Masiiyah

What's good peoples....Da' name is Masiiyah... I was born in Oakland, California and lived here my whole life. My story aint the standard black rapper from the ghetto yada yada yada. I grew up by Lake Merritt....da good part of Oakland( well not no more..). So i grew up knowing too sides to life...On one side, i saw the dangerous, povetry stricken, drug infested streets of Oakland that many people know and relate to. On the other side, i would come home to a quiet, safe, well light neighborhood with mostly old white people as my neighbors. I definetly had struggles like any person would. The most difficult was figuring out who i was as a person, and where i wanted to go with my life. My goal is to have this music open peoples eyes, to realize that we (all people [black people especially because we are lacking unity] need to fix the problems we have in society. But i aint gon lie to ya...i want muthafucka's to dance to my shit too.....so yeah....thats me....thanks for checkin my page out.... Masiiyah

Started off with Soul 4 Real, New Edition, Kool and the Gang, And Smooth Criminal himself. At the age of 12, i got my first taste of Rap in Dj Quik, followed up by Snoop, but still heavily influenced by Aaliyah, R. Kelly,Blackstreet and such.....from then.....First rap cd was Hot Boyz-we on fire.....followed by DMX and Donell Jones, a lil Mariah here and there....got down with a lil E-40, Tupac, Biggie....fast forward to now where the list is very long, T.I., Lil Wayne, Quan, Nas, Usher, Luda, Jay Z, Rakim, Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, Cassidy, Papoose, Ise Lyfe, umm.... LL, 50, Juelz, Jada, Styles P., Pharrell, Lupe, Mos, Talib, kanyeeze, shawna (killed it at a concert), Saigon, umm....my niggas All Star Trybe, G-mac aka L-Gzus, Ducky, D-vo, D-neal....Lauryn Hill, Goapele, Tre Williams, Bussa Bust!, Bump J, Toni Toni Toni, Will Smith, Ms Badu, Out Kast, Kci-jo Jo, WHOLE SOULFOOD SOUNDTRACK!!, Charlie Wilson, Isely Brothas, Lucy Pearl, Teedra Moses, Q-Tip, Koffee Brown, Bone THugs, Keysha Cole, Common, Stevie Wonder, Boyz 2 men, Ginuwine, Trey Songz, Musiq SoulChild, Mary J....ummm....all i can come up with right now....