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Money began her gospel career at age 2 and her classical career at 10. At Langham Creek High School, Money won the talent show and was recruited to the High School for the Performing & Visual Arts. Money received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 2005, she was named a Black Heritage Society Jr. Achiever and recorded hooks for Spice 1 and Teck N9ne. Money has engineered records for Snoop Dogg’s producer, Keith Clark, Billy Cook and Rob G. Dubbed an "underground musical genius" by Curve Magazine, she has appeared in The New York Times, Computer Music Magazine, Bitch Magazine, Go NYC Magazine, The Dallas Morning News, Instinct Magazine, OutSmart Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine and the movie, Pick Up Da Mic.
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Fresh off of a flight from a stint on the road in Northern California, Miss Money seems anything but tired. Her luggage lies near the front door and a black leather Adidas bag full of CDs and flyers is laid across the couch. She is feverishly typing an email to a French emcee, Melox and pauses briefly to laugh at a text from one of her graphic designers. Before she can finish typing the email, her cell phone rings. “A rapper from Sacramento wants to talk business,” she quips as she hops on her motorized scooter and cruises to her recording studio control room down the hall. Money’s relentless work ethic collides with various music requests – even from the industry’s most powerful people. She candidly admits to passing up opportunities to record songs for platinum artists such as Whitney Houston and Rihanna. “I was so focused on my own songs when the phone rang,” she relents. As she settles behind the recording console to begin work on a mixtape track to be released in Germany, her eyes become fixated on the television. Kobe Bryant slams home a dunk and Money whispers, “Champions are dedicated to their dreams…no one else’s.”
Born in Monroe, Louisiana, Money began her gospel career at age 2 as she accompanied her father, a Baptist preacher, around the nation. Her trek into classical music began at age 10. As a junior at Langham Creek High School, Money won the school's talent show and garnered recognition as an All-State multi-instrumentalist. This caught the eye of a recruiter from the High School for the Performing & Visual Arts where she went on to graduate with honors. Afterwards, Money received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. She worked towards a double major in music business and audio engineering. She also attended master classes by Patti LaBelle, Oleta Adams, Sting and Quincy Jones. During her college career, Money was awarded internships with BMG Records and Island Records. Upon graduating Sum Cum Laude, Money began Money Talks Enterprises in 2003. Shortly thereafter, she was named one of Houston's top vocalists by SRO. In February 2003, she produced her 1st mixtape, Mob Money I, a CD Baby Editor's Pick. She immediately became the #1 artist on Cornerband.com, topping 5 different charts. Her moves on the MP3 charts netted Money two lucrative sponsorships.
In 2004, Money received devastating news when she was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. In 2008 she reflected, “God took away
my sexy. Being in a wheelchair is humiliating but eventually humiliation leads to humility.” Despite the grim diagnosis, Money signed a management contract with C. Allen Productions and was booked on tours with BET comedy star, Joe Torrey, 2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Percy Sledge, and blues legend, Bobby Blue Bland. In 2005, she was named a Black Heritage Society Jr. Achiever and recorded hooks for rappers Spice 1, Teck N9ne and Twitzid of Insane Clown Posse. She then landed her first worldwide distribution deal with Mad Insanity Records. She was featured on MTV Asia, Femmoir and Girl Connex. Money produced and hosted Mic Madness, an internet radio show on her own online station, Radio 713. The show featured interviews with three time Grammy award winner, Mr. Richard Wallace of The Mighty Clouds of Joy, Snoop Dogg's mother and evangelist, Beverly Broadus Green and Mike Jones' DJ, DJ Slice. Her broadcasting and engineering skills have also been featured on the British Broadcasting Company.
Money has produced and engineered sessions for platinum producer and Snoop Dogg beat architect, Keith Clizzark, Billy Cook, Rob G and Miss Keke. Dubbed an "underground musical genius" by Curve Magazine, she has received press in many publications including The New York Times, Chill Magazine, Computer Music Magazine, Blues & Soul Magazine, URB Magazine, Bitch Magazine, Go NYC Magazine, The Dallas Morning News, Instinct Magazine, OutSmart Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, Sapience Magazine, 713 Magazine and the provocative documentary, Pick Up The Mic which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival alongside premieres by Johnny Depp, Dave Chapelle and Madonna. The movie is currently broadcasting on MTV Logo.
By 2006, Money had captured Soundclick's top female artist spot, the no. 1 urban artist spot, a top 10 artist spot, the no. 1 gospel artist spot and the no. 1 gospel song title. Her reign as Soundclick’s no. 1 gospel singer spanned over 4 consecutive years. She also ranked as Soundclick’s no. 1 singer. In April of 2006, Money was nominated for a 2006 OutMusic Award for her CD, The Love of Money. In July 2006, she was awarded a 2006 Texas Lifetime Achievement Award. The year of 2006 was capped off with her being named Artist of the Month at Digital Music Planet and a feature by one of the UK’s top authorities in soul music, Soulchoonz. A distribution deal with Dee-Lite Promotions in December of 2006 finally landed her CD in record stores in the UK. In 2006, Money completed her 4th year of dj residency at Chances Bar in Houston.
She spent the bulk of 2007 engineering recording sessions for Kris Stylez of Hot Zone Media and Den Den of Straight Profit Records. She also developed two new radio shows, A Woman’s Worth, and the new worship broadcast, Radical Praise. Named Houston’s Ultimate Musical Multitasker in 2007 by The Houston Chronicle and applauded as one of few disabled women with a buzz in urban music by Poor Magazine, media interest in Money has continued into 2009. She recently granted Chloe Magazine an in-depth interview. In 2008, Money continued to push her mastery of various musical genres and placed in 3 Top 10 Soundclick charts including gospel, Christian rap and covers. By 2009, Money’s 6 year assault on the Soundclick charts continued as she hit no. 5 on the soul charts and no. 7 on the German hip hop charts.
Money has performed at the Budweiser Blues Festival, the Houston Women's Festival, LA's Serafemme Festival, Party on the Plaza, New York’s Club Shelter, Reebok's Lowdown Classic, the 1864 Opera House, Toronto’s Panorama Club and the George R. Brown Convention Center. She has appeared on television on Live w/Terri Atwater and Bishop Delagraentiss Live. Money is currently heard on Sky Satellite Radio, XM Satellite Digital Radio and on over 1,000 internet stations. Incredibly, her 9 week stint as the no. 1 artist on We3Us Radio in Sweden landed her in the station’s Hall of Fame. She is also studying for her second college degree in finance at Lone Star College. When asked how she is able to balance a full time college career and a full time music career, Money states matter of factly, “Look. I know people like me aren’t even considered as candidates for success. I face that reality head on. In fact, I want people to underestimate me. Please. For my sake, do it. It forces me to work incessantly, religiously…maniacally. Failure isn’t an option because it isn’t even a thought.”



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