section_path: Career/2008–2013: Acting debut and RockaByeBaby
section_name: 2008–2013: Acting debut and RockaByeBaby
paragraph_text: 2008–2013: Acting debut and RockaByeBaby
  
  In 2008, Ventura made her acting debut as Sophie Donovan in the dance film Step Up 2: The Streets, she also sang the lead single " Is It You " to the Step Up soundtrack. The song was released on November 13, 2007, and peaked at eighty-five on the Canadian Hot 100 and fifty-two in the UK's The Official Charts Company. In July 2009, Ventura announced that her second studio album's title would be Electro Love. Ventura described her new album as "sensual" and said it will demonstrate more "independence" with a "difference in vocals, a little bit more personality". Three singles have been released from the album; " Official Girl " featuring Lil Wayne in August 2008, " Must Be Love " featuring Diddy in April 2009, and " Let's Get Crazy " featuring Akon in August 2009. All three singles failed to chart in the United States.
  
  After several delays, it was announced in December 2009 that Ventura had signed a new record deal with Interscope Records. She is featured in a spread in the August/September issue of Bust in which she said a new single will be released in the fall. At the time of an October 2010 interview with HitQuarters, A&R Daniel 'Skid' Mitchell said that Ventura had already recorded around fifty songs for the album. Mitchell said that she was taking her time over the album because she is keen for "it to be something that people are going to respect". She appeared in rapper Wiz Khalifa 's " Roll Up " music video as his love interest.
  
  Ventura released the single " King of Hearts ", which was released in the United States on February 14, 2012, along with the official music video. On April 24, 2012, Ventura performed the single live for the first time at BET's 106 & Park music video show. She concluded the performance with a brief dance number set to the Kanye West remix of the song, along with four dancers. After the performance Cassie and 106 & Park were worldwide trending topics on Twitter and it received mostly mixed to positive reviews from various online media outlets. The single, "Balcony", featuring Young Jeezy, was sent to U.S. urban radio stations on September 18, 2012.
  
  On September 13, 2012, Nicki Minaj released the lead single off her re-release album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up, titled " The Boys ", featuring Ventura. The song was sent to urban radios on September 25. A music video was released on October 18.
  
  In July 2012, Ventura announced that she had been working simultaneously on her album and a new mixtape titled RockaByeBaby. It was released on April 11, 2013, and was named the best mixtape of the year by Dazed & Confused. The mixtape saw the release of "Numb" featuring American rapper Rick Ross on April 2, along with the song's accompanying music video and "Paradise" featuring rapper Wiz Khalifa premiered on April 9, 2013, alongside the video on BET 106 & Park. In April 2013 it was announced that Ventura was the face of the Summer 2013 Forever 21 collection.
  
  In 2008, Ventura made her acting debut as Sophie Donovan in the dance film Step Up 2: The Streets, she also sang the lead single " Is It You " to the Step Up soundtrack. The song was released on November 13, 2007, and peaked at eighty-five on the Canadian Hot 100 and fifty-two in the UK's The Official Charts Company. In July 2009, Ventura announced that her second studio album's title would be Electro Love. Ventura described her new album as "sensual" and said it will demonstrate more "independence" with a "difference in vocals, a little bit more personality". Three singles have been released from the album; " Official Girl " featuring Lil Wayne in August 2008, " Must Be Love " featuring Diddy in April 2009, and " Let's Get Crazy " featuring Akon in August 2009. All three singles failed to chart in the United States.
  
  After several delays, it was announced in December 2009 that Ventura had signed a new record deal with Interscope Records. She is featured in a spread in the August/September issue of Bust in which she said a new single will be released in the fall. At the time of an October 2010 interview with HitQuarters, A&R Daniel 'Skid' Mitchell said that Ventura had already recorded around fifty songs for the album. Mitchell said that she was taking her time over the album because she is keen for "it to be something that people are going to respect". She appeared in rapper Wiz Khalifa 's " Roll Up " music video as his love interest.
  
  Ventura released the single " King of Hearts ", which was released in the United States on February 14, 2012, along with the official music video. On April 24, 2012, Ventura performed the single live for the first time at BET's 106 & Park music video show. She concluded the performance with a brief dance number set to the Kanye West remix of the song, along with four dancers. After the performance Cassie and 106 & Park were worldwide trending topics on Twitter and it received mostly mixed to positive reviews from various online media outlets. The single, "Balcony", featuring Young Jeezy, was sent to U.S. urban radio stations on September 18, 2012.
  
  On September 13, 2012, Nicki Minaj released the lead single off her re-release album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up, titled " The Boys ", featuring Ventura. The song was sent to urban radios on September 25. A music video was released on October 18.
  
  In July 2012, Ventura announced that she had been working simultaneously on her album and a new mixtape titled RockaByeBaby. It was released on April 11, 2013, and was named the best mixtape of the year by Dazed & Confused. The mixtape saw the release of "Numb" featuring American rapper Rick Ross on April 2, along with the song's accompanying music video and "Paradise" featuring rapper Wiz Khalifa premiered on April 9, 2013, alongside the video on BET 106 & Park. In April 2013 it was announced that Ventura was the face of the Summer 2013 Forever 21 collection.