Teairra Marí Thomas (born December 2, 1987) is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress from Detroit, Michigan.

In 2010, she starred in the film Lottery Ticket alongside rappers Bow Wow and Ice Cube.

Born in Detroit, Marí sung in church and she was influenced by the music of Motown acts and Aaliyah, Monica, and Brandy Norwood.

[2] According to VP A&R at Island Def Jam Music Group Shakir Stewart, in an interview with HitQuarters, "Teairra was a star when she walked into the room.

"[2] Marí worked with Jay-Z in his first collaboration project since becoming president of Def Jam Records, to create "Make Her Feel Good" along with producer Sean Garrett, the lead single from her debut album on Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam that reached number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #9 on the R&B charts.

[4] Teairra Marí's first album, Roc-A-Fella Records Presents Teairra Marí, was released on August 2, 2005 and was produced by Brian Michael Cox, Darkchild, Cool & Dre, Blackout Movement, The Trackboyz, Kwame and was co-executive produced by Sean Garrett.

Featured on the album were Nicki Minaj, Flo Rida, Pleasure P, Soulja Boy, Gucci Mane, Kanye West & Rick Ross.

The album At That Point was scheduled to release the summer of 2010[9] but was eventually shelved due to so many tracks getting leaked online.

[11] Late 2009, Teairra Marí released her first mixtape Don't Make Me Cause a Scene, hosted by DJ Papa Smurf.

Besides throwing all her singles on there she released before she released "Sponsor", plus adding "Diamonds" (with Kanye West), and "Automatic" (with Nicki Minaj), and remixing, "Birthday Sex" (Jeremih), "Turn My Swagg On" (Soulja Boy), "Blame It" (Jamie Foxx, T-Pain), "Turning Me Off" (Keri Hilson), and "Best I Ever Had" (Drake).

Marí performed the new song for the first time at R&B Live in Hollywood,[14] and later revealed on the set of the video that she had departed from Warner Bros and had signed a deal with Rico Love's label Division1.

[15] Due to the large amount of leftover material from the album, Marí released a fourth mixtape titled Now or Never on May 30, 2011.

Marí described the reasoning for the title of the album by saying "It's reminiscent of a new jack swing, like '90s R&B, bedroom music but with a bounce.

During 2013, the cable network UP premiered her in "The Dempsey Sisters" with Lynn Whitfield, Denyce Lawton and Clifton Powell.