KHIA (pronounced K-eye-ya) has become a female force in music to be reckoned with. “Who is KHIA?”, you ask. Well…have you ever heard the song, “My Neck, My Back (Lick It)”? Oh please! Don’t act like you don’t know what song I’m talkin’ bout! I’m talkin’ bout the 2002 smash club single that gave every Bourgeoisie Bitch to the Hood Rats THE freedom to express herself in the club. When that song came on, every female in the club was either heading to the bar for another drink with one hand in the air or turning to the guy she came with that night to make sure he was listenin’ to the lyrics.

In a landscape that’s become stark and with many thirsting for an epiphany in the realm of sound there are few who can truly match what musical artist Sterlen Roberts has accomplished during his budding career. With his new single “She Works” gaining nationwide attention, the rapper-producer-musician extraordinaire wastes no time explaining what he feels is at the core of his hunger to produce, spit lyrically and literally breathe music. “When you come from where I come from and when you feel the way I do about music, it’s as if there has never been any other choice but to do everything in my power, spend every waking moment, pursuing my destiny.” The son of a Grammy nominated gospel writer/producer, Sterlen taught himself how to play the keys and drums, master the MPC, seduce the Motif. With the love of music running through his veins he systematically tackled instruments without an instructor and without a guidebook. He taught himself in the vacuum he created, the world where he as a producer dictates what sounds make it to the final cut.

Born and raised in Fresno, California, the rapper known to the world as J PEEZY began to take a strong interest in Hip Hop at an early age. In order to avoid being fully engulfed in the gang lifestyle, his family encouraged him to play football. The hard work paid off and earned him a full athletic scholarship to San Jose State University in the Bay Area.

After 10 years of rocking the underground urban world, L.A. Symphony gets its first Dove award nomination for Rap/Hip-Hop Album courtesy of the Gospel Music Association. Now with Syntax Records, the five-man band is being recognized for its critically acclaimed remixes and rarities collection, Unleashed.

All our members grew up in different environments of the Cape Flats, from Mitchells Plain, Grassy Park, Kuilsriver and Ravensmead. We all have different abilities when it comes to writing our material. Lil Homes is more hardcore and spits with a lot of zeal and energy, M.O.B thinks of himself as the wordsmith and writes verses with deep seated meanings that you’ll only get after listening to the tracks a coupla hundred times.