Artist description BYATA, BORN ON MAY 29, 1981, IS THE DAUGHTER OF TWO RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS THAT CAME FROM ODESSA IN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFE. GROWING UP IN AHOUSE FILLED WITH MUSIC VARYING FROM MARVIN GAYE TO THE BEATLES MOLDED BYATA'S FEEL FOR HARMONY AND PERCUSSIONS. HONESTLY I COULD SIT HERE AND WRITE A WHOLE BOOK ON THIS ARTISTS LIFE BUT TO BREAK IT DOWN NICE AND SIMPLE, THIS IS A UNBELIEVABLE TALENT. FROM AS YOUNG AS 10, BYATA WOULD LOCK HERSELF IN THE ROOM AND JUST WRITE ABOUT ANYTHING. POETRY WAS HER LIFE AND SHE ALWAYS KNEW SHE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING IN THOSE REALMS. WELL AS TIME PASSED AND THE TALENT GOT STRONGER YOU WOULD FIND HER AT THE NU YORICAN POETRY CAFE ON STAGE SLAMMING. LATER YOU WOULD SEE HER AT HER COLLEGE, LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY WINNING POETRY AND WRITING CONTESTS. ALL ALONG BYATA WAS GROWING UP IN THE CENTER OF HIP HOP CULTURE, IN THE HEART OF BROOKLYN; CONEY ISLAND. OF COURSE HER WRITING PORTRAYED THE DAILY PAINS AND JOYS OF A YOUNG GIRL GROWING UP IN THE HOOD. IT WASN'T LONG UNTIL HER FACE WAS DISCOVERED BY SPIKE LEE WHO PLACED HER AS AN EXTRA IN HE GOT GAME, LATER A SMALL ROLE ON NEW YORK UNDERCOVER SHE REALIZED SHE HAD AN ATTRACTION FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. . AS TIME PASSED BYATA BEGAN TO WRITE TO MUSIC, GROWING TO LOVE IT MORE AND MORE BEACUSE SHE FELT SHE COULD BE HERSELF; A ROUGH RUSSIAN CHICK FROM CONEY ISLAND WITH A SHARP MIND AND A SLICK TONGUE, WHO IS ALSO FLUENT IN RUSSIAN. SHE GOT HER FIRST BREAK OPENING UP FOR BROOKLYN ZOO IN 1998, PERFORMING IN VARIOUS COLLEGES IN NEW YORK, AND HER FIRST NATIONAL DEBUT ON TELEVISION WHEN SHE BATTLED ON FREESTYLE FRIDAY ON 106 & PARK. FATE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, BECAUSE THIS GIRL HAS CONTINUED TO AMAZE LISTENERS FROM ALL AGES AND ALL GENDERS. HER REALLNESS AND READINESS TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING AND NOT BE SHY OR ASHAMED ABOUT IT, IS WHAT MAKES BYATA WHO SHE IS. THIS RIGHT HERE CHALLENGES ALL ASPECTS OF TODAY'S RAP MUSIC. BYATA IS ABOUT TO CHANGE THE GAME AS WE KNOW IT AND CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE THAT TRANCENDS COLOR OR SEX, AND DESTROYS ALL BOUNDARIES OF LIMITATIONS. SIT BACK AND WATCH THIS SHOOTING STAR EXPLODE BEACUSE THIS YEAR, 2002 IS THE YEAR FOR BYATA. IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR WOULD LIKE TO JUST STOP BY AND DROP A MESSAGE FEEL FREE TO DO SO. ENJOY THE MUSIC AND LET IT SPEAK FOR ITSELF.

Musical Influences Marvin Gaye, Beatles, 2 Pac, Biggie, Lauren HiLL.

Group Members BYATA

Albums WHITE RUSSIAN

Location BROOKLYN, NY - USA

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