{{short description|American rapper}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> |name = Suga-T |image = Suga_T.jpg |caption = Suga-T in 2011 |background = solo_singer |birth_name = Tenina Stevens |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|12|21}} |origin = Vallejo, California, U.S. | genre = {{flatlist| * Hip hop * gospel * R&B * EDM * pop }} |occupation = Rapper |years_active = 1988–present |label = {{flatlist| * Jive * Sick Wid It * Hip Hop Mom * Suga-T Music Publishing * Pushin Hits }} |current_member_of = The Click }}
'''Tenina Stevens''' (born December 21, 1971), better known by her stage name '''Suga-T''', is an American rapper from Vallejo, California. She is a founding member of the Click, a rap group that also includes her brothers E-40 and D-Shot and her cousin B-Legit.
The Click released their debut album, ''Down and Dirty'', in 1992 through E-40's Sick Wid It Records, after which all four member released solo projects, with Suga-T's debut album ''It's All Good'' being released in 1993. In 1995 Sick Wid It signed a major label distribution deal with Jive Records, Suga-T then appeared on the Click's second album, ''Game Related'' in 1995 and released her major label debut ''Paper Chasin''', which charted on the ''Billboard'' 200 at No. 193.<ref name="CA" /> She also sings multi-genres of music, writes songs and is a TV, music and executive producer. Suga-T is currently working as a performer, author, speaker, vision partner coach and is the founder of Sprinkle Me Enterprise and Sprinkle Me School of Music and Vision. At one time she sacrificed her career and went back to school to complete an AA Business, BA Psychology and MA in Organizational Management, re-invented her brand and helps others re-invent their brand.
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Release ! scope="col" colspan="5" | Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US<br /><ref name="CA">[http://allmusic.com/artist/suga-t-p41793/charts-awards Suga-T Charts & Awards]", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-06-17</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US<br>R&B<br /><ref name="CA"/> |- ! scope="row" | ''It's All Good'' | *Released: April 16, 1993 *Label: Sick Wid It | — || 88 |- ! scope="row" | ''Paper Chasin''' | *Released: February 27, 1996 *Label: Sick Wid It, Jive | 193 || 28 |- ! scope="row" | ''Be About It'' | *Released: April 23, 2007 *Label: Sprinkle Me Enterprise / Inspirationz By Suga, Inc | — || — |- ! scope="row" | ''The Game Needs Me'' | *Released: January 8, 2010 *Label: Sprinkle Me Enterprise / Inspirationz By Suga, Inc | — || — |}
===Collaboration albums=== * ''Down and Dirty'' <small>with the Click</small> (1992) * ''Game Related'' <small>with the Click</small> (1995) * ''Money & Muscle'' <small>with the Click</small> (2001)
===Compilation albums=== * ''Gettin' It'' (2000)
===Mixtapes=== *''The Return of Suga-T: The Best Is Yet to Come'' (2010)
===Extended plays=== *''The All Woman Show'' (2011) *''Queen of the West'' (2017)
==Soundtrack appearances== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| <br/>Title<br/><br/> ! scope="col"| Release ! scope="col"| Other artist(s) ! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Soundtrack |- ! scope="row"| "Hot Ones Echo Thru the Ghetto" | 1995 | The Click, Levitti | ''Tales from the Hood'' |- ! scope="row"| "Suga Daddy" |rowspan="4"|1996 | | ''Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood'' |- ! scope="row"| "On the Grind" | The Click, Mike Marshall | ''Original Gangstas'' |- ! scope="row"| "Gotta Have Game" | The Click | ''Phat Beach'' |- ! scope="row"| "Why You Wanna Funk?" | The Click, Spice 1 | ''High School High'' |- ! scope="row"| "Struggled & Survived" | 1997 | The Click, Levitti | ''Dangerous Ground'' |- ! scope="row"| "Fuckin' They Nose" |rowspan="2"| 1999 | The Click |rowspan="2"|''Charlie Hustle: The Blueprint of a Self-Made Millionaire'' |- ! scope="row"| "Ghetto Celebrity" | E-40, Celly Cel |- ! scope="row"| "If You Don't Want None" |rowspan="2"| 2000 |rowspan="2"| | ''Nurse Betty'' |- ! scope="row"| "Who Owns It" | ''Live Nude Girls Unite'' |- ! scope="row"| "Comin' Up on Somp'n" | 2001 | E-40 | ''Pootie Tang'' |- ! scope="row"| "Captain Save a Hoe" | 2013 | The Click | ''Grand Theft Auto V'' |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{commons category-inline}} * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Suga+T Suga-T] at Discogs
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Category:21st-century American women rappers Category:Jive Records artists Category:Musicians from Vallejo, California Category:Rappers from the San Francisco Bay Area Category:Living people Category:West Coast hip-hop musicians Category:Gangsta rappers Category:21st-century American rappers Category:21st-century African-American rappers Category:1971 births Category:The Click members Category:21st-century African-American women rappers