Shy

SHY were an Urban R'n B group, that consisted of Thalia Bennett, Aisha La'Verne and Laya Richards at the time of their split.

2003 - 04: Formation and Circles
Forming in 2003, SHY consisted of 4 members Taryn Bennett, Thalia Bennett and Aisha La'Verne. (The 4th member of SHY was never named) all girls were talented and gifted singers and rappers, who used to busk on the streets and enter local talent quests. During the winter of 2003, all three girls were introduced to a label boss at Roc Nation and signed the same day. The girls went into the studio immediately and by summer had a full album ready for release.

In the summer of 2004 "She Got Game/Dumb" was released world wide on the 4/7/04, taking both a warm response in the U.S and U.K, entering at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #16 on the U.K charts respectively. The girls career's began to skyrocket in America and to ensure more success in the U.K were based there for a few months and during the release of their second single "Kick Him to The Kerb" ft. MC Labels was released 10/10/04 entering #14 on the Billboard hot 100 and #20 in the U.K charts.

2005 & Hiatus
As the new year came in, rumours began to circulate that Taryn had quit the group, due to the strain of working from the U.K. It turned out the she was pregnant and decided to take on the role of mother.

Kenya Stone from California and also a well known studio singer had been penciled in to join the group. A re-recorded version of the album "Circles" was produced and a new single were planned, but Thalia placed the band on an indefinite hiatus after her split from Fifth Element member Cody Case.

2006 - 08: Ain't It Funny and Third Line-up
In late 2006, Aisha La'Verne had decided the hiatus SHY had been placed on went long enough. Making contact with both Taryn and Thalia, she asked if they wished to reform. Both declined the opportunity at first, only for Thalia to re-join the project a week later. Kenya was not asked to rejoin. Among all this both Aisha and Thalia parted ways with their management team,(Responsible for stars Fifth Element and Ivy) signing up with the same management team behind stars Mikaire and Dalisay.

Early 2007 saw Aisha and Thalia joined by new comer Laya Richards and annouced their comeback. Singer Ivy supported the girls, by writing them the song "Ride With Me" which was released 8/4/07. Troubles still plauged the girl group, seeing the song flop at a low #25 on the U.K Top 20 and even lower on the Billboard Hot 100. The girls stated they had "gone in too fast and had no clue what they were doing"

This didn't dishearten the girls and by June the girls had come back with a new single "One For Envy" which gave the girls their first top 10 hit in the U.K and on the Billboard Hot 100. Reeling with good success the the girls took some time off to finish their second album.

By November a third single and the album were ready for release. Nightwalker was released on the 11/11/07, followed by the album a week later. Nightwalker didn't generate as much hype as it's predecessor and only enter the charts at #11, however, their album came at more critical acclaim and saw the girls hit #6 with their album "Ain't It Funny"

The last single from the album was "Gangster Boy" which was released in the summer of 2008 and didn't live up to much hype at all, charting at #18.

The girls took the rest of the year off to work on new material, before announcing, what would end up being their last single with Aisha in the line up, "I'll Show You" which saw the girls take out their highest singles charting position at #7.

2009 - Split
In mid 2009, just hours before the trio announced plans for their new single and come back, Aisha La'Verne released this statement, via social media:

''"Due to the fact that too much unreliability, trust issues and poor communication, I've made decision to leave SHY. This comes after much deliberation, but working with two people who do not share the same visions as I do has become too much to bare. I wish both Thalia and Laya luck on what they decide to do."'

It was later revealed Aisha had become fed up with Thalia's erratic behavior, when a messy, nasty argument ensued, causing Aisha to quit. Thalia never confirmed this story from Aisha, however former member Laya has back Aisha on these claims.

Thalia and Laya carried on as a duo for the remainder of 2009 to mid 2010, while in the process of auditioning a new member, Thalia released this statement Via SHY's official website:

"Aisha and I worked very closely, together for the past 7 years and after extensive auditions to have a new member join, I felt it would be wrong to try write Aisha out. Instead, after talking it over between myself, Laya and our management, we've decided it'd be best if we were not to continue on. We'd like to thank our fans over the years and apologize for this abrupt ending, however one day we may return, although I'm doubtful."

Rumours had spread that Thalia had talked herself an exclusive record deal with Wired Records, the latter of which turned out to be true.

2012: Reformation
April 9, 2012 saw a picture surface online of 3 hands holding a tin can. Although speculation was that Thalia, Laya and Aisha would be returning to SHY, this was quickly denied by Thalia's Reps.

Early 2013 saw Aisha La'Verne announce that SHY were officially reforming, and although she had offered positions in the group to Laya Richards, Kenya Stone, Taryn Bennett and Thalia Bennett, all turned down the offer to return to their past. Aisha was given permission from Thalia (Who was co-owner of the SHY brand) to have all rights to the name.

Although no official date has been confirmed for when the reformation will take motion, Aisha has posted on twitter numerous times confirming the presence of herself and the two unannounced members spending time in the studio.

Line-up changes
Many of the groups problems came from their inability to keep a single line-up for a long period of time.

2003-04
The group started originally started out with 4 members, however before the girls released publicly the 4th member walked. Her identity was never disclosed. The line up consisted of Thalia Bennett, Aisha La'Verne and Taryn Bennett. It would be Taryn to cause the first line up change, leaving to become a mother in the new year of 2004.

2004-05
This would be the second line up of SHY and in fact the least successful. Although new member Kenya Stone would re-record old singles and the current album with the girls the whole project was shelved after Thalia placed the band on a hiatus in 2005, after discovering she was pregnant. No single or album was released with Kenya, in fact she only filled in for public appearances.

2006 - 2010
This would become the third line up change of the group and the most successful with 3 top ten hits and album. Laya Richards would become SHY's new member after Kenya was not asked to rejoin the group. While being the most successful version of SHY it was the most troubled plagued with Thalia becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol, becoming a home wrecker and ended up in jail. Aisha would eventually leave the band in 2009, while Thalia and Laya continued on until 2010 without a replacement. A new member was hired to fill Aisha's place, however after much deliberation Thalia would leave the band in 2010, causing the official SHY split.

Albums
Circles (US Version)- # 23

Aint It Funny - # 6

Singles

 * 1) She Got Game/Dumb [04/07/04] - #16
 * 2) Kick Him To The Kerb (featuring MC Labels) [10/10/04] - #20
 * 3) Ride With Me [08/04/07] -#25
 * 4) One For Envy [03/06/07] -#10
 * 5) Nightwalker [11/11/07] - #11
 * 6) Gangster Boy [04/05/08] - #18
 * 7) I'll Show You [16/11/08] - #7