Artists Bio
Genesis Be a.k.a Lo-Key was raised in Biloxi, MS. This female rap artist has been recording music since age fourteen. At age sixteen she produced a mix cd which introduced her to the world of Mississippi's underground hip-hop scene. After getting radio spins for a song called "Why?" the young artist decided to record a second album with original music and titled it "17 In America." After winning several talent shows, Lo-Key was asked to perform with The Gulf Coast Youth Symphony at the Beau Rivage Casino. That same summer, she opened up for several mainstream artists including The Ying Yang Twins, 8 Ball & MJG, Trillville and Lil Webbie.
At age 18 she founded Open Sky Artworks. The young entrepreneur hopes to bring more attention to artists from the Gulf Coast Region through Open Sky Artworks.
Lo-Key's lyrics, self-written, are filled with attention grabbing topics such as teen pregnancy, child molestation,The War in Iraq and Mississippi's Urban Club Scene etc. Her compassion for victims of atrocities around the globe are well noted. Her blog here on myspace & video about HIV/AIDS will attest to that fact.
Her second album, 18 In America, brought forth a single called Fema Check. After being handed to WJZD, the record was put into rotation and created a buzz in Biloxi, that soon rippled through the Mississippi Gulf Coast. After surviving Hurricane Katrina, Lo-Key and her older brothers, Ayatollah and Big Brotha wrote Fema Check. Lo-Key comments: "My family and I witnessed first hand, the wrath and destruction brought about by Katrina. After the storm, everyone's spirits were down and we just wanted to lift the spirits of our peers. We combined the reality of the situation, with a satirical, almost comical perspective. The fact that something so positive can be created from such a horrible situation is truly a miracle".
After hurricane Katrina hit, Genesis Be struggled to make sense of the tragedy and began work on her latest album 19 In America. She applied to The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music (at NYU) and was accepted. She is due to graduate from this highly selective program (admitting only 28 pupils per year) in 2011. She currently resides in Manhattan and is working non-stop to promote her next album by teaming up with industry veteran Steve "BigMan" Jones. Through his guidance and experience Genesis Be is set to be the "next big thing" in rap music. To date, she has blessed the stages of: The Knitting Factory, Sullivan Hall, Bowery Poetry, Sin Sin Freestyle Mondays, Crash Mansion, The National Underground and the XR Bar among others. She was recently a featured artist for Shady 45’s “Don’t Quit Your Day Job†and received a score of 4.75 on a scale of 1 to 5. She was also featured in The Washington Square News (article viewable at the link below) Look for Genesis Be, coming soon to your area!
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