{"id":148990,"date":"2011-12-11T15:20:36","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T15:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socancom100stg.wpenginepowered.com\/reema-major-moves-from-mixtapes-to-a-bigger-project\/"},"modified":"2011-12-11T15:20:36","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T15:20:36","slug":"reema-major-moves-from-mixtapes-to-a-bigger-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uat.socan.com\/fr\/reema-major-moves-from-mixtapes-to-a-bigger-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Reema Major moves from mixtapes to \u00ab\u00a0a bigger project\u00a0\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"

Les traductions pour les articles avant l\u2019automne 2013 ne sont pas disponibles pour le moment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a child, Reema Major skipped the Sharon, Lois & Bram-Raffi-Barney phase and went straight to the hard stuff. She first heard an older cousin rapping when she was just five years old and in kindergarten she would ask the teacher to read Dr. Seuss books.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just liked things that rhymed,\u201d says the artist, now signed to Kwajo Cinqo\u2019s G7\/Universal Music Canada label and Cherrytree\/Interscope in the U.S.<\/p>\n

Major, who was born in Sudan and came to North America with her mom and six siblings, would spend many hours outside watching her cousin and the neighbourhood kids freestyle rapping.
\n\u201cI remember watching the cipher [freestyling in a group setting] and the whole art of rap and I got attracted to it, from the storytelling, to putting the \u2018uhhnnn\u2019 in your tone, to the competitive nature of it,\u201d Major says.<\/p>\n

In 2009, then just 14, Major met Ghetto Concept\u2019s Kwajo Cinqo, who began developing this young, hard-working rapper with the inimitable star quality. Shortly after debuting at 2010\u2019s Honey Jam all-female hip-hop showcase (where Nelly Furtado was discovered), labels came courting.<\/p>\n

\u201cKwajo was the first person who took me in under his wing and introduced me to the business aspect of becoming an artist,\u201d Major says. \u201cPrior to that, I was just a kid that wrote rhymes in my room.\u201d
\nHer full-length mixtape, I Am Legend, which includes \u201cIllest Kid,\u201d \u201cGhetto Kids,\u201d and the faith-based \u201cFather,\u201d is mainly full of bravado and teenage concerns. She\u2019s currently working on her first official album with producers Kwajo Cinqo, The Stereotypes, Ryan Teddar, Chin Injeti, Bangladesh, DJ Toomp, Tha Bizness, Red One, Dewaun Parker and Animal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe album is a bigger project,\u201d she says, explaining what makes it different from the completely professional look and feel of I Am Legend. \u201cMixtapes, to me, are just when I want to put out music and let my thoughts out. Even five years down in my career, by God\u2019s grace if I\u2019m well established and successful, I\u2019ll still be doing mixtapes.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the album I\u2019ve worked with great, great, great, great producers. I\u2019m focusing on great, great music that everyone can relate to regardless of age, gender, nationality… What\u2019s one word to describe it? Lovely and great and positive. Three words.\u201d<\/p>\n

Track Record<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Wrote her first song at age six, called \u201cShout For Jesus\u201d
\n\u2022 First Canadian female hip-hop artist to be on the BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher lineup
\n\u2022 Featured on JJ Money\u2019s \u201cSwaggberry\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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