Maya Jupiter
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Maya Jupiter is an Australian Rapper
& Radio Personality
, Mexico
. She is of mixed Mexican
and Turkish
origin. Her family moved to Melbourne, Victoria when she was one years old, they then relocated to Sydney, New South Wales when she was four.
She grew up in Busby
, a suburb in South-Western Sydney
.
In 2003 she released her first album entitled Today, on Mother Tongues, the first label in the world dedicated to developing women in Hip-Hop music.
Also In 2003, Eleven-piece Latin, Jazz
, Hip-Hop band, Son Veneno, asked Maya to accompany them at The Belligen Global Music Festival. The combination have since performed at numerous festivals including Homebake
, Bacardi Festival & supported American Singer Kelis
.
She took over as host of Triple J
's hip-hop show in 2004. She is also a regular host on Channel V
, she also holds hip-hop workshops in community centers. In 2006, Jupiter joined forces with fellow Rap
artist MC Trey
and DJ Nick Toth to form the group Foreign Heights. The group released their first single, It Goes On featuring Mr Zux in November of that year. The group's self-titled album was released in Australia in January 2007 and performed at the Big Day Out that same month.
On 14 April 2008 Hau from Koolism
took over Maya's spot as the host of Triple J
's weekly Hip-Hop Show
, with Maya leaving to further her solo career in the US.
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
& Radio Personality
Biography
Maya was born in La PazLa Paz, Baja California Sur
La Paz is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur and an important regional commercial center. The city had a 2010 census population of 215,178 persons, but its metropolitan population is somewhat larger because of surrounding towns like el Centenario, el Zacatal and San Pedro...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. She is of mixed Mexican
Mexican people
Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....
and Turkish
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
origin. Her family moved to Melbourne, Victoria when she was one years old, they then relocated to Sydney, New South Wales when she was four.
She grew up in Busby
Busby, New South Wales
Busby is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Busby is located 37 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool...
, a suburb in South-Western Sydney
South-western Sydney
South-western Sydney is a general term which is used to describe the metropolitan area in south-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Greater Western Sydney area....
.
In 2003 she released her first album entitled Today, on Mother Tongues, the first label in the world dedicated to developing women in Hip-Hop music.
Also In 2003, Eleven-piece Latin, Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, Hip-Hop band, Son Veneno, asked Maya to accompany them at The Belligen Global Music Festival. The combination have since performed at numerous festivals including Homebake
Homebake
Homebake is an annual Australian rock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup . The festival was first held on 4 January 1996 at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay, on the far north coast of New South Wales...
, Bacardi Festival & supported American Singer Kelis
Kelis
Kelis Rogers Kelis Rogers Kelis Rogers (born August 21, 1971 is an American musical artist. She is a BRIT Award, Q Award and NME Award winner and has been nominated for two Grammy Awards. She has had nine top 10 singles on the UK Singles Chart...
.
She took over as host of Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
's hip-hop show in 2004. She is also a regular host on Channel V
Channel V
Channel [V] is the brand name for multiple international music television networks owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation.-Channel [V] International:...
, she also holds hip-hop workshops in community centers. In 2006, Jupiter joined forces with fellow Rap
Rap
Rap may refer to:*Rapping, performance in which rhyming lyrics are used, with or without musical accompaniment ; while an MC performs spoken verses in time to a beat/ melody**Hip hop subculture**Hip hop music...
artist MC Trey
MC Trey
MC Trey or Trey is a Fijian-Australian rapper, vocalist and hip-hop activist. She was nominated as one of Sydney's Top 10 Creative Innovators in the field of music and is a member of ARIA nominated band, Foreign Heights....
and DJ Nick Toth to form the group Foreign Heights. The group released their first single, It Goes On featuring Mr Zux in November of that year. The group's self-titled album was released in Australia in January 2007 and performed at the Big Day Out that same month.
On 14 April 2008 Hau from Koolism
Koolism
Koolism is an Australian hip hop duo originating from Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.The members are lyricist Hau Latukefu and producer/DJ/musician Danielsan Ichiban .-History:Koolism started out in 1992 when Elleson joined a group by the name...
took over Maya's spot as the host of Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
's weekly Hip-Hop Show
Hip Hop Show
Hip Hop Show is Triple J's show dedicated to hip hop.Broadcast Monday nights 10 pm - 1 am it is hosted by Hau Latukefu. Latukefu replaced Maya Jupiter on 14 April 2008....
, with Maya leaving to further her solo career in the US.
Discography
- "The Artless"/"Ordinary Night" – Mother Tongues (2001)
- "Funny Luck"/"Move" – Mother Tongues (2003)
- Today – Mother Tongues (2004)
- "It Goes On" (2006)
- Foreign Heights (2007)
- "Maya Jupiter" (2010)