Nearly a decade ago Washington, DC Rapper/Singer RatheMC began her undefeatable journey into music. After completing three successful Mixtapes, earning a 2009 MTV VMA Breakout Artist Nomination and sharing Tour Dates alongside mainstream Recording Artist Wale, The Clipse and Hip-Hop Pioneers Kurtis Blow and Afrika Bambaataa, the journey for RatheMC seems to be at a monumental point. Now in the final stages of recording her highly anticipated debut album( scheduled to be released under the imprint of Studio 43 a boutique Record Label headed by Music Industry veteran Kenny Burns) RatheMC is preparing to share the High’s and low’s of her Journey and the woman that has evolved from it. Being a Female Rapper, in this male dominated musical genre RatheMC has managed to go up against some of the most notable rap male competitors while respectfully paving own her lane. On the outside she is seen as a Fashion Froward, beautiful young woman but on the inside lays a highly intelligent, Social Conscious young woman on a mission. That mission being to influence to the youth and speak for and to the voiceless. Wanting to inspire and uplift women through music similar to the way she was inspired by Hip Hop Legend Lauryn Hill; “When Lauryn left there was a void and there’s a lot of women who want to be inspired, [who] love music want to get through things that they’re going through in everyday life in relationships and family, so I want to speak to that crowd, especially to young women.” Influencing young women is just one of her soon to be accomplished goals but certainly isn’t the only one. Two other missions that RatheMC is seeking to complete is to force upon her sound of music to a mainstream audience and bring her DMV home (DC, Maryland and Virginia) to the musical forefront. “What I want to try to do is force the type of music that I make, which I think has more of an organic feel, into radio. I’m kind of taking the same lyrical approach and just getting records that are more melodic.” Besides finishing up her debut album and influencing the youth RatheMC can be seen enjoying her “living in the moment” summer as her career reaches new heights. This summer she will be featured along with Music’s “It Boy” Drake and other emerging Musical Artist’s in Sprite ® “The Spark” National Marketing Campaign. The journey for RatheMC has had it’s a rye of moments from being celebratory, disappointing and conquering but RatheMC seems to be loving and learning from every moment of it.
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