Jody Watley

Grammy-winning singer/songwriter, producer, fashion icon and stage actress. A founding member of the disco/R&B group, Shalamar who started her own highly successful solo career on her own merits. Also credited with introducing the phrase, "Hasta la Vista, Baby," into the spoken pop culture lexicon. Musical genres practiced include soul, jazz, R&B, house, trance, club, broken beat, downtempo and trip hop. Has an occasional touring band known as SRL, or Soul Re-Loaded. first to feature the street dance style, waacking, in her music video, "Still a Thrill", in 1987.