Zuela

To escape in her voice is to get lost on a journey of pure mind, tingling seduction, a journey of poetic story telling that drives you down slopes and up hills of rhythmic R&B beats. Her wisdom flows through her sassy nature; life’s lessons passionately comes alive in her lyrics that empowers the spirit and ignites a fire in the soul. She’s hot and on a mission. Hailing from Columbus, Ohio, she’s Zuela (Zway-La), Sync or Swim Music’s latest grown and sexy, siren with a delivery so smooth, the power of her magnetism makes men melt into her hands and women hang-on to her every word. The 15-year-veteran rhymes two tales on her debut CD “Movin’ On.” The title track appropriately dubbed “Movin’ On” is a tale of women uplifting themselves through their faith with God to persevere through life’s challenges despite their relationship with a man. She honors the sisterhood through personal experience and sends the message that “it’s OK to be yourself regardless of your flaws and imperfections because people are going to love you for you, if they love you.” Zuela gives it up for the men and women in the high-impact, sensuous joint “Putty Kat” that’s guaranteed to get keep your body pumpin’ on the dance floor. She invites the fellas to open the door on a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. A game that’s being played by a chorus of seductive women on the sidelines cheering on Zuela’s enticing lyrics that let her suitors know, you can try and conquer, but you won’t succeed. It’s Zuela’s way she says of the meaning behind the message. “Basically, not letting a man control your life and who you want to be in life,” the neophyte elaborates on her style. “I mean any individual and just keeping it real.” Although she’s a novice on the mic, Zuela’s been in the game creating raps and beats and flowing through poetry since junior high school. Her secret desire to profess her talent for performing in the limelight was stifled by her insecurity to capture the audience until Stefan aka Pappa Stef and Ben Frank featured her on “Putty Kat in January 2007.” Once the CD dropped, Zuela found herself with a new group of fans craving for more and that drew her closer to her dream, she says, “I’ve always wanted to be a performer . . . it was my first time hearing my voice and at first I said ‘I don’t like that,’ but after hearing it for a while I begin to like it. What I liked most about it was other people telling me they liked my sound and that I have star quality.” The urban lyricist files herself in a category all her own denoting her sound isn’t hardcore gangsta -- although she can go there -- and, most definitely, not straight R&B. She labels her brand of rap a fusion of R&B rhythms over pulsating beats backed by smooth melodies. She receives inspiration from a few of her most revered idols in the industry -- Queen Latifah, Lauren Hill, Eve and Aaliyah. Their endurance to always represent a positive image of distinction for African American women, deliver a positive message and to reinvent themselves; are responsible for the evolution of Zuela and her quest to be more than just another pretty face spitting played out rhymes. Zuela aspires to follow in the footsteps of greatness like those before her and leave behind a legacy of motivation and inspiration with her music. When you listen to her CD, she doesn’t want you to walk away empty. She wants you to walk away fulfilled in knowing that “I’ve been through it, but I’m still standing strong. You can do anything you want to do in life and no matter what you do, it’s just a stepping stone to get you to the next level. You got to pray on that and walk away and let God take care of it. I want people to walk away from my music knowing I feel you.”