CIENNAJADE GREW UP 20 MINUTES OUTSIDE OF THE NATIONS CAPITAL IN RESTON, VIRGINIA. SHE ATTENDED D.C’S PERFORMING ART’S HIGH SCHOOL, DUKE ELLINGTON, AS A THEATER MAJOR & BY HER JR. YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL HAD 2 SONGS PLAYING ON AOL RADIO, & AN ALBUM ENTITLED, “LOCKER STATUS,” ON ITUNES. WHILE STUDYING AT D.E.S.A, SHE CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF MOTOWN’S, KERRY GORDY, WHO MENTORED HER THROUGHOUT HER JR. AND SR. YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL. C.J NOW RESIDES IN HARLEM, NYC, AFTER ATTENDING A PORTION OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL & DRAMATIC ACADEMY’S MUSICAL THEATRE CONSERVATORY. SHE WON FIRST PLACE AT APOLLO AMATEUR NIGHT 3.3.2013. SHE’S PERFORMED AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, THE MARINE CORPS MARATHON, AND ON THE MALL IN WASHINGTON D.C, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS VENUES AROUND THE NYC AREA INCLUDING SANTOS PARTY HOUSE, SHRINE, & TIMES SQ. ARTS CENTER. CIENNAJADE HAS RECENENTLY RELEASED, “MAYBE IT’S JUST ME,” THE FIRST SINGLE OFF HER UPCOMING PROJECT, A MUSIC VIDEO WAS ALSO RELEASED FOR THE SONG. CIENNAJADE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON HER EP, “TOO MUCH.