
Parlet with
Debbie Wright and
Jeanette Washington. She left the group at the halfway mark of recording Parlet’s second album. Mallia was married to drummer
Nate Neblett of The
Nite-Liters and
New Birth. They had one child, Seth Neblett. She appeared in
Prince’s 1990 film with P-Funk leader-
George Clinton in Graffiti Bridge.
Mallia has recorded and written with
Snoop Dogg while he was with Death Row in the 90’s. She also worked with Death Row alum-
RBX and
Quaze. She was featured on a duet with
Lenny Kravitz for an unreleased remix disc of his song Believe In Me. Mallia was also the person who connected
Dr. Dre with
Roger Troutman (
Zapp) in the 90’s. That introduction brought forth the hit song California Love for
Tupac.