Jaya (born Maria Luisa Ramsey on March 21, 1969, in Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino pop singer with African American ancestry.BiographyShe is known in the Philippines as the Queen of Soul. Born Maria Luisa Ramsey on March 21, 1970 in Manila, the name Jaya came from an American producer when he signed her to a record deal in the U.S. in 1989. Her mother is comedienne-singer Elizabeth Ramsey, who is of Afro-Jamaica. . She has three siblings, namely: Ike, Anna, and Susan.She started in