Whew!  Its been a long time coming, but it is here!  I am ready to push forth my first mixtape based on positivity and empowerment to share with YOU!  I chose the name InteGRITTY because the mixtape exemplifies the core value of integrity.  In its purest form, I think integrity means to WALK LIKE YOU TALK!  Each song was written to creatively express Who I Am.  And...GRITTY, cuz you know...it's my own brand/my own flava of hip hop.  I am proud of it, but I also know I have soooo much more to give.  I wrote, practiced and recorded this mixtape all while raising 5 children to the best of my ability,  kindling a solid partnership with my life long companion, interning at a counseling center for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, facilitating workshops and public speaking events for true love movement AND working as a group facilitator for at risk girls!  Writing, practicing, recording and performing is how I care for myself because being an artist...expressing myself...is how I stay sane!  It is also my own unique style of community service in that it balances what is out there in the mainstream (and in independent music).  My style of hip hop is not for everybody.  But I guarantee if you are tired of what is on the radio or even just need a lil balance,you can digg it!  If you remember how hip hop used to be...simple, clear and powerful...then you can digg it!  Please feel free to holla at me with good or not so good feedback.  I'm still growing in my emcee voice, but Fiyah...she keeps emerging hotter and hotter! 

Shout out to Black Skelly (Joe Mills) of Black Magic Music who recorded me, mixed and mastered all the songs (and dealt with all my moods).  Asante' Sana, King!  Big Up to my Sistahs, Mama Nabii (Kuumba Academy) and Cfreedom (cfreedomphotography) for bringing that heat to the mixtape via fiyah verses on Rally the Troops. Nakupenda, Dada!  So much love to my brother Mike Molina (momolinamedia) who blasted the hook on Play With That Fiyah, as well as directed the video for Rally the Troops.  More Power to Us, Mike! And shout out to my lil sistahs Alexis and HeiYesh, who never let me forget I had people waiting on the mixtape! I see y'all!

 ENJOY and if you are feeling it...PASS IT ON!