Have you lived in Vancouver your whole life and how is it living here?

I grew up in Edmonton Alberta my whole life basically. But Low key, I always didn't really like it. I just found it really hard to fit in and find my people and the art scene there is also a little bit smaller, but really tight knit. So it has pros and cons. But I always wanted to leave and I always wanted to come to Vancouver for the rest of my life. So, when I turned 18 As soon as I graduated, I moved here for school. Originally, I did science. I went to school for Molecular Biology at SFU. I've been here since 2016 and I really love it here. I love my community here and the friends that I have. I love the nature part of it and that it's more urban of a city I'm mostly a city girl. It was a little bit dry at times. But yeah, I mean, I really like my career a lot. It's always a different perspective from somebody that moved here versus somebody that lived here their whole life.

When did you start your creative journey?

It's hard to pinpoint, like the very beginning, because I didn't really go to school or anything for art, it's all just kind of been something I've done on the side. I think it started in childhood, like, I really enjoyed art class. My grandparents were artistic, so, the way that they raised me and we would hang out with each other was very artistic. So it's always been a side hobby. I took art classes in high school, which was really important to me. I had definitely the most fun in those classes. I would say, more professionally, probably lately within the last year or two, because I've been trying to think of my art in terms of an actual career and not just something for fun on the side. But, it's kind of a whole life thing. It kind of comes and goes as I live, depending on what my priorities are.

How has your blackness influenced your art?

I would say my blackness has influenced my art the same way being black has just influenced the way that I live my life. I feel like art is a reflection of my life and how I view the world and all those kinds of things. So, being black and identifying as a woman all those things, really shaped who I am and my art is who I am. Specifically with DJing, blackness 100% influences everything that I do, whether it's the kind of crowd that I want to curate, the kind of people I want to work with, the people that I look up to. Then similar goes for art, like artists that I like end up usually being black, art movements usually be ours, like rooted in black history, those kinds of things.

What's a song on repeat for you right now?

I feel like I've been listening to this Mr. Vegas song. The heads high one reggae song. I just love the chorus, the hook and everything. I feel like I'm here to sample a lot of songs and I don't know if it makes my brain tickle. I just like it.

What's your favorite part about being a black?

I think my favorite part is just because black people are cooler. I think we have actual swag, style and taste that's rooted in history or our community. I think a lot of gripes from black and other BIPOC creatives. Others don't include their personal selves and a lot is just numbers driven or commercially driven. I just love being a black creative, because it allows me to work with other black creatives and allows me to express my blackness through creativity. 

One thing you would tell your younger self?

Oh my god, buy bitcoin. No, Save more money and spend more money wisely. I would tell my younger self to just do art more and take it more seriously. I just didn't really think I could do it even though I have the potential and the working skills to be an artist. I just never really took myself seriously up until lately