We are back in Toronto now!  That means no more hotel rooms, no more fast food on the road, and no more lugging all our stuff into a van every day. But it was fun!  Plus we’re still leaving our homes this week to do the show for schools in the area. I started doing [...]

  11.28.09  If a picture is worth a thousand words, Does that mean a video is worth a million?  I get a lot of questions from my family, friends and fans about this “411: Because I am A Girl” school tour.  I figured instead of trying to explain what I do, as a Hip Hop [...]

Yesterday a student said she’s always been moved by the fact that women and girls in some countries are  forced into sex trafficking. While we don’t directly speak about the issue during our presentation, this student really wanted to do something about it. I gave her a few ideas, but mostly I said she can [...]

Being a part of the Girls Rights Tour has me thinking a lot about the women that have influenced me in all walks of life.  During my performance on the school tour, I perform a remix of BEYONCE’S DIVA, and at the end, shout out the women I believe are true Divas!  I say it [...]

Yesterday some girls told us about the different ways they’ve experienced gender discrimination.  One told us of how she plays hockey with boys.  The boys make fun of her for being a girl and whisper about her being weak.  Another girl said she challenged a boy in her class who said ‘girls should only be [...]

“Don’t talk like that!” That’s how Masia’s aunts would respond when she told them what she wanted to be when she grew up.  Her offensive statement?  She wanted to be great.  “I wanna be the queen of the world!” During the question period today, someone asked Eternia and Masia what their ambitions were growing up.  [...]

I have been an advocate of Girls Rights since before I knew what “Girls Rights” meant. My mother left home when she was fourteen.  She faced abuse at the hands of my father.  She raised three children as a single parent, without a high school degree, on government assistance.  She was an amazingly capable mother, [...]

After the show yesterday in Thunder Bay when Masia One and Eternia were signing autographs, I sat down in a chair and exhaled.  A student walked up to me and said “Woah, you totally had a sad look on your face right then.” I didn’t want to admit it to her, but I was.  For [...]

From Hollywood to Thunderbay!  3 days into the tour and I’m still getting over the culture shock, weather change and early days (This rapper is allergic to 6am mornings!)  Tamara has been really great at kicking me out of bed when I ignore my alarm clock, so we make it to the schools on time. [...]

Eternia, me and Masia at Holy Name of Mary CHS in Brampton. Masia came in from L.A. for the tour, so she was happy to see this California sweater in Brechin! Kyle is our tour driver.  I don’t know why he’s holding up forty bucks but I do know he used some of the money [...]