Sunshyne P, born Tricia A. Franklin, was born in Newark, NJ. Born to Altheia Allen and Phillip Brooks, Sunshyne was heavily influenced by her carribean background. Her heritage consists of Trinidad, West Indies and La Ceiba Honduras. Sunshyne is a singer/songwriter who has sung with the likes of Grammy nominated/actress Blanche McAllister Dykes of Donald Lawrence’s Tri City Singers, Walter Hemingway of the Root Doctors, International Recording Artists Cheri Maree andGlynnis Martin and many more. Sunshyne sang in numerous choirs, numerous events and currently is affilialted with three local Jazz bands. Sunshyne started singing from primary school age. Her exposure to singing to big crowds started in the 80’s in Fontana California at Loveland church. Her entertainment resume continues with singing in the Army Chorus in the 90’s in Fort Benning Georgia. After a major life event, Sunshyne began exploring performing with bands; she then joined an R&B band called Soul Unique. Those experiences then lead to being asked to be the vocalist for other bands. From there, Sunshyne was strongly encouraged to pursue a solo career. It was discovered early on that she was a poet and a prolific writer, which lead to her writing lyrics to her own songs. Sunshyne is set to release an EP which is the prequel to her album Sunshyne’s legacy on April 13th 2014. Sunshyne credits all of her accomplishments as God’s favor and blessings and does not take that lightly. She is set to have a pre CD release show at Wet Willies in Columbia, SC on April 13th 7-9pm, as well as opening for Beenie Man and Romaine Virgo on May 10th at the Chop Shop Noda in Charlotte, NC. There are many more upcoming events that you will be kept abreast of. Sunshyne’s mantra is “I Aspire to Inspire Others to Achieve Higher at your own pace. With God, sky’s the limit!”