Tima bounces back into the limelight

IMA REECE has finally decided to step out of the darkness into the light. Looking sexier than ever, she beat depression, changed her hair from blonde locks back to smouldering brunette with a rocking body to match and a new album about to drop.

The singer, whose birth name is Tia, has one of the sweetest and mesmerising voices. Her music made our hearts melt with pain when she was at her A” game.

She had us singing along to her radio hits

and But the R&B songstress suddenly stopped making music for nine years and faded into the background.

For the newbies who fail to recognise the name, she is the resident backing vocalist as well as a voice coach on

This is a role she has played with her husband Kurt Herman. Herman, a celebrity in his own right, won the very first He and Pam Andrews were known as 101.

Reece confesses that her absence from the studio was due to severe depression. While fans mourned the late iconic Aaliyah back in 2001, Reece arrived fresh-faced onto the pop scene at just 19 years old, and we fell instantly in love with her.

Her music flooded the airwaves and saw her earn two SAMA nominations for Best Pop Single and Best Album for her debut album, in

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