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LEVI is a female writer who sings, raps, hit high notes and produces alternative HipHop.
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Keeping Love Alive Keeping Love Alive
LEVI is a female artist from New York who sings, raps, writes & hits high notes.Band/artist history
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LEVI NEWS:
Your girl is nominated for Most Original Female Artist in the 2007 Underground Music awards. Help make it happen by going to vote at www.hiphoppalace.com June 28th THROUGH July 28th you can vote once a day and please do !!!
LEVI has new material on the Def Jam / Shadyville Vol 5 cd, hosted by Big Mike! Dj DMA and Dj Domination got that heat! Download and listen to "Catch " from her upcoming album GRAND DESIGN at:
http://www.hirollerz.com/coast2coast/store.php click on C2C mixtape series, and then the green cd cover with Big Mike's face on the cover.
OR get yours at NY Flavor 141st ST & Bway NYC !
Brought to you by Lil Fats & Hirrollerz.com.
SHA-ROCK "Mother of the mic" of Funky Four Plus One More says about LEVI "... I luv the songs on your (MySpace) page. I have no doubt that you are what the industry needs to have a different sound and some balance."
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June shows: LEVI had a great day performing live with her bboys for elementary school P.S. 94 in the Bronx 6/16, and will be live at Davison Community Center 6/20, as well as at the Streets Mos' Magazine Conference 6/28 AND at the 8th Annual 3rd Eye Unltd. in New Bedford, Massachusettes 7/21/07! Check out one of the shows!
LEVI recorded a hot collabro song with Idriys & Teflon of the M.O.P. 1st family! They killed it at the Toledo Sports Arena March 28th, 2007 in the Street Dreams tour opening for Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Jim Jones, Rich Boy, Baby, & Tyrese!!!! Check out the You Tube Video Blog footage from backstage and limo pictures!!! Collabro song release date is TBA...
The official LEVI YouTube VIDEO BLOG:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=174116F109EDA377
Read the article written on LEVI by Priya Idiculla in Boheme Verite magazine:
http://www.bvmagazine.com/Archived%20Pages/Issue%209/poetry_and_music%20-%20LEVI.htm
* Clothing sponsorship from SEDGWICK&CEDAR" Where it all began in '73"!!! T-shirts to blow your mind and educate you about the people who pioneered the American culture of Hip-Hop; KOOL HERC recognized! Articles in XXL AND The Source ! www.sedgwick&cedar.com
*Your votes are what made LEVI win the 2006 UMA for Most Original Female Artist! THANK YOU!
The 4th Annual Underground Music Awards ceremony was at BB Kings on Sunday 8-20-06.
LEVI appears on industry Dj's mixtapes and DVD's:
* Dj Thoro's (Cassidy & Raekwon) Heartbreakers Part4, The Game is Ours, Wu Beats & Samples.
* Dj Green Lantern HipHop Uncensored Volume 7
* Dj Jaz' 4th Annual UMA mixtape
* Urban Stylez Mixtape By LAZYBOY (KS.)
*HipHop Uncensored DVD "Whats My F'kin Name???"
*South Carolina HipHop DVD hitmaker STEP from www.Skylatics.org
features LEVI in their new DVD!
*SUBTERRAIN an underground HipHop Documentary.
LEVI is super proud to be writing to tracks from guru music producers Baby Paul "BpZy" (NAS, BKC), LIL FAME (M.O.P), J Waxx Garfield and SHAFT (LIL KIM) , the Bronx Bomberz, Dj Thoro for her 3rd album "Grand Design"!!! Stay tuned...
*The NBA digs the new bball collabros LEVI did with Colorado rapper 800 The Jewell, "Do it Like That"
AND "Swish" Featuring rapper Swish from the Bronx Listen for them in NBA games on tv!
MySpace savvy? Leave LEVI a comment www.myspace.com/levionline
***Thank you***
Biography
LEVI
LEVI is like your best friend... she tells you what you need to know. She sings, raps, hits high notes, writes &, records and produces on the Protools setup she invested in. You can hear her songs played in the NBA, on Cassidy & Raekwon's Dj Thoro and Dj Big Mike Hosted C2C Def Jam Shadyville mixtapes. She has even been heard in arenas in Holland and on the Street Dreams tour singing live with M.O.P. fam !
Born Jennifer Lee Wilcox in Ithaca, New York, she got her musical ear playing Suzuki violin starting at age 3, and went on to study singing & acting and become a successful performing recording artist. she's a voice chronicling the socio-emotional struggles of being an american girl.
She has enjoyed worldwide shows for audiences of up to 10,000 fans, but it was in Chicago audiences watched the white chick do her thing, including handling her business of registering, settling, and agreeing on dropping her LEVI trademark in a contract with LEVI's Strauss &
Company via Orum & Roth.* Commercial vocal appearances include demos for Coke, Dentyne Ice, Sears Canada, AT&T and Kohlïs.
In New York her home state, she worked at the World Trade Center & needless to say lost her job and many friends. Listen and you will hear the impact of all this in her lyrics. Since then Radio Disney blind tested her music on 3000 kids & they loved it! LEVI studies the SLS voice technique with teacher & opera star Badiene Magaziner, and has had demo deals with Epic/550 and lava/Atlantic records. Now as an independent artist, her songs play on XMsatellite radio and several other webcasts and radio stations including mixtapes from Djs Kansas to South Africa.
In 2004 LEVI recorded, produced & released her first indie cd 'another jennifer' and her 2nd cd 'LEVI 101' was out in 2005. Her 3rd album, GRAND DESIGN is upcoming in 2007 with tracks from Lil Fame, Rockwilder, J Waxx Garfield, PHAT, and the Bronx Bomberz !
Now living in NYC she writes and collaborates with as many inspiring rappers & producers as possible and performs live, currently at school and community events.
Website: http://www.levi-online.com Sponsored by www.sedgwickandcedar.com
* LEVI fact * She registered for & was awarded a Trademark in the categories of cds & live performances, but dropped it in return for LEVIïs jeans company agreeing to never sue her nor claim she is infringing on their trademarks. She agrees not to write LEVI on clothing or accessories & has the right to use the name in connection with her cds & live performances in all media throughout the world, litigation free.
###Have you performed in front of an audience?I live in washington Heights in NYC and I LOVE it! Its got flava, kids playting, fresh fruit sold for cheap on the street, and no commercial stores.
Your musical influences
Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Minnie Riperton, Mariah, Beck, Mary J Blige, Busta RhymesWhat equipment do you use?
mpc60, G4 Protools 6.4, Motif ES6, neumann-TLM 103, many hard drives.Anything else?
Anything
NY, NY
USA
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721500
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