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 * This page was created by || Iesha Anderson
 * This is what WE think about the Music of Maya Jupiter.** ||
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Background: In a few sentences answer the following questions:


 * Which Country did you choose and why?**
 * Do you have any information on when/how hip hop became popular in the country? Where did this information come from?**
 * Australian hip hop** music began in the early 1980s; originally it was primarily influenced by [|hip hop music] and [|culture] imported via radio and television from the [|United States of America] . However, since the 1990s, a distinctive local style has developed. Australian hip hop is a part of the underground music scene with only a few successful commercial hits in the last decade. Albums and singles are released by mostly [|independent record labels], often owned and run by the artists themselves.


 * Artist/Group : Provide a biography (In your own words; 3 - 5 sentences) about a notable artist from one of the countries listed above. This should be written in your own words. You should use more than two sources to create the biography. What type of hip-hop does this person produce? When, where, why do they perform hip-hop? Who inspires them? .**

Malisha Jupiter was born in La Paz, Mexico and raised in Sydney, Australia. Maya -name was changed because her mother thought it was necessary to represent the Mayan side of there family- was exposed to hip-hop when American rappers became a fixture on Australian radios in the 1990s. She dazzled her high school friends by singing along with the radio, and she was soon able to make her first rhyme at the age of 14. Later on in her teenage years she attended a club every weekend. She would always try to convince the club promoter of letting her on-stage. One day the promoter finally let her on, and she blew the crowd away. From that point on she was soon able to become the host of RNB Superclub, which is Sydney's most popular club. Maya soon came out with a record called //Mother of Tongues.// Her songs speak about freedom, love, and truth. Maya Jupiter's inspiration comes from the hip-hop music that are flowing off the charts from North America, but her music is usually about the difficult situations that most people go through. Maya Jupiter will soon be one of the biggest inspirational artists there is.

Resources: Wikipedia.com and Answers.com

Our group put more focus on "Songs Of Freedom" because the song speak on the difficult situations that the people of the sydney communities go through.
 * Themes: What does this artist speak to in his/her music? What is being conveyed as an important message? What does hip-hop mean to the artist(s)? Provide at least 2-3 sentences to answer each question. The information you provide should come from more than two sources.**

The message we gained from the song is that she is tired of the way things are and things need to be fixed so things can get better as she know it can become.

Maya says to her hip hop is peace, love, unity and having fun. She describe it as the dj performing the original music manipulations inspired by Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, and Grandmaster Flash. She says that now people listen to whatever is on the radio and that is not how she remembers hip hop.

Resources: Myspace.com/Maya Jupiter And Discogs.com


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