We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Ana Gia. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Ana below.

Alright, Ana thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

I always had melodies floating around in my head, but I started to seriously study the piano with a teacher at 6. Although the teacher said that I was a child prodigy, she couldn’t keep me as a student for long as I wasn’t disciplined enough and couldn’t follow directions–I was basically playing my own melodies instead of following partitions. So I kept up the piano as an autodidact. Then, at 16, I started to hang out in the Parisian Hip Hop scene and met Cut Killer, who was one of the biggest producers/DJs at the time. He introduced to beat-making when I was 17, and that’s when I knew that I wanted to dedicate my life to music. The following year, I started a sound-engineering school, in Paris, but gave it up after a year as it was too technical for me, and decided to focus only on producing. Later on, I started to organize Hip Hop events around the city, and that’s how I started to create a solid network. I got my first important placement for Mokobe, a huge rapper in France, and then got my first publishing deal with a local independent Hip Hop label, No Time Records, which then led to my current international deal with Budde Music.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I have my own studio in Los Angeles, and my current practice is split between independently making beats and submitting them to my network of rappers, and being sent to writing camps, in both the US and Europe, by my music publisher.

My main goal right now is to work for major US artists, as I’m based in LA. I’m currently working on some big projects, but I can’t say more until they’re released.

As for my proudest moment, I’d say Ozo Beta Mabe, a beat I made for Innoss’B, a huge Congolese artist.

What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?

Be the first female French Hip Hop producer to be nominated for a Grammys

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

Being in the studio with an artist and seeing them vibe to one of my beats, then see them record it and jut being part of the whole creative process.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.buddemusic.com/roster/ana-gia
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anagiaprod/
• Other: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3XpIb75HZB6K8HPpwRgZBu?si=046fec6f3ffd4624&nd=1