» Highbrid Nation Remembers Orish Grinstead Founding Member of 702, Dead at 27. | Highbrid Nation

Highbrid Nation Remembers Orish Grinstead Founding Member of 702, Dead at 27.

Posted by Juan

Shorty was suffering from a bad bill of health. May she rest in peace.

Orish Grinstead, founding member of the once blazing R&B group 702 passed away Sunday (April 20) due to kidney failure. Grinstead, who just 27 years old and was in poor health suffering from cancer as well which she yet had been treated for. According to BET.com Grinstead had been plagued by her illness for quite some time and was only given several months to live.

Orish along with her twin sister, Irish and older sister, Lameisha formed the 90’s girl group 702 which is a play on their home area code of Las Vegas. The were discovered by comedian, Sinbad in the lobby of Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Orish would later leave the the group to pursue a solo career prior to their smash release “No Doubt”, which featured the joints you know like “Steelo“, “All I Want” and “Get It Together“. May you finally find peace in your final resting place mama.

17 Comments »

Comment by Mike "Evorgleb" Belgrove

2008-04-24 08:48:32

Someone correct me if I’m wrong but I believe there was a period in time where Orish came back and replaced Irish in the group when Irish was pregnant and could not tour without most people even picking up on the switch. Then after giving birth Irish came back and Orish left again.

There has always been interchanging members of 702. It’s sad that Orish would pass considering she never solidly identified as a member of the group to most people.

Reply to this comment

Comment by Mike "Evorgleb" Belgrove

2008-04-24 08:54:02

Correction, Orish replaced Lameisha and was indeed a full time member at the time of her death.

Reply to this comment

Comment by Ashley

2008-05-24 04:25:58

The thing is Orish was in and out of the group a lot. A lot of the time she filled when any of the other girls were pregnant or when Kameelah left the group. She had also rejoined the group in the late 90’s and was a memeber at the time of her death. See Orish and Irish are twins but people get confused because Orish and her sister Lemisha look more like twins than Orish and Irish

(Comments wont nest below this level)

Reply here

Comment by ababy2088

2008-07-15 10:32:27

No she right she did replace her twin why she was prenant and left and came back to replace the other and stayed until her death she always was in and out or really never left just took a sit in the back

(Comments wont nest below this level)

Reply here

Comment by Marcus "Dos Un" Holmes

2008-04-24 11:04:49

rip mami

Reply to this comment

Comment by omyra

2008-04-24 12:55:29

Ok was she in the actual group? Is that her on the album/cd covers? Do they not have a better picture of her? Were they Identical twins cause that photo and the one on the cover doesn’t actually look the same.

Reply to this comment

Comment by precious

2008-04-24 15:55:23

Irish and Orish are identical twins. The pic of her is from back in the 90s when they first came out. Orish was the founder and one of four original group members. Orish left the group and then returned only for a short time to fill in for her older sister lameisha, while she was on maternity leave. So, no she was not an active member at the time of her death.

Reply to this comment

Comment by Juan "S. Stylus" Perez

2008-04-24 17:23:18

Yeah she was a founding member. I think she was still involved with the group behind the scenes but she was the one who initiated the group. Her declining health however sidelined her career. A shame. Sorry I didn’t have a better photo.

(Comments wont nest below this level)

Reply here

Comment by Ashley

2008-05-24 04:29:02

Irish and Orish are twin but they are not identical. Irish is the mocha colored one that always has her hair long, Kameelah is always singing lead, Orish is the light one with short hair. The one you are referring to that looks like Orish is her sister Lemisha. Orish and Lemisha look more like identical twins, than does her actual twin

(Comments wont nest below this level)

Reply here

Comment by tim

2008-11-06 23:05:34

ok yes she was in the actual group when they came out with this little game we play with subway she was apart of the group some forget theyre were 4 girls she was the lead singer i remember them doing the song on soul train and it was subway but the other girls for some reason was present it was just orish and subway.so yes she was aprt of the group until the drop of theyre debut cd no doubt.

Reply to this comment

Comment by DEE DEE

2008-04-27 14:42:05

she was a amazing singer and she will be sadly missed r.i.p. orish

Reply to this comment

Comment by ebOny

2008-04-30 15:55:57

her vOice was amazingq, nd her sinqingq whus phenOmenal… r.i.p Orish, yOoh will be missed

Reply to this comment

Comment by Boss Lady

2008-05-18 19:41:02

My heart goes out to Irish and the family. I know what it is to loose someone close. My prayers to the family. R.I.P Orish

Reply to this comment

Comment by Starrica

2008-05-21 18:18:13

I am deeply saddened by her death. Wow, she was so young and beautiful…and now she is gone.

Reply to this comment

Trackback responses to this post

702 MEMBER ORISH GRINSTEAD DIES AT 27 | QuickNews

[…] highbridnation.com […]

orish | Lasts information

[…] Highbrid Nation Remembers Orish Grinstead Founding Member of 702.Orish Grinstead, founding member of the once blazing R&B group 702 passed away Sunday (April 20) due to kidney failure. Grinstead, who just 27 years old and was in poor health suffering from cancer as well which she yet had been treated …Highbrid Nation - http://highbridnation.com […]

orish | Hottags

[…] Highbrid Nation Remembers Orish Grinstead Founding Member of 702.Orish Grinstead, founding member of the once blazing R&B group 702 passed away Sunday (April 20) […]