702 (group)
702 (pronounced "seven-oh-two") is an American girl group with the final and most known line-up consisting of Kameelah Williams and sisters Irish and LeMisha Grinstead. The group was named after the area code of their hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Undated photograph of the group (from left to right): Orish Grinstead, Kameelah Williams and Irish Grinstead. | |
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The group was originally a quartet featuring the Grinstead sisters born in Houston, Texas: LeMisha (born June 10, 1978), identical twins Orish (June 2, 1980 – April 20, 2008) and Irish (June 2, 1980 – September 16, 2023), with Amelia Childs. The group debuted as the featured artist on Subway's hit single "This Lil' Game We Play". Amelia and Orish were removed from the group due to manager Michael Bivins not favoring their voices and were briefly replaced by classmates Tiffany Villarreal and Kameelah Williams (born March 8, 1978, in Las Vegas, Nevada). Six months before their debut single was released, Tiffany would depart the group. Continuing as a trio, they released their debut single "Steelo" with great success.
Their first released album No Doubt in 1996, sold 500,000 copies in the United States. In 1999 the trio released the most famous 702 song called "Where My Girls At?" on the album 702 which gained a high level of success for the group selling half a million copies in the United States. For undisclosed conflicting personal reasons with the record label, Kameelah Williams distanced herself from the Grinstead sisters after the release of that album, and was replaced by Cree La'More, a solo singer who Irish and LeMisha personally picked to join the group. The new line-up released a single called "Pootie Tangin'" for the Pootie Tang soundtrack, though shortly after this, Kameelah Williams returned to the group, and for undisclosed reasons, Cree La'More left the ensemble. With the return of Kameelah Williams, they released the album Star which is mostly remembered for the single "I Still Love You". The group then disbanded in 2006. Orish Grinstead died on April 20, 2008, at age 27. They regrouped again in 2017, and appeared at the 2017 Soul Train Music Awards. Irish Grinstead died on September 16, 2023, at the age of 43.