Orish Grinstead was born along with the twins of Irish Grinstead on June 2 on the 2nd of June, 1980 located in the United States of America. The original member Orish Grinstead is the twin sister of Irish Grinstead, died in April, 2008 due to kidney disease at 27 years old.. It is possible to see her as one of the four original 702 members in the video “This Little Games We Play” together with Subway and also has brief appearances in the film, “Steelo”. You can also hear her as a background singer and lead lyrics for a track on their debut album, called “Not Gonna’.
The group was initially comprised of three sisters, the Grinstead sisters, which comprised identical twins Irish and Orish, (born June 2 and born on June 2, 1980) along with their older sister LeMisha (born on June 10 in 1978) along with their sister Amelia Cruz whom they debuted as featured performers on Subway’s smash track “This Lil’ Game We Play”.
Amelia Cruz removed herself from the group due to unknown reasons soon after the release of the album. Their acquaintance Kameelah Williams made her way into the band, and later replaced her. At this point the group signed an album contract in partnership with Motown records. While they were working on their first album Orish Grinstead resigned from their group due to unspecified reasons although her vocals can be evident in the record. The trio continued to perform as a group the group released their first track “Steelo” with amazing popularity.
Their debut album No Doubt, was released in 1996, and sold more than 500,000 copies in United States. The group released the most famous 702 hit song, “Where My Girls At?” on the album 702 in 1999. The album was a huge hit and a huge success for them, with more than a half million copies across the United States. Following it was the release of the album Kameelah Williams left the Grinstead sisters due to unspecified personal reasons to the label. She became replaced by Cree La’More. She is a solo artist who Irish as well as LeMisha selected as a member of the group.
The group released a single entitled “Pootie Tangin'” for the Pootie Tang soundtrack. However, shortly afterwards, Kameelah Williams rejoined the group as well as Cree La’More quit for unknown reasons. Following Kameelah Williams back the band released their debut album Star that is recognized for their hit song “I still love You.” They disbanded in 2006. group eventually broke up in the year 2006. They returned in 2017 and played during the 2017 Soul Train Music Awards.
Orish Grinstead as well as the 702’s Rise Fame
Sisters LeMisha, Irish Grinstead and their twins attended The Las Vegas Academy of Performing Arts in Las Vegas. Irish along with their twin sister Orish Grinstead, as well as LeMisha were seen performing at the entrance in Caesars Palace on occasion, when they were spotted by comedian and actor Sinbad. Sinbad paid them a visit to convince their parents to take the trio to Atlanta for a convention as well as a music competition. Even though they were late for the deadline to submit their entries, Sinbad used his name to convince them to join. “Sweeta rather than Suga,” as they were nicknamed in the era (Sinbad suggested the name), finished second in the contest. The convention came close to its conclusion, the sisters were able to meet Michael Bivins (of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe), who was willing to work with the sisters.
Amelia Childs, a singer was a singer who briefly joined the group. The new group was given the code “702,” which is the area code for Las Vegas and was suggested by Bivins. Amelia And Orish Grinstead were dropped from the group because of their vocals being weak soon after their first appearance on the hit Subway single “This Little Game We Play” they were replaced Kameelah Williams as well as Tiffany Villarreal, who were students at the academy.
Tiffany quit in the course of six months of her time to pursue an independent career. The most well-known and most successful lineup was a trio of Meelah Lemisha, Meelah, and Irish. Orish didn’t join the group, however he sang the background vocals for their first album, and was an alternate for the absence of members. Bivins continued to collaborate with songwriters and producers to find the right sound for their debut album.
In the premiere episode of The first episode ofBET’s BET Presents the Encore, Irish and LeMisha discussed their mother and former group member Orish Grinstead who passed away in 2008 due to kidney failure.
“It was difficult to keep that in for that long and it was kind of a relief to be able to open up about it and finally release it from my heart,” says Irish as Orish’s twin.
LeMisha adds “I struggled just in the same way, and probably not as much as Irish did but it was as devastating for me to lose Orish.” LeMisha then remembers watching Irish suffer from the first “warning warning signs” that were indicative of “depression” while caring for her infant baby son Bryce, at the time.
