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B-Girl Be: A Celebration of Women in Hip HopJune 28 – September 9, 2007rap . graffiti . dj . dance . panels . fashion . poetry . visual exhibition . film |
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Mauikai |
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| Some may be living their life like it's golden
but Mauikai is pure gold, literally. Born to a Jewish father and Cuban mother,
she was an only child that thrived for the center of attention that came
only with a stage, a spotlight and a microphone. She discovered her talent
and passion for the performance at the tender age of 4 during a cruise vacation
where she did a full rendition of Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation. By the
time she turned 13, Mauikai found herself sneaking into late night clubs,
along with her very supportive mother, to quench her thirst of dancing to
salsa music after being inspired by the movie Dance With Me. But she soon
tired of professional dancing, and decided to pursue her dream within music.
Before touring the US with DJ Vadim, Yarah Bravo and BluRum13 of One Self
on their Organically Grown 2006 Tour, Mauikai could be found rocking microphones
at spots like NYC's most notorious and longest running weekly open mic:
End of the Weak, the Nuyorican Poets Café, touring independently
with 15 other artists on the 2004 Bridging The Gap Tour in Chicago, Orlando's
very own Sunday night open mics at AKA Lounge, opening for her mentors the
Sol.iLLaquists of Sound, and collaborating on projects such as X:144 and
SPS' debut national release "M.E." and S.K.I.P.'s digitally released
"What They Never Told You.”
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kid & family-friendly . all ages . all genders . all incomes . all ethnic communities |
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