Introducing the sexy side of Blaque, Shamari Fears, the lead singer of the group has a very strong and positive attitude and a voice that you just can't get enough of. Shamari provides the stylings of soul that strengthen Blaque and give them their spunk. Shamari was brought up by her mother Dawn and her father Raymond Fears and was born on February 22, 1980 in Detroit. She also has a brother named Ray Ray. Shamari is into all kinds of music such as, gospel, alternative rock and of course the R & B pop-flavoured tunes she sings on Blaque's album. Shamari met Natina Reed in grade five and was
… More extremely impressed with her outgoing personalty as soon as she walked into the classroom. Shamari said, everbody was like oh that's Natina. Shes from New York. She models and Stuff.' And I was like, ooh I want to meet this Natina. The two became friends instantly and even though they got in trouble a lot during school and had to be put in two separate classes it didn't stop them from becoming close friends. Shamari and Natina, with 2 other girls decided to form an urban country music group called Butz. But Natina didn't feel that the group was that strong and decided to leave the group. In addition, the remaining three changed their name to Intrigue. When performing at an Atlanta talent show, Shamari met Brandi, who was a solo artist at the time and they became good friends. Even though Intrigue had a demo deal with Elektra Records, the home of Missy Elliot and others, Shamari made the right decision to leave the group and join Natina who had asked to form a group with her. Natina's thought on Intrigue was that they wasn't going anywhere, so Shamari left. Shamari soon got in touch with Brandi and they formed Blaque, with the help of the amazing Lisa Left Eye Lopes. Lisa got them the audition with Sony and they were incredible. Shamari is an amazing person and absolutely adores her fans. We are a positive group. We believe in peace and love, she explains. Shamari always dreamed of having a music career and now that she has made it big, it shows that anyone that puts there mind to it can do anything.
