Tamika Brown- Biography
Tamika Brown Aka La Joy is about to release a Debut Album. She is a Hip Hop/ Rnb artist from Long Beach, Ca. She was raised up in the heart of Los Angeles. That is where she begins her journey in the wonderful World of Hip hop and grows to express her life on paper and Instrumentals .La Joy started out free styling on street corners with friends, and with a tape player and Mic. She lived in a tough neighborhood so her lyrics were kind of rough and brutal. Her mom would listen and be amazed and she played La Joy music to all her friends and they would laugh and trip out. At that time La Joy lived in the Crenshaw area with her mom in some apartments. She was 10 yrs old at the time recording her vocals. I remember some lyrics that she recorded “I beat em down to ground on the hard concrete” that was her style.
As LaJoy got older that changed she was 16 yrs old when and she was dating an RnB singer who had group. So La Joy begin to met people who enjoyed performing, and wanted to take her music more seriously so she begin writing, but she did not have the right guidance to pursue her craft. And she just kept writing. Eventually the area she lived in got really bad so LaJoy moved to Inglewood with her mom and she met new friends at school who took LaJoy to a home studio and LaJoy pulled out one of her raps and started rapping. The people in the garage started going crazy and dancing all over the place. And an older lady walked up to La Joy and the lady was in shock and she said, wow you got skills! LaJoy just did it for the love.
LaJoy comes from a very musical Background she has uncles who sings in a group called “The Black Ice” and a Grand father who owns a recording studio “Jumping Jack Records” In Los Angeles Ca. She is related to DJ Quick a known Rapper in the industry.
La Joy is a hard worker and she will never give up on what she loves to do. She willing to put in time
And effort to reach her goals no matter what happens in her life. She has captured the attention of her fans,
dj’s, and producers while performing at local venues in The Greater Los Angeles. She has done gigs At the Roosevelt Hotel, The Gig, The Normindie Casino, and Mix Nut's. She has also appeared on “You got Served” Alongside Lil Kim her Favorite Female rapper of all time. LaJoy goal is learn Pro tools and Recording Techniques and the business aspect of the Music Industry. She is building her own studio and has basic knowledge on recording, and would like fully understand how it all works. She is currently attending LBCC. Email her at tamika.brown22@yahoo or lajoy562@netzero.com Web page www.lollipopsmusic.com.
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