Makeida is an exciting new artist taking clubs and radio stations by storm all across the world. Musichild Entertainment artist Makeida has released her first single “Sugar Love” from her debut album coming this summer entitled “Unstoppable”. Makeida has undoubtedly got the look, the artistic licence and the determination to succeed. While it might seem like Makeida popped up out of nowhere, she’s anything but an overnight sensation. In fact, she spent years toiling away behind-the-scenes, writting tracks for label mates, and also played a significant role in the internet marketing of many stars like, Jay Z, Leona Lewis and even Susan Boyle, before being able to release her own music. “You really have to prove yourself and show your worthiness as a star with the way the industry is today.”
Makeida is indeed one of those rare artists working in music’s most lucrative genre who can write her own songs. “Singers writing their own songs is a dying art. We don’t think of R&B seriously any more, that’s what I want people to do,” she says. The 23-year-old, who grew up Makeida Ezekiel in London, has had a seemingly rapid rise, with her style and ambition earning comparisons with Beyonce .
“When I write my songs, I don’t really think of her (Beyonce) – but I’m a young hard working lady also, so it’s like we’ve got a lot in common,” she has said. “I am Makeida,” she says, “the girl with the big voice and a whole lot of f****** nerve.”
She’s been singing professionally since she was 15 and, before becoming Makeida, she has worked with stars like Westlife, Leona Lewis, T Pain and many others. Makeida became an overnight sensation online, thanks to social sites like MySpace and Youtube. America, and the rest of the world, can’t seem to get enough of her. “When I say I wrote the songs on my album I don’t mean I sat in a studio with a producer and a writer while they wrote it. I did the whole goddamn thing.”
To reach that goal, Makeida says she does “nothing but eat, breathe, sleep and live my work. I don’t have much time for boyfriends. I don’t party every night and get wasted. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
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Makeida plays the Miami Entertainment Centre on July 17th-20th 2010 (continue reading…)
