Thursday, August 23, 2007

Ariestarrr



Ariestarrr


As an emotional writer and fierce lyricist, Ariestarrr is nothing short of direct, ardent, charismatic and aggressive when it comes to her music. She came from a musical family, whereby nearly every member has natural musical ability. Ariestarrr preferred rap music over singing as there was something about the aggression and passion involved in the expression of rap music that held her soul captive till this day.
Ariestarrr was always surrounded by music involuntarily or just to escape the mess of life. This 22 year old rapper was born as Patricia La Khan in Toronto, where she lived with her mother and two sisters in stigmatized neighbourhoods. Her eldest sister often visited Queens, NY during the holidays to spend time with relatives. Upon her return to Toronto she always brought back rap cassettes of the illest rappers at the time such as Mc Lyte, Eric B & Rakim, Ice T, Big Daddy Kane , Kool Moe Dee, Rob Base and Ez-Rock. This is how Ariestarrr fell in love with rap music and realized that she had the skill to rap and write as well, she wrote her first song at age 11.
Ariestarrr gives much respect and thanks to the forefathers of rap such as RUN DMC, PUBLIC ENEMY and MC LYTE just to name a few. Her favorite artists and primary influences are DMX, 2Pac and Eminem. She quotes "I can relate to them, I feel their words and their passion and most of all I love their flow, they are my mentors". Most of her music is emotional, aggressive and intense- audio discretion is advised.
Before going solo as a rap artist, Ariestarrr was the lead MC for the rap metal band Forenzik for 6months and after the split joined Project X another rap metal band where she performed live at the 360, Sneaky Dee's and Fox Fiddle every month. Both bands were experimenting with the merging of rap and heavy metal genres. After 6 months the band split up due to irreconcilable differences.
Ariestarrr having gone solo has recently completed her "killer" demo and is working on an independent debut album while seeking record label interest. She also continues to develop herself as an artist through vocal training, live performance detailing, writing and networking. Ariestarrr has done collaborations with singer and songwriter CandyMarie www.candymarie.com, and has been invited to do the remix for Jhevon Paris' Neva Eva ft. August track which is currently number 64 on the billboard charts. Ariestarrr has performed in small venues across Toronto and is planning on doing many shows in the near future. Look out for the "Ambitionz A Burden" Track on the mixtape "Take One For the Team" produced by Artifaktz aka Bruce Lee which will be released in June 2007.
Internationally, fans are beginning to praise her lyrical ability and flow versatility. Her music stays real while being fit enough for the clubs. Its focus is on motivating the audience to stand up for what they believe, to persevere through struggles come what may and to simply enjoy the music.

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