We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Judy DRAMA. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Judy below.
Judy, appreciate you joining us today. We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.
My most meaningful project is my debut album “So Good”! It has an explosive track list of 10 songs, that were all written , recorded and performed by me except the last song “Lil’ Change” which was recorded by my late best friend, Oreste Seino. Each track was cultivated during a time in my life where I couldn’t or should I say didn’t want to communicate with others. If someone wanted to know exactly what was on my mind or how I felt about a situation it would only reflect through my music but never an actual verbal exchange. “So Good” was an album that was anticipated for almost 10+ years! Since I was 18 I would promise my peers in my neighborhood that an “album is on the way “ but never really put forth an effort to actually deliver. It wasn’t until the death of Oreste that I regained focus, inspiration and motivation to get in the studio and actually produce an album. I was so dedicated to making an album that I spent countless days in the studio with my producer Crash and we wouldn’t leave until every track sounded like water! I believed in myself and the album so much that I actually paid for feature artists. I was totally against features for my album but two of the tracks needed extra sauce and the remedies for that was getting ZL1 Mat B on “Ride It “ and Miss “Buss It” herself, Erica Banks on “Throw It”! They were exactly what the album needed! After putting the the finished tracks together and ordering them from first to last , I realized that all of personalities and characteristics were displayed on the album except one! My funny, goofy, playful demeanor was the only thing missing from making my album perfect! I knew just what to do, and that was to have comedian TeeKayy do skits and she killed it! Completing the whole persona of the album. Although I’m a new and independent artist I truly believe that one day “ So Good” will go down as one of the best female hip hop albums ever! No doubt!
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
Music has always been apart of my life. My father was a rapper in Long Beach, CA by the name of Big Heff before his passing. I’m middle school I would always want you to imitate the boys who were beating on the lunch table freestyling! I lowkey knew I was colder than them but was scared to rap! By the time I was in high school I had built so much confidence and recorded my first freestyle to the “ A Milli” instrumental! I literally impressed myself, family and entire hood. From there, I knew rapping would be the ONLY thing I wanted to peruse. It was, is and will always be my passion.
Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?
Oreste was a Nawf Superstar and a hood legend! I wanted so badly to be like him. I wanted to be the female version of him but after his passing I had learn that there is only one and only one him. If I wanted people to listen to me for who I was I had stop imitating him. He was just so cool! I looked up to him as a person and craftsmen.
We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.
I’ve been told on several occasions that I’m pushing the age barrier for being a female rap artist! April 22nd, will make my 31st birthday but I couldn’t feel or look any better! I didn’t let that fact that my industry connections feel that I’m too old discourage me from perusing my dreams. To be honest… it’s no better time than now.
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