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That one time I auditioned for VH1 & ego trip's âMiss Rap Supremeâ...
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I auditioned for VH1âs & Ego Tripâs Miss Rap Supreme TV show⌠and got accepted on the show! But Iâm getting ahead of myself, rewind selektah! In 2006, shortly after I moved to NYC, my best friend Azar Shahsavarani Bogan - who also happened to have a masters in music biz from Columbia University & was at Universal Music Group at the time - started managing me. The same year I met beatboxer Chesney Snow via myspace & we started doing shows together. A lot of shows. From the beginning, Azar, Chesney and his lady were ride or die; my chosen NYC family. âThe Setupâ (2007) was a product of Azar believing in me & convincing other people â studio owners, producers, rappers, club managers, promoters, engineers, etc. â that they should too. Sonically âThe Setupâ was a smorgasbord. I didnât know what my sound was yet, I also didnât know who I was - or maybe I had just forgotten. I was pretty lost. NYC will do that to you: up is down, left is right, right is wrong, virtues are liabilities. In my first few years there I was swimming up stream trying to figure it all out (and partying a lot). Thatâs what you may hear when you listen to âThe Setupâ. Around the same time âThe Setupâ dropped, I auditioned for Miss Rap Supreme. Chesney rolled w me & we performed this track live as our audition piece. It was held in a restaurant, open concept, the auditions were behind a wall divider but you could hear everything. My manager pulled some strings & they bumped me to the top of the list; I walked into a full room, 40-50 ladies trying to get on the show, and bypassed every last one to audition immediately. We went in and MURKED IT. It was obviously strategic: they want drama on set, Iâma give it to âem (I told you I was still figuring myself out - lol). When I walked out of the audition room into the larger space full of folks⌠you could hear a pin drop. Girls waiting to audition were dappinâ me as I walked down the long aisle to the front doors to leave. It definitely felt triumphant. Shortly after, the producers contacted me, like âCongratulations! We want you on the show!â They were helping me process my paperwork, as a Canadian, but the same time the show was scheduled to be filmed in LA I was offered to go on a European tour with Pharoahe Monch, O.C. of D.I.T.C., Reef The Lost Cauze & more. It was a tough decision, but the delay with paperwork was a sign for me: I went on tour with my heroes. To be real, yâall, I usually forget I even auditioned for Miss Rap Supreme. I never regretted passing the opportunity up. This video is from âThe Setupâ release party at Plan B in the Lower East Side, July 26 2007. We performed the same audition piece. It was a memorable, high energy night; a lot of people came thru from different states to show their love & support! Buckwild of D.I.T.C. showing up to support was a personal highlight of my night, it was the first time I met him. Itâs been an interesting path, gotta *SMH* at myself looking back, but it got me to today so I wouldnât change a thing.
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