Before Dark was an American R&B girl group that originated in the late 1990s. The group consisted of sisters Arike Rice and Jeni Rice Genzuk (AKA Jeni G.), and their cousin Mia Lee, all from South Central Los Angeles. The group released the album Daydreamin' on July 11, 2000 on the RCA Records label with a single called "Baby" featuring female rapper Solé, They also made a guest appearance on Tyrese's self-titled debut album. Later in 2000, the single "Monica" hit #77 on the Billboard Top 100 chart and #7 on the Billboard R&B sales chart.

Arike Rice was formerly a member of the 90's group The Voices when she was nine.

Arike Rice is now a solo artist. She took time off from singing and started studying english at California State University. She has danced for many artists such as Missy Elliott, Ne-Yo and Kelly Rowland. She has performed on tour with Ne-yo in 2008 and has her own web site and myspace page to receive her big break. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.