Élan Luz Rivera

Élan Luz Rivera
Élan Luz Rivera
Also known as	Élan of The D.E.Y.
Born	June 1982 (age 42); New York City, New York, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop; Latin; pop; R&B;
Occupations	Singer; actress;
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Epic

Élan Luz Rivera (born June 1982) is an American Latin hip hop singer and actress. She is one-third of Latin hip-hop trio The D.E.Y.

Early life and education

Rivera was born and raised in New York City.^[1] As a child she worked as an actress, appearing in the movie, Life with Mikey, and also made a guest appearance on the television series, Ghostwriter.^{[citation needed]} Elan attended LaGuardia High School for Music and Art and Performing Arts (The "Fame" School).

She made her first appearance on Broadway as Cookie in the musical play The Capeman from 29 January to 28 March 1998 at the Marquis Theatre in New York,^[2] From 26 April to 13 May 2001 she played Susie Rogers in musical comedy The Adventures of Tom Sawyer at the Minskoff Theatre in New York.^[3] In 2005, Divine introduced her to rapper Yeyo. During the making of their album, she worked with the American pop singer Ashley Tisdale in the background vocals for her 2007 hit song "He Said She Said" and wrote "Fuego" for The Cheetah Girls' with producer J.R. Rotem and songwriter Evan Bogart.

Rivera was featured and wrote on The 2008 LL Cool J album Exit 13 under the name Elan of The Dey.

Rivera has formal training in singing in Hindi, German, Italian, Spanish and Sanskrit.