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MY BODY; CONSISTS OF LETTERS TO CREATE WORDS WHICH MAKE SENTENCES THAT STATE A MESSAGE INTRODUCING MY THOUGHTS; THRU POEM OR SONG; SENSUAL OR ROUGH PIECES OF WORK; I LOOK OVER EACH PART TO BECOME BETTER AS SOME WORDS NEED TO BE EXERCISED & TONED TO REALLY STAY APPEALING I HEAR COMMENTS IN THE DISTANCE THAT DISAGREE EXPRESSING "GURL , 'BODY' IS TIGHT" BUT AS A WOMAN; MY BODY REFLECTS MY TEMPLE AND MY TEMPLE NEEDS TO GIVE OFF THE CORRECT MESSAGE :) ( c) MIRRAH

What’s popping people once again Bottomline Entertainment has return with another exclusive interview for this month. Here with me right now is the most talented and beautiful Mirrah. Second runner up from the UPN Reality show TLC’s R U the Girl? , raising hip hop star in the making. Mirrah let’s get into it shall we: Q. Now a lot of people claim to love HipHop and its elements. Tell me how deep are your HipHop roots and how much of a b-girl are you? MIRRAH: Being a B-Girl, hmmmm... I breathe HipHop. I love HipHop. And, like Teacha aka KRS-One says, “I am HipHop.” I’m a proud “Temple of HipHop” member that is founded by KRS-One. I acknowledge HipHops movement and being apart of its path, as one of the many voices that introduce the world to how ‘our’ youths are effected by the yin and yangs in life. The music industry slept on ‘HipHop’ when it was birthed during the late 70’s early 80’s. They doubted in HipHop, calling it a phase. And now, years later it has become well known and metaphorically become its own living, pulsating, breathing self. Which has opened doors for races to mix and learn from other cultures. Although some have used and abused HipHops means and friendship altering its personality and class, yet there are others who cherish and nurture allowing growth but also reminding ‘HipHop’ of its Golden ages, ol’skool values and roots. Each emcee/ poet/rapper today thrives to share HipHops soul by ciphering their individual voices to transcend thru which creates diversity and expands the movement and path that HipHop is today. HipHop’s elements have become entrepreneurial! They have grown more than known 5 elements now, its beautifully crazy! Q. Do you find that your poetry writing is the same as your rap lyrical skills or are they two different elements to you? MIRRAH: Well, I started as a poet. Since I was a child it assisted me to get thru childhood BS and as far as rhyming, I used to just emulate Rakim & MC Lyte and others who set off the hype for my soul. As a poet I used to perform in London. I then met an emcee bout 11 years ago and he had taught me a lil’ more how to write in bars for each verse and for chorus’s. At present, my King (my business partner) is apart of my writing team. We are a great collaboration. I find writing my poetry, need not to rhyme nor have a structure such as my songs. And I also may get a lil’ more detailed as a poet lyrically. As far as my songs, they are written to introduce radio and album listeners to straight away let you know what I am talking bout and feel, in 3-4 minutes but then again, as an artist, each artist has their own way in defining who they are over instrumentation and that’s what makes music such a beauty to be apart of. I’m a fellow music consumer. So, I make sure I empathize to the music market in how to introduce my own flavor to the US and world with out selling out. Q. And which do you find harder to do? MIRRAH: It depends how I feel, I write more poems than songs but my poems become songs… I feel every creative thought is a birth of a new project. Q. You claim to have a raspy vocal tone, natural low but when I listen to your music, you come off smooth and refreshing. Do you still feel that you have that raspy vocal tone? MIRRAH: Well thank you for the compliment. (Nodding head with a smile) But I definitely feel I have a natural low raspy vocal tone. Reason being, I’m an emcee that sings. My smooth tone you hear, maybe my Australian and English accent coming out LOL. So I realize that my vocals reflect my adopted upbringing. An Australian and an American from New York, Bronx, adopted me. My accent is crazy, It’s New York with Australian and English highlights. LOL… Q. I see that you’re a myspace junkie (like myself) and you feature four tracks (Ladies, Let em out, Stalking you and Love Is). Can you break your own the significant of each track? MIRRAH: 1) “Ladies” was written to hype up my sistas. It expresses empowerment, and our positive positions in our world today, and in the music industry. We are now recognized in the hierarchy, as business owners. Each day we try to better ourselves to be recognized as strength not just as sexual beings. To be sexy, is to be on top of your game! Also Women need to congratulate one another more. I felt we could celebrate with this song together. Chorus:” Ladies! That keep the place pumping, keep the place jumping, instigate sumthin’ Fellas! Its time to quit playing cuz the Ladies trying to change the game!” Bridge: “ I know it’s usually all about the fellas but this is for my LADIES!” 2)”Let em out” I feel people prejudge looks, and culture to fast which confuses their perception of my personality and heart of who I am as a female and as a HipHop artist. I am sharing an honest introduction to who I am, and what I go thru as a womanly Tomboy/ b-girl daily in this music business. 3) “Stalking you” is a personal experience I went thru in a relationship. It is a message for those women who are apart of an abusive relationship and don’t know how or wish to leave. It shares what I went thru and it also shows my strong choice to leave. It is to build their confidence to not be stalked by negative thoughts and beings. To become FREE and STRONG and Love again. 4) “Love is” describes how my passion of loving someone is. To be loved and to share Love equally is a bond that is truly wonderful. MIRRAH Reflects Life Love & Music… Bless Q. When you were on “R U the Girl”, describe that feeling when you were compared to Left Eyes (r.i.p)? MIRRAH: Bless Lisa! My feelings and thoughts were more interested in why? And I was also praying that they weren’t going to send me off the show for that reason. I was complimented somewhat, as she was an interesting, deep individual. Yet, I was there to resonate myself and introduce who I am, humbly. Q. Do you feel that you sound like Left Eye? And are people still comparing you to her, even though you’re MIRRAH the reflection of life, love and music? MIRRAH: I believe that “TLC” opened the doors for all tomboys to be heard, felt and be noticed. So I am only apart of the ‘many’ who share similarities to how the 3 ladies expressed what a ‘tomboy’ is. Thus my vocal tones and pattern may be heard to have similar characteristics but I don’t emulate Left Eye. I have made sure my own low raspy pitch, expresses the true MIRRAH. Q. Do you still keep in contact with TLC’s Chilli and T-Boz? MIRRAH: Unfortunately I haven’t, but they are very private with their lovable families and I too am a private person so, I over stand their reasons. I am proud to have met them as matured artists and am grateful of their patience and love towards me. Q. Did you find it hard growing up with Caucasian couple being an Indonesian with African American decent? MIRRAH: Not at all, my parents raised me, how to be a human being. Not as a race. They taught me about my race and ‘herstory’ and introduced me to many countries so I was constantly around different cultures. They weren’t in the service either. I view life in a broader perspective. Q. Where is Mirrah homeland? MIRRAH: WOW, its earth. LoL (sorry) Reason is, I was born in Indonesia adopted and traveled, grew up in Honduras, LA, Peru, Australia, England and now here in the US again LA, CA. Q. Name some of the artist’s you have perform with and do you remember your first hip hop experience as a performer? MIRRAH: I performed with Flavor Flav, and “Public Enemy”. Flav blessed me with the opportunity to become his hype man on their “Fear of the Black Planet” Tour. It was great to feel the crowd and be accepted and respected as a female rhymer. Q. Who are some of your musical influences? MIRRAH: I have many influences beyond HipHop. I grew up to a variety of sounds and genres. My love of HipHop, 80's pop, Chicago house, Soul/ Jazz and R&B are as blended in my sound as is my culture. Therefore I am a 'reflection' of my surroundings. Q. Why did you choose this genre of music and what message do you want to portray in your music? Why are those people your influence in this industry? MIRRAH: It added and gave me my own personal style and introduced me to become alert to 'music'. The HipHop groups and artists shared their Soul, their Blues, their Rhythm and Bass and made it “Pop” out to the world. They were known as the underground Digable Planets, The Roots, Tribe Called Quest, Del La Soul, KRS One( Teacha),AZ, Nas, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, Bohamadia, Mobb Deep and The Fugees. Each artist expressed either fun vibes or witty word play with life meaningful perceptions. Which made me say I want in!! I wish to share my perceptions and just do what I love to do which is to perform and be respected as a mixed race and cultured female in the music industry. Q. Where do you get your ideas or inspiration for a song? MIRRAH:I may listen to the beats and see the story of my experience or what I have seen or heard from others lives and start writing lil’ here and there and then poof it’s a song…LOL Q. What's your next project? MIRRAH: To have meetings with positive and willing people in the industry to assist the movement of Me (Mirrah) also to not be scared to reflect my music either thru distribution or a deal that sets the correct tone for a new refreshing sound. Q. How did you get involved in this industry? MIRRAH: I used to dance and choreograph and model in my early years. So I met many people in the entertainment and was always approached to be an artist. Back then I didn’t even consider music as a goal. It was a hobby, an expression to let out. I then changed my poems to rhyme lyrics and battle rhymes LOL and then fell into wanting to nourish this venture. To portray a positive female is work and is a learning experience of ones self. It feels great to look back and see what I have accomplished. Q. What advice would you give other young people trying to make a name in this industry? MIRRAH: 1) Be yourself; don’t fall into your ego becoming too big for your bridges that you stop learning and listening from others. 2) Don’t sell your soul to become famous. Become recognized as an Artist with true hard work ethics and train every day your skills. 3) Don’t just sign or agree to everything that is placed in front of you. Start reading books and learning the entertainment business so you may know how to become an owner of your goal. 4) Be a Leader not a follower, but be as much a student as much as a teacher. What is in the future for MIRRAH? MIRRAH: To be respected as a artist, to have my sound resonate across the world and to also write a poetry book and some other projects I am planning to pull out the magic hat in the near future. When are you coming to Toronto to bless us with your gifted talent? Mirrah: Again I thank you for the warm love and appreciation of my personal musical movement and being. I wish to come to Canada sooooo soon, as I love yall spirit and way of life. Please be patient and also request me, so then my team and I may arrange that visit or tour to happen! J Top 5 hip hop albums ever made? MIRRAH’S CHOICES: HIPHOP: 1) The Roots- All albums 2) NAS 3)“Atlienz”- Outkast 4)“The Score”- The Fugees 5)“Midnight Marauders”- Tribe called Quest 6) MOBB DEEP- All albums 7)“Kiss of Death”- Jada Kiss SOUL: “Comin where I’m from-Anthony Hamilton “Strange flower”- Aya “Brown Sugar” D’Angelo “My Life” Mary J Blige “The Quiet Revolution: - Ronny Jordon Worst album you ever heard? MIRRAH: That “Laffy Taffy” track urgh… Ummm can’t think right now… I just didn’t like when NAS did that song with Genuine “Shorty” I Was spoilt by his great hits from ‘Illmatic ‘and ‘It was written’ I love & respect Nas!! Bless and may we grow and nurture our musical path together. MiRRaH who reflects LiFe, LoVe & MuSiC Well, Mirrah it has been a pleasure having this moment in time with you. I appreciate the time you have taking out to give our people a deeper insight of MIRRAH the reflection of life, love and music. We’ll be looking out for your album coming soon. To find out more about Mirrah and/or listen to some of her banging tracks just go to myspace.com/mirrah. Log in next month for another hot interview. Blessings from: M.I.R.R.A.H (MY. IMAGE. REFLECTS .RESONATES. ABOVE .HEIGHTS) LOVE THE LIFE YOU LIVE/ LIVE THE LIFE YOU LOVE MUSIC IS CHOICE... VOCAL IS STRENGTH..