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LIL MA WAS BORN IN REDONDO BEACH, CA. SHE NOW RESIDES IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. IN 1998 LIL MA MET MICHAEL BIVINS (BBD/NEW EDITION) WHO DUBBED HER THE MONIKER, LIL MAMA. AFTER BEING FEATURED ON HIS GROUP, THE BIV 10 PEE WEES ALBUM AND IN THREE OF THEIR MUSIC VIDEOS, BIVINS CHOSE LIL MA TO GO ON THE ROAD WITH THE BOYS AS THEIR HYPE GIRL. SHE IS CURRENTLY AN OFFICIAL BET RAP-IT-UP TEEN FORUM PANELIST AND PERFORMER, PROMOTING HIV/AIDS AWARENESS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
LIL MA HAS WORKED WITH TONY MERCEDES WHO PRODUCED NO SCRUBS, WHO DAT, AND MORE. PLATINUM WRITER, DREAM, WHO WROTE BRITTNEY SPEARS LATEST SINGLE "ME AGAINST THE MUSIC" AND NIVEA OKAY. HE ALSO WROTE LIL MAS FIRST SINGLE HOT.
LIL MA HAS BEEN FEATURED IN THE SOURCE MAGAZINE, WITH BOW WOW AND LIL ROMEO, THE BRE (BLACK ENTERTAINMENT EXCLUSIVE), THE NATIVE DETROITER AND GUMBO TEEN MAGAZINE. SHE WAS ALSO FEATURED IN A DOCUMENTARY OF HERSELF ON DETROIT WB20 CHANNEL POSITIVELY DETROIT, FOR HER STRONG COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
SHE IS NO STRANGER TO THE MUSIC BUSINESS. IN 2000, LIL MA STRUCK OUT ON HER OWN. AT ONLY 12 YEARS OLD. SHE TOOK OVER 97.9 WJLBS HIT TEAM FORUM UNSIGNED ARTIST SHOWCASE IN DETROIT. SHE WAS THE YOUNGEST ACT ON THE ROSTER, OVER 300 PARTICIPANTS AUDITIONED TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT, ONLY 15 WERE CHOSEN AND OF COURSE, LIL MA MADE THE CUT. HER POWERFUL PERFORMANCE LANDED HER AN ARTICLE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE DETROIT NEWS. RECORDING ARTIST KELLY PRICE, BARRY HANKERSON OF BLACKGROUND RECORDS, GARNETT MARCH OF PRIORITY RECORDS, AND KEDAR MASSENBURG OF UNIVERSAL RECORDS, WITNESSED THE POWERFUL PERFORMANCE THAT LEFT THE CROWD CHANTING THE HOOK AND STANDING TO THEIR FEET.
ALTHOUGH SHE MAY BE CUTE, WHEN LIL MA STEPS TO THE STAGE EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED, HER STAGE PRESENCE CAPTIVATES THE AUDIENCE AND HER ENERGY GETS THEM STANDING TO THEIR FEET. LIL MA HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, RAKIM, B2K, LIL JON & EASTSIDE BOYS, NESS FROM DA BAND, FOXY BROWN, MEMPHIS BLEEK, 3RD STOREE, LIL MO, LIL ZANE, LIL ROMEO AND MANY MORE.
"I LOVE PERFORMING, AND I LOVE MUSIC, IT'S WHO I AM. MY ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO PLANT A POSITIVE MESSAGE IN THE HEARTS OF MY FANS AND EDUCATE THEM THROUGH MY MUSIC." LIL MA RAPS, WRITES, DANCE AND ACTS, SHE IS THE TOTAL PACKAGE. WITH HER GIFT FROM GOD, BEAUTIFUL PERSONALITY, LOOKS AND DETERMINATION, SHE IS DESTINED FOR STARDOM.
