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READ FULL FEATURE crafted the sound bed behind two of the 2000s most critically acclaimed rap albums, now heвЂ™s releasing his own. IвЂ™m singing a Nina Simone song being produced by a Marley, harmonizing with Rita in Bob MarleyвЂ™s house. It was like this baton being passed feeling. Rita Marley showing me the harmony to a Nina Simone song that I was going to sing. A surreal moment was being in the office of Bob MarleyвЂ™s house and Stephen Marley was there and Rita Marley. вЂњI recorded in Bob MarleyвЂ™s house and Tuff Gong in Kingston, Jamaica,вЂќ she describes. She even received a Grammy Certificate for her collaboration with Stephen Marley on his album, Mind Control. вЂњTheyвЂ™ve only acknowledged something like three artists in eleven years.вЂќ вЂњThat was really deep for me,вЂќ she says about being recognized by a business community.

Billboard Magazine describe her vocals as вЂњsoaringвЂќ and The Austin Chronicle declared her possessor of вЂњThe Best Pipes At SXSWвЂќ - racking up two Porin Awards (the Croatian equivalent to the GrammyвЂ™s for her work with Gibonni), вЂ™s вЂњBest Alternative Artist of the Year Award,вЂќ and business publication, The Network JournalвЂ™s вЂњ40 Under 40 Achievement AwardвЂќ in the process. The Village Voice and Washington Post rained praise on AzucenaвЂ™s live show, while The New York Post compared her to luminaries Chaka Khan and Roberta Flack. Her seemingly unwavering confidence, relentless work ethic and a voice empyrean enough to reverb the soul cemented the foundation of whatвЂ™s grown into an impressive independent career. Such a weighty decision came rather pragmatically for the raw soul singer. I donвЂ™t need to spend $28,000 a year talking about вЂone day when I do this.вЂ™ I need to get in the game as soon as possible.вЂќ вЂњIвЂ™m like, вЂDid he really just say that?вЂ™ IвЂ™ve been auditioning for major things before I came here. вЂњI had a professor who literally said, вЂOne day when you audition.,вЂ™вЂќ she says. The secluded Pennsylvania campus offered a stark contrast to The CityвЂ™s congestion, but once she realized that what she needed to experience couldnвЂ™t be learned in theory one-hundred and eleven miles south of The Big Apple, she dropped out in the Kanye-sense. She studied classical voice at ManhattanвЂ™s LaGuardia High School and minored in acting at Swarthmore College. Her brotherвЂ™s example quickly ingrained itself in MayaвЂ™s artistic journey. When I was younger, I always looked at it like, вЂHey, why do I have to do just one thing? Why canвЂ™t I do it all?вЂ™вЂќ вЂњMy brother is a person that is a genius,вЂќ she says. Not only is her older brother a journalist as well, but also a mixed martial artist, body builder and front man for, what Maya describes as вЂњdeath metal meets performing artsвЂќ band, Oxbow - a modern day renaissance man by itвЂ™s most modernest definition. Her younger sister focused on the visual arts, working as an illustrator for MTV and Nickelodeon, among others, during her career. вЂњShe was fabulous at the same time.вЂќДЄ creative gene is ever present amongst MayaвЂ™s siblings. вЂњShe was a parole officer that wore long dangling earrings and cowboy boots,вЂќ she says proudly. Her father is a freelance journalist in the Washington, DC area and her mother worked for the Department of Corrections. SheвЂ™s a captivating communicator, really, both calming and disarming all at once.Д«orn and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Maya began writing and performing at 4 years old. Her words seem to float like incense, drifting initially while first answering each question then landing resolutely on her ultimate conclusion. Her eyes smile when she talks, remaining fixated even when itвЂ™s her turn to listen. Visually, Maya Azucena is the picture of conquering resilience. вЂњI like the steak fries,вЂќ she says easily, as if oblivious to her loaded schedule as if fatigue doesnвЂ™t exist in her world. In the background, Sillicon Alley techie-types decked in button-downs and flip flops revel in happy hour, sipping in the weekвЂ™s end. After that, a dinner meeting in The City before heading back to her creative haven in Flatbush - somehow squeaking in fifty-eight minutes to talk her latest release, Cry Love, over appetizers at re-BarвЂ™s bustling gastropub on Front Street. She had to pick up a U-Haul in Brighton Beach packed with production equipment and drop it off in Chelsea for her video shoot the next day, then straight to DUMBO for an appearance on #BodegaRadio at PNC Studios. The spellbinding Brooklyn songstress would trek from Brooklyn to Manhattan to Brooklyn to Manhattan again, then finally, back to Brooklyn on the day of this interview.

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