The rapper reflects on her hard-earned rise and how a new guard of female artists is pushing hip-hop to new heights.
My dad is a hip-hop head. He loved N.W.A. He loved Tupac. He even listened to female rappers back in the day, like Left Eye, Trina, and Lil’ Kim. He loved Eve because he loved DMX, her Ruff Ryders labelmate. My dad was into cars heavy, so he had old-school cars with candy paint and big rims that he would rent out for music-video shoots. I was on set for the filming of Ciara’s “Goodies.” I was on some Jagged Edge video shoots and sets for B5, this group Diddy had.
In our household, when you do something, you do it full-fledged; it’s not a hobby. So after I told my dad when I was eight that I wanted to rap, I would get picked up from school, do my homework in the lobby of a music studio, and then go record. I love what the new generation of women is doing. … We’re doing things in our own way and bigger than it's ever been done before.I was working independently and putting out music until one of my tracks finally caught, which was “B*tch From Da Souf.” It got all the labels calling me. From there, I dropped my debut album,in 2020. That project solidified my spot as a new female rapper on the mainstream scene.
When I was promoting that album, I did an interview with Nadeska Alexis from Apple Music, and I guess they just loved my personality and my energy because they gave me my own radio show, which I namedThe show is all about lifting up other women artists in the industry, like Chlöe Bailey and Lola Brooke. I’m a fan of these girls in real life, so I want them there with me as guests on the show. At the end of the day, we face so many challenges and hiccups that nobody else can relate to.
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