Radio de 702

702 (pronounced "Seven-Oh-Two"), named after the area code of their hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada, is an American platinum-selling female R&B trio. Originally a quartet, the group eventually became a trio, which includes twin sisters Irish (born June 2, 1980), and Orish Grinstead (born June 2, 1980, died April 20, 2008)[1], their sister LeMisha 'Misha' Grinstead (born June 10, 1978) and lead singer Kameelah 'Meelah' Williams (born March 8, 1978) who left the group in 2001 to start her own solo career but returned in 2003. In Nevada, sisters LeMisha and Irish Grinstead, were students at Cheyenne High School in North Las Vegas, and their friend Kameelah Williams, was a student at Cimarron-Memorial High School in Las Vegas. Whenever a big boxing match was in town, the Grinstead sisters would hang out in the lobby of Caesars Palace and show off their vocal skills for all who would listen in the hopes that someone in the music industry would pass by. After many of these appearances, LeMisha, Irish, and her twin Orish, were losing hope, until one day, actor/comedian Sinbad, happened to walk by. Though not a music producer, he believed that the Grinsteads were talented and visited their home in order to convince their parents to send the trio to Atlanta for a convention and music competition. Though the girls missed the deadline for entry, Sinbad used his name to get them in.[1] "Sweeta than Suga," as they were then called (Sinbad suggested the name), came in second in the competition. As the convention was nearing a close, the sisters happened to see Michael Bivins (formerly of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe) passing by and persuaded him to listen. He later said that he thought he had found his own version of the Supremes. With the crowd that had gathered egging him on, Bivins agreed to work with the girls. After 702 made their recorded debut on Subway's hit single "This Lil' Game We Play" in the video Orish is the one standing next to Irish at the beginning. (Originally, there were 4 members: sisters Irish, LeMisha, Irish's twin sister Orish and their cousin Amelia), Amelia Grinstead dropped out of the group[1] and was replaced by LeMisha and Irish's and Orish's good friend Kameelah Williams, then after recording a few demos as a quartet even "Steelo", and "Get It Together", Orish decided to leave the group. while Bivins continued to work with different producers and songwriters to get the right feel for their first album. The new group was christened "702," which is Las Vegas' area code, a name which Bivens suggested. [1]