D'Atra Hicks You Make Me Want To Give It Up Live 1989)

[@artisan06]

It’s a crying shame the music industry didn’t boost up her singing career! The sista can SING her butt off!

[@CelestialGatez]

She SLAYS with her voice! One of the best vocalists EVER. SO UNDERRATED.

[@reginald1817]

The BEST singers usually are underrated and put on the back burner. Smh

[@sweetladyvee3102]

So underrated!

[@OlSkoolMusicGoddess]

Wait a minute... the great actress from the Tyler Perry plays was a singer back in the day!!! Ahh man today can't get any better!!!

[@scratchnandsurvivn]

Sylvia M. Hubbard she was a Broadway star. She is famous for the play Mama I Wanna Sing. D’Atra has been blowing for a long time!

[@islandbeauty3540]

Sylvia M. Hubbard oh yes! I remember her back then!:)

[@terrywynnii2248]

look up "Everything I Feel"

[@TheMDElder]

Right! 😲

[@joshuamcdowell5782]

Her sister Tara is just as talented. She was in A Bronx Story and Belly.

[@bossmail89]

She was slept on frfr her singing is incredible

[@KenJamesJr]

That's not just a voice, That's a High precision musical instrument.

[@kelel3443]

I love the element of her voice! You can also hear it in Coko and B Angie B.

[@dominiquedevereux7205]

Good 👂🏾!!

[@kelel3443]

@@dominiquedevereux7205 😁Thank you

[@CelestialGatez]

YEP! I hear B Angie B too!

[@khb9846]

So underrated it's ridiculous

[@jmiller297]

3:34 That voice went tuh CHUUCH for a sec, there!!! SANG, CHILD!!

[@trevorhicks3576]

Yes she sure did and I loved every moment second and minute of it Wooooowee

[@johnlyndsay]

Yea ❤ wow. What happened? She should have been a superstar… An amazing voice beautiful looks great body…. Wow, what happened?

[@stevie586]

She gave Mickey Howard and tons of Whitney Houston in this!

[@Terelon]

stevie586 Yes, I can hear Mikki singing this.

[@KenJamesJr]

Some Melba Moore also...

[@oholm09]

I seen it i was 9 years old

[@jimmiepage5438]

now this is real singing!

[@Ornacia29]

What a VOICE!

[@coreemore2355]

Girl you better saaannnggg.omg this song stay on repeat

[@adriancolon8435]

Divorce Court brought me here 2021. What a talent!

[@omoniyikaye]

Awesome just 21 on this video.

[@rickal.1558]

She convinced me the she really want give it up chile😉

[@dominiquedevereux7205]

LMAO. OK!! No doubt left in my mind!!

[@lalicious37]

She is getting her rap on😊

[@shannonwilliams9055]

Dead ass crowd! But can anybody hear Bibby Browns "I wanna Rock with you Baby" beat?

[@MauriceRivers415]

Yes!

[@chanelmoenae1742]

Actually tenderoni

[@sweetsweet81]

​@@chanelmoenae1742 Yep! That's it.

[@dallastexxasss8260]

i really do MISSSSSSSSSSSSSS the 90's music

[@OlSkoolMusicGoddess]

And baby she hasn't lost the touch either... you better sannnnnnng!!!!

[@dominiquedevereux7205]

#BARS 🎼🎶🎧🎤😆

[@TieraLeShay]

I never knew Melissa De Sousa was a background singer too...I learn something new everyday.

[@joshuamcdowell5782]

That's who that is?

[@MalikJeffersonTheSilas]

Also Stacy before x girlfriend group

[@MrMoorEnt]

The other lightskin chick that wasn’t Sanaa Lathan or Regina Hall in The Best Man.

[@mscandys549]

Do I remember this song. What! Me and my girls use to tear this shit up😅

[@shannonwilliams9055]

This Legend songe her 💓 out and her ass off and the crowd is dead as hell. But can anyone hear a lil bit of Bobby Brown "I wanna rock with you baby"?

[@Terelon]

Shannon Williams They were very dead, it might be because it's their first time hearing it.

[@taquilathomas7607]

So amazing!!! I love D’Atra

[@chuckbrown4873]

One of my jams back in the dayz... especially after seeing her perform it at the Apollo!

[@theycallmebeautiful3041]

Yes sing D'atra 👏🏽❤️

[@luciusjohnson384]

her and her sister Taral are great.

[@joshuamcdowell5782]

Lucius Johnson Her sister played DMX's girlfriend in the movie Belly

[@luciousbyrant4053]

Lucious Bryant

[@321cheesehead]

Joshua McDowell Have you heard her sister album? She has the best soprano voice ever. It’s so light and girly, it reminds me of Coko from Swv.

[@okebaram]

@@321cheesehead what is her sister's name?

[@321cheesehead]

Okebaram E Her name is Taral Hicks. She was Keisha in Belly and the main girl in the movie A Bronx Tale.

[@britbrat4697]

And I don’t hear Bobby brown I hear the dramatics- you’re the best thing in my life

[@Terelon]

I love this song, my sibling and I were trying to look up songs by her that were her claim to fame and ran across this one, I didn't remember Sweet Talk but remembered this one, this performance was perfection, this song should've been a #1 hit.

[@CelestialGatez]

Sweet Talk was her first powerhouse single. I remember seeing "Entertainment Tonight" showing a clip of her video.

[@CjMoore-cv2xs]

🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@iluvrachellef]

WOW i remember buying her cassette when this came out. We're the same age. She betta sang.

[@dominiquedevereux7205]

😄 I always find your ass in the "comments" section of all these old videos!!

[@larhondaburchett3271]

How did I NOT know that this is the lady from the Tyler Perry plays??!!

[@pialavish8725]

Well damn the crowd was hella dead. I never heard this song before either but when she started to blow I got excited and started screaming that she betta come through with what God has blessed her with 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@MauriceRivers415]

I peeped that vibe, too. Someone with her voice should've had a career like Vesta, Anita Baker, Regina Belle or Angela Winbush.

[@farleytaylor5493]

Power and control....yum.

[@mariaisabelastone4864]

VERY VERY GOOD

[@meauxzellebaptiste879]

See how good you use to have to be to Move a black audience. Mama had to pour that gravy on this one.

[@kulturebaby375]

Sometimes not making it is God protecting you! But if she would have went the gospel way she could have had more Acknowledgement I believe

[@dominiquedevereux7205]

SLAY MY SPIRIT 🔪👻🙌🏾💒, D'ATRA 👩🏿‍🎤!!

[@zaejohnson3414]

OMG she was so pretty here 😍 love her hair and earrings 💕

[@mikeqto4056]

You're pretty too and sexy💋

[@antb419]

Wtf that’s Melissa from the Best Man?! I didn’t know she can sing!😮

[@britbrat4697]

Just got hipped a few hours ago from a clip on ig I knew it was her voice so I came her for the full song! My new fav

[@brandonjovonstephens6637]

She Gives a Lil Bit of Micki Howard When goes into her upper Register

[@chunto29]

有些最好的藝術表演者反而沒有什麼名氣和關注,反而更富有藝術生命,感謝上天臥虎藏龍,把好嘢留給用真誠心欣賞的人,我己買了她CD

[@ksr2059]

A powerhouse voice. This girl can SING! Not a very good song though, even by 1989 standards.

[@dominiquedevereux7205]

Yes. Perfect example of the right voice paired with the wrong song.

[@booginas]

@@dominiquedevereux7205 I don't know what I was thinking. I must've been commenting on another video and this song started playing ▶️ cuz the Playlist was set to autoplay & the comment ended up under this video somehow cuz I ❤ this song 🎵!! It's happened before 🤦🏾‍♂️. But anyway . . . I usually like what the majority doesn't, & vice versa 🤷🏾‍♂️. This song SENDS 🕺🏾 ME UP 👏🏾🙌🏾💒!!

[@ninosimone]

So beautiful and her voice is perfect 🤎

[@judithjackson1086]

Her daughter looks exactly like her

[@Justaskkjames]

I love that roar @ 1:29 YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS BITCH!!!

[@zaejohnson3414]

No one noticed her background singer is an actress as well?

[@britbrat4697]

Yep I just did as this my first time watching this I knew it was her from that gap lolol

[@eleven.29]

I still can't find the music video for this song, but this'll do for now.

[@maustinminnis]

There was never a music video filmed for "You Make Me Want to Give It Up". The only Video filmed for the first Single Released from the "D'Atra Hicks" Record

[@JukeboxJones88]

There is a music video for this song. BET aired it in 1989. I videotaped it. I am trying to find it.

[@CelestialGatez]

JukeboxJones88 I saw the "Sweet Talk" video........can't remember any others from that first album.

[@formerlyarandompropernameb9327]

Wow 😃

[@rudolphmcneill3333]

Ok. How do I not remember her. She was amazing. However she's a mess on the show "Your Husband is Cheating On Us."

[@modernaminaj]

I love her 💜💜💜

[@toniacarter8637]

😱😱😱😘😘 you better sanggg!!!!

[@anthonychoyce6496]

Queen

[@keginemylife]

Did yall see them pull that guy back from the stage?? 😆 😆

[@Terelon]

That was rude :(

[@askewh]

My girl

[@johnfalcon3335]

Why is she not a big star?

[@MauriceRivers415]

Probably the wrong/weak material given to her. This song seems a little dated for 1989, in my opinion.

[@kerrajohnson3203]

How was the song about making love also taking me to church at the same time? 🤣

[@brandonjovonstephens6637]

She Gives a Lil Bit of Micki Howard Until she goes into her upper Register

[@shannonwilliams9055]

I know you guys here Bobby Browns...I want to rock with you

[@MauriceRivers415]

The audience must've been sleeping until 3:20, but this is a great example of the right singer given the wrong material. Someone with her voice should've had a career like Vesta, Anita Baker, Regina Belle or Angela Winbush. The song is a bit dated for 1989, in my opinion.

[@rihannavideos5160]

Who is she????

[@luciusjohnson384]

Church.

[@MyFactsOfTheMatter]

I hear Natalie Cole.