San Francisco-based music phenom Nya Jade announces today the launch of the Nurturing Young Africa (NYA) Foundation, created to support the welfare of African children orphaned by HIV/AIDS and other circumstances.

Nya's fundraising efforts for her foundation include a new jewelry collection designed in collaboration by Nya and the modern, sculptural jewelry design company RedStart Design.

Riding on the success of her recent song and music video release Live, Nya Jade aims to use her reputation in the music industry to increase awareness of disadvantaged children in Africa and to...

San Francisco-based singer/songwriter Nya Jade has already drawn acclaim throughout the Bay Area for her unique music, a bold blend of sounds utterly unbound by genre, unified by Nya's passionate, perceptive vocals. As an entrepreneur, Nya is also at the helm of the new "do-it-yourself" movement in music and major national critics are taking notice. Born in the West African country of Ghana and raised around the world, this Stanford educated artist created her own record label to do music her way. The duality of working as both artist and record label head has made her an exciting person to...

San Francisco-based singer/songwriter Nya Jade will release her debut album, My Denial, June 13th on Katako Records. Jade's lead single and video "One Pill" was featured on VH1.com, VH1 Soul, MTV U, BET's "Ya Heard," and Music Choice, generating buzz on the strength of its songwriting and original subject matter, which addresses our pharmacologically obsessed culture. Jade is currently featured on VH1's "Hear Music First" and people can hear the entire CD before it's available in stores.

My Denial is unquestionably representative of Jade's multi-faceted personality. At turns poignant, ...