Barbie started her music journey at the curious age of 17, she started with a teenage girl group and later ventured off as a solo artist. She is emerging out of Jersey City, NJ born from an Italian mother and black American father making her bi-racial and easily relatable to all cultures growing up. Barbie is Currently residing in Los Angeles, CA, where she has moved to further advance her business career as well as music career. She is bringing her east coast energy to the west coast incorporating both styles into her music. Barbie is the owner of a major #1 USA talent agency hosting over 200 content creators under her company on multiple live streaming platforms, such as live me, and TikTok to name a couple. Her talent agency has won #1 annual agency 3 years in a row on several platforms and she has also been featured on billboards across Los Angeles, Ca, Times Square nyc and Atlanta, Ga. She has quickly become a viral content creator in the live streaming world of social media with over 1million fans on 3 platforms combined. Barbie grew up listening to artists like Lil’ Kim, D-Block/The Lox, DMX, Notorious B.I.G and many other NYC hip-hop artists. She grew up in the Greenville section of Urban Jersey City, NJ which shaped her into the raw and uncut street-wise individual that she is today. She would often hang out with her neighborhood friends at the local waterfront making schoolhouse melodies, beats, and raps for the by-passers of the neighborhood. Barbie quickly knew that school wasn’t her main goal but still pursued an associates degree from Berkeley college to set the standard in her family and amongst her community. Throughout Barbie’s music career, she worked a number of bartending and waitressing gigs, which further developed her into the corporate world as a finance manager for multiple major car manufacturers. Her journey into corporate finance halted her music career for a few years, which she is now finally diving back into with the new release of her single Got It On Me. Her business experience in corporate finance has given her an edge over the rest of her music peers in terms of knowing and deeply understanding the business side of the music industry. It is Barbie’s goal to later launch her own record label using her extensive business knowledge to help her database of emerging artists in her community. Barbie has worked in an array of studios from Daddy’s House to Quad Studios, New York City, and is now venturing into well-known Los Angeles-based studios. Barbie has worked with artists such as Treach from Naughty By Nature, and the late Fred the Godson of the Bronx NY. Collaborating with both artists helped mold Barbies industry presence into what it is today. Barbie’s melodic vocals soften the hard punch her cadence brings giving her a well rounded organic approach to hip-hop. Barbie’s music video Got It On Me will be dropping over the next few weeks, as well as her second single off her new project in the next 90 days. She is pioneering a new approach in bicoastal rap bringing elements essential to the advancement of hip hop. Come vibe with her on this journey to serve up the organic ingredients of hip-hop the industry has been missing.
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