Living my life like it’s Golden…Thanks BC!

Me & the tour ladies eating Korean food in Vancity!

Just arrived in Golden BC today after 2 shows just outside of Kelowna at George Elliot & Immaculate Highschools. What a great crowd! The girls were engaging and gave answers that were both creative and reflective. Today when asked by Nana how the students would personally become involved in supporting girls rights, one girl piped up that although fundraising and volunteering is great, it could be as simple as encouraging the girls around you and not feeding into negative gossip.

This allowed me to reminisce a little, especially because we have been rocking shows in the place that I grew up…Beautiful British Columbia. I remember that when I was in high school cliques and crews was all powerful and often what defined one’s position in the cruel Hierarchy of high school.e. I gotta be honest…there are a LOT of gangs in Vancouver, and at a young age I was involve to some degree with a couple female gangs. We did all the regular things that kids do; hang out with your friends, gossip, go shopping, but we also got ourselves into trouble by picking fights with other girls. It’s funny because I have been on both sides of the coin – being picked on, and doing the bullying. In the end I do wish that all the time I spent posturing to look gangster and important, I had invested into something I was interested in. In my case, I wish I started learning how to record myself or produce music at that time so that I could be even better at my craft once I left high school.

Since those days I’ve managed to take chances with my path in life, shake off some growing pains and redefine myself as a girl…as the woman I strive to be. I never thought I would be a rapper running a record label (MERDEKA GROUP), but here I am years later following a path that allows me to use music to tell other females to bring up and support one another. It’s fun to be feared and feel dangerous, but it’s even better to be feel dangerous because of your ability and talent through a skill you have worked on. All of this ranting really is to remind girls that we choose where we direct our energies in life, why not make it something that will benefit you in a positive way in the long run?

Today before leaving the school, one girl came up to me and said “You’re such a big deal”…I began explaining to her that fame was relative, and not to uphold the idea of celebrity too much when she corrected me and said “No no…I just mean that guys always have a rapper, I don’t know any female ones…and now we have one that represents us”. This made my day – I’ll do my best to make you proud lady friends! One love to all the amazing gyal dem I met today!!!