StreetMusicMagazine Volume 4 | Page 7

*SMM - Who is Jasmin Mendez

jAZZY : Honestly Jasmin mendez is a young lady that comes from a broken home , struggle and poverty. Hip hop raised me she helped me make it through a lot of tuff situations in life when I felt alone and weak .I just want to give people that same feeling with my music : JAZZY , 25 YEARS OLD ,PUERTO RICAN .RESIDES IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA MS.JAZZY IS WORKING HER WAY UP IN THE UNDER GROUND HIP HOP SCENE IN DUVAL AND OTHER CITIES IN THE U.S WITH GOALS & DREAMS OF ONE DAY IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO MAKE IT BIG WETHER IT BE A $ RECORDING OR A DISTRIBUTION DEAL OR STAYING INDIPENDANT I am READY FOR WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS

*SMM - Who are your biggest musical influences?

jAZZY : Well I think MUSIC in general has had a huge influence on me I grew up listening to Mary J.Blidge ,Aliyah, ruff ryders , styles p , Jadaiss ,biggie ,pac but also people like Alanis Morsett , Lincoln park, Sade e.c.t but I particularly rocked with Mary , dmx, styles & jada because they were all from the same exact place I was from Yonkers ,NY , they gave me hope because I knew if they could make it out I could too.

*SMM - How did you begin singing/rapping?

JAZZY : I always loved singing and dancing since a young girl but it was bad situations in my life that pushed me to start seriously pursuing it as a career .

*SMM - What is your biggest challenge as a female singer/ rapper?

JAZZY : My biggest challenge as a FEMALE singer/rapper is having to work with or through a lot of men in the game that are attracted to me especially when they like to use their position of power to TRY to control your career. that's why my model is act like a lady think like a man .I know how to handle me , I knew it would be like that coming in the game so I was prepared that's why I'm Independent .

*SMM - Where Miss Jasmin Mendez is from?

JAZZY : Born IN THE BRONX raised in YONKERS,BROOKLYN AND QUEENS NEW YORK, ALSO HAS LIVED IN HARRISBURG,P.A AND TAMPA,FL

* SMM - How did you get in the music game?

JAZZY : I HAV BEEN DANCING AND SINGING EVER SINCE I COULD...BEGAN RECORDING IN 2006.MY FIRST PROMO SINGLE I DROPPED IN 2007 CALLED "TRUE STORY" THAT WAS BACK IN THE MYSPACE DAYS LOL ANY WHO THAT SONG DID OVER 110,000 HITS ON YOUTUBE 10,000 HITS ON MYSPACE IN THE FIRST WEEK. Now I have my new single "GET DOE" ft GUNPLAY OF MMG.