Background vocals compliment of her sister's group Tajai. Hempress Sativa, who’s first performance was at the age of 13, a Twelve Tribe of Israel Showcase at once King Bebo Lawn featured artists of great magnitude but the act that resonated most with the elder Ras Tafari crowd was the rhapsodic melody of a voice unfamiliar and unfit for body from which it belted from as she sang “Tyrone” a cover by rhythm and blues/ roots artiste Erykah Badu. It was there at home she would succumb to her first love and began to hone the skills that would manifest in her extraordinary talent. He would skillfully place the needle on the turntable, playing a version, and confidently handing the Mic to the offspring who dared to go first. Known for his vast collection of Orthodox selections. When her father would summoned almost 4 years old Sativa and her older siblings to the control tower, which was located in one of two bedrooms in the board house, while he was preparing his selection for the next coming dance he would always include his family. ‘Yes I’ve been rocking to this beat from mi mami belly, Ilawi selecting the records Dj a Brigadier Jerry, from flash’it in a JahLove dance A gallop like a donkey” -D.A.T.C verse by Hempress Sativa Ode to the first encounter with an intangible embrace the verse speaks to her early exposure to Muzik. A wash-belly who’s father the legendary drummer and selector (formerly of Jah Love Muzik) Albert ‘Ilawi Malawi” Johnson would become her greatest muzikal influence. Doris ray Ricketts a Ras Tafarian mother would give birth to a healthy albeit premature baby girl she’d name Kerida. July 15th Two decades and more in the community of Mona Common Papine. This is the prologue to the most versatile female of the Roots Generation Hempress Sativa. She has an uncanny ability to keep all listening, as if in a trance, as they absorb her every word, every rhyme. “My Muzik is peculiar and I don’t anticipate Everyone to like My Muzik … for I MuzIk deviates from What is standard, normal, or expected." - Hempress Sativa Her expressive writing skills and sharpened delivery commands the attention and respect of her audience with each performance.
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