They would continue to sing and perform until their junior year of college at Prairie View A&M University,[1] where contractual issues caused Tamar to leave the group.
After cheering for the La Marque High School Cougars, and dancing on Prairie View Marching Storm Black Foxes,[2] Crystal Tamar auditioned for the 2005 Houston Texans Cheerleaders squad.
For the first pre-season game of 2007, Crystal Tamar sang the National anthem[3] for the annual Governor's Cup between the Houston Texans and Dallas Cowboys in front of a sold-out crowd of 70,000+ attendees, the largest crowd for a pre-season game at NRG Stadium.
[4] In 2015, Tamar was asked to return to choreograph the Texans vs Chiefs Halftime show featuring Bell Biv DeVoe.
Sophia Fresh was also part of the Nappy Boy Entertainment family, along with Travie McCoy, Shawnna, One Chance, Taz Dizm, Young Cash and Jay Lyriq.
Upon joining Sophia Fresh, the group quickly released their first single together, "Superbad" featuring T-Pain and Cee-Lo Green.
The group eventually split in 2011 upon asking for a release from Atlantic Records to pursue personal endeavors, with Crystal Tamar moving back to Houston.
After Crystal Tamar split with Sophia Fresh, she collaborated with 9th Wonder by featuring on various Jamla Records albums.
Crystal Tamar was featured on the 2014 Well Wishes album by Christian hip hop artist Bizzle song, "Did for Me", alongside Canton Jones.
Crystal Tamar's self-titled debut solo EP was released on August 16, 2019[8] to all major platforms.
Of the track, Soulbounce quotes Crystal Tamar explaining '"I could write a book about what this record means when I’m singing it.
Leading up to the release of the single, an acoustic performance of the song, recorded live at 25th Street Studios in Oakland, CA and featuring guitarist Ben Misterka, debuted on her YouTube channel.
[16] Speaking of the single, Crystal Tamar says "Serenade is my ballad baby of the album, I sifted through many submissions to find a record that would embody my old school R&B soul and pay homage to the true musicianship that my genre was birthed from.
[18] Crystal Tamar's voice-over career started in 2010 when she voiced the character Obamaniqua in the Adult Swim TV movie Freaknik: The Musical.