GREW UP IN SOUTHEAST, D.C. THE YOUNGEST OF THREE CHILDREN BORN MRS. HATTIE HAMMOND AND THE LATE MR. PAUL HAMMOND. XCALIBA STARTED WRITING POETRY AT THE AGE OF 11 WHICH TRANSFORMED INTO RAP LYRICS BY THE AGE OF 12. SHE WAS VERY SHY AS A CHILD BUT OUT GREW HER SHYNESS BY HER TEENAGE YEARS. AS "X" GOT OLDER HER STYLE BECAME VERY DISTINCTIVE AND THAT'S HOW THE NAME XCALIBA CAME ABOUT. IT'S LIKE YOU CAN FEEL WHAT SHE FEELS THROUGH HER MUSIC. IF I COULD FIND ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE HER MUSIC IT WOULD BE ECCENTRIC WHICH MAKES HER VERY DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHER FEMALE RAPPERS. XCALIBA ALSO WRITES ALL HER MATERIAL AND HAS PERFORMED WITH LOCAL ARTIST AROUND THE D.C. AREA. SHE JOINED A LOCAL LABEL CALLED RED LIGHT DISTRICT IN 2003. THERE WAS NO CONTRACT JUST A VERBAL AGREEMENT. XCALIBA ALSO PERFORMED WITH RLD AND APPEARED IN 2 RLD VIDEOS. SHE LEFT RLD IN 2005 TO VENTURE OUT ON HER OWN TO START HER SOLO CAREER. "X" HAS ALWAYS BEEN OPENED ABOUT HER LIFESTYLE AND CONTINUES TO STRIVE FOR THE BEST.