Da Brat
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 14 April 1974 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Shawntae Harris (born April 14, 1974), better known by her stage name Da Brat, is an American rapper. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, she began her career in 1992, the year she signed with So So Def Records. Her debut album Funkdafied (1994) sold one million copies, making her the first female solo rap act to receive a platinum certification, and the second overall female rap act (solo or group) after Salt-N-Pepa. Brat has received two Grammy Award nominations and has achieved two-top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100, "Funkdafied" and "Not Tonight."
Known for
Acting 24
- 2026Brat Loves Judy: The Baby Special as Self
- 2025Terry McMillan Presents: Preach, Pray, Love as Money
- 2024Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2021You're Watching Video Music Box as Self
- 2021The Real Queens of Hip Hop: The Women Who Changed the Game as Self
- 2021Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
- 2019Canal Street as herself
- 2016VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
- 2013So So Def All-Star 20th Anniversary Concert as Self
- 2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Self
- 2010Katt Williams: 9 Lives as Self
- 2007Mariah Carey: The Adventures of Mimi as Self
- 200630 Days as Kamesha
- 2006Katt Williams: The Pimp Chronicles Pt. 1 as Self
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self · 1 episode
- 2002Civil Brand as Sabrina
- 2001Glitter as Louise
- 2001Carmen: A Hip Hopera as Narrator
- 2001On the Come Up at the Source Awards as Herself
- 1999Mariah Carey's Homecoming Special as Self
- 1997Rhyme & Reason as Self
- 1996Kazaam as Da Brat
- 1994All That as Self · 1 episode
- 1984MTV Video Music Awards as Self · 1 episode