Mainstream status for hip-hop’s highness Mica Swain was indelible and has been in the making for several years. At the tender age on nine, the North Carolina native was spitting rhymes mimicking her idols Big Daddy Kane and M.C. Lyte. Hoping to emulate the power of these two pioneers would be wishful thinking to any novice rapper, but Big Daddy Kane enlisted the young hopeful to grace the stage with him and eventually became her mentor.“Big Daddy Kane groomed me and took me under his wing to witness the business and artist side of being on tour,†she stated when asked about her relationship with the Brooklyn rapper. “Kane pulls me on his set and lets me spit a 16 or we will do a song or two together. We got a song where we go back and forth exchanging verbal jabs at any challengers,†she continues.Emerging during hip-hop’s unfavorable sales and signing of females artist has never been a concern to Mica. Thus far, she has received unprecedented support from her hometown, while helping up coming rappers to gain recognition of their own via the DJ Barry Bee mixtape, The Product of Da M.C.†I went around the Carolinas and featured the best of the best in the region to showcase them to the world in the same likeness of herself,†she states.Mica’s latest offering, Dope Boy Magic, is a self-explanatory heater that finds Mica sprinkling her magic formula over a potent and hypnotizing beat, while utilizing the vocal synthesizer known as autotunes made famous by T.Pain. The heavily melodic hook can be heard on several prominent DJ’s mixtapes. With the sexiness of an A-list actress from Hollywood and on par with the vivacity of Trina, Mica’s uniqueness will undoubtedly set her apart, defying any standard expectations.Several platinum beatmakers and up and coming boardsman already expressed interest in contributing to her forthcoming album on the strength of the incredible buzz she garnered thus far.Whether singing melodic hooks to accompany her unique flow or writing her own lyrics, this multi-talented artist embraces tenacity like no other. She has taken advantage of what destiny has already offered and went from mainstream obscurity to hundreds of thousand of fans on myspace, facebook and youtube.
