Member Since: 3/8/2008
Influences: God, a White Buffalo Cow, a Vision the Oceans will turn to Blood, the Concept of no Death, Natural Disasters & Mysteries (acts of God), Shamanism, Hip hop, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf" Ntozake Shange, Amiri Baraka, "Ain't I a Woman" speech Soujourner Truth, Black Elk, Ethiopia, Frida Kahlo, Voodoo of all kinds, How fly Grace Jones always looks, Ghosts, Dreams, of course there are more
This page is especially dedicated to everyone who has or is producing Hip hop music & art in their bedrooms (You know you have) - To all of the Ladies I am of the belief that every woman is beautiful and fierce and requires no ones permission to act out these self evident truths. - To we who do whatever the fuck we want to. - To intimate, complex, behind the scenes relationships of Emcees and other musicians who work together and effect each other. - Lets keep it RAW
Tascam 4-Track Recording Device, common bedroom Hip hop tool
Section of Mural in progress by Tsunami - see my pics for a better look at it- Earrings by Owlita
I was raised under a mountain called SI (more commonly known as TWIN PEAKS as it appears in David Lynch's cult series of the same name) once Snoqualmie Tribal land that was bitterly lost to white settlers. The Valley is said to be cursed. Our woods are full of Ghosts and Death
This is the Notorious SI, Heart of Native Creation story and film star (Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me) Where are the SNOQUALMIE Indians?
For now this story is taking place in the DESERT
In the beginning I was named JUANITA, some of my intimates call me NITA. I go by many names BUT - The truest to my nature and the deepest in my heart is TSUNAMI - SUNAMI
EMCEE BELIEF, TSUNAMI, MISTAH GONE, ADAM BOMB - SUBVERSE at THE GROVE nightclub (R.I.P.)
TSUNAMI on the microphone, EMCEE BELIEF on the drum kit at PLAYERS
Mt. Saint Helens erupting in 1980
Spraypaint Voodoo
Snoqualmie Falls
"It is because I feel this way - I will say anything I fucking wanna say - You will not make me feel ashamed - You wanna play? - I'll wreck you like a fucking train - I'm a warrior I am not weak - I be battle engraved I have no master - I've never been tamed - I'm the bitch thats gonna bring the rains - Y'all gonna know my fucking name --- The end is here - On come the WAVES"
Thighs, a Wichita Native 1834
"I release this from the DEEP, RAW, ABSTRACT you can't - easily define me
like TOPAZ I'm RARE and SHINY - rugged SHARP - cut out a man's fucking HEART who try to confine me - any motha fucka I'm with is walkin three feet behind me
Today - I will place SACRED MARKS on my FACE - let the other bitches wear lace and be subtle in their chase - I rock the fuckin war paint - and will stalk your ass like a JUNGLE CAT through the night - don't piss your pants when you hear my WAR CRIES"
I am a Dancer - not a stripper (you ladies do what you got to, all love) If I am Naked on Stage I am probably technically not allowed to be and therein lies the point
When you EMCEE and you are FEMALE your GENDER is always in the SPOTLIGHT
NAKED PORTRAITS - I have been taking Naked Photographic Portraits of other Women I have met in my travels for the past nine years. I believe the (diverse) female form is the most powerful image that appears in art no matter what time period, genre or context. Almost anything can be said with a womans body, though it is too often confined to sexual arousal or pictures of tragedy. It is only within the last year that I return to the position of being in front of the camera and participate in what I have requested and received of so many women. Thank You. I am rarely a lesbian, contrary to popular belief. My tits are real, like really really real. They have swollen with milk and nursed babies more than once. If it offends you I say this - I don't give a fuck. - I would also like to note NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN (who were here first) often were uncovered in ways white men find offensive.
A Forest Spirit
Mural in Governor Hotel, downtown Portland Oregon
At Union Station Portland Oregon -> Earrings designed by OWLITA
This is my girl Emcee Belief. I recently received this as a comment. I was touched by my name being the first word to begin her flow. Thanks for the shout out Belief. I would also like to note she (Emcee Belief) is a skilled freestyle artist, an amazing singer and the bitch can play some instruments too
Record Label: Unsigned
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