What is Teairra Marí?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = | image = Tierra Mari, July 05.jpg | caption = Teairra in 2005 | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Teairra Marquisha Thomas | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1987|12|2}} | birth_place = [[Detroit, Michigan]], [[United States]] | alias = | net_worth = | spouse = | children = | relatives = | origin = | genre = {{flat list| *[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] *[[Hip hop music|hip hop]] *[[Pop music|pop]] *[[Dance music|dance]] }} | occupation = {{hlist|Recording artist|songwriter|actress|dancer|model}} | years_active = 2003–present | label = {{flat list| *[[Wikipedia:Teairra Mari|Mariz Sensation]] *[[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]] *[[Wikipedia:Roc-a-Fella Records|Roc-a-Fella]] *[[Interscope Records|Interscope]] *[[Warner Music Group|Warner Bros.]] }} | signature = | website = }} '''Teairra Marquisha Thomas''' (born December 2, 1987<!-- Do not change Teairra's date of birth without providing a reliable citation. See [[WP:CITE]] and [[WP:V]]. -->) professionally known as '''Teairra Marí''', is an [[Americans|American]] [[singer]], [[songwriter]], [[dancer]], [[actor|actress]] and [[model (person)|model]]. == Career == Marí was discovered by the American music mogul Jay Z while she was 16 years old. Jay Z signed her under his label Roc-A-Fella records. In the same year, she released her debut album, titled ‘Roc-A-Fella Records Presents Teairra Mari’, which turned out to be a major debacle. It was a critical success but struggled in garnering the expected sales numbers. This failure threatened to destroy her musical career even before it started and she exited from the label during the production of her second album. A few years later, she got another chance to redeem her career with the single ‘Hunt 4 U’, and its success enabled her to approach studi