Ak’Sent

Signed to a significant label when she was only 16 yrs . old, MC Ak’Sent was raised quick because of a rough youth. Her dad, an aspiring rapper swept up within a gang life style, was killed within a capturing when she was just four. With her mom struggling to support her on her behalf own personal, Ak’Sent was delivered to live with her grandparents in L.A.’s South Central, where her African-American/Latino history had her wondering where you can fit in. Increasing her issues, rap music wasn’t allowed in her grandparent’s home, but as Ak’Sent discovered even more about her father’s hip-hop dreams, she chose she had to transport on in his honor. She ultimately spent amount of time in many R&B-based girl groupings and started dance schooling with Debbie Allen. One display at age 16 acquired the youthful multi-talent agreed upon to Capitol and dealing with the Jugganauts creation group. Ak’Sent was specifically worked up about the Caribbean-styled beats the Jugganauts had been focusing on, and shortly she was composing some dancehall quantities. One was the near future strike “Zingy,” offering guest superstar Beenie Guy, who Ak’Sent herself acquired selected because she was an enormous lover. Her debut, International, got in 2006 having a Spanish-language remix of “Zingy” and an ode to her departed dad titled “MY ENTIRE LIFE.”