KATANA DA DON BIO...
Katana Da Don was born in Pittsburg, California and was introduced to Salsa and Afro-Cuban rhythms at age three by her father. By age five she played the drums and cowbell alongside a group of brothers that lived up the street who later became known as Los Lobos. At age ten Katana Da Don was writing Hip Hop and R&B lyrics. At age twelve she started taking Jazz/Gospel piano lessons and that gave her the knowledge and tools to compose her own music.
Katana released her double album: Secret Weapon Vol. 1 (Hip Hop) and Secret Weapon Vol. 2 (R & B) in 2007 at Electric Fetus and CD Baby. The cd’s received good reviews from local dj’s, amongst her rap peers as well as the local Hip Hop/R & B audience. Her song “Lost” featuring St Paul Slim and produced by T – Lace, was listed as one of the best songs of the summer by Peter Scholtes of the City Pages.
Never afraid of testing her artistic boundaries, Katana Da Don branched out to flex her acting muscles playing a main character in local drama/comedy TH3M! The 5 episode series was showcased at the Twin Cities Black Film Festival in 2010. In 2011, she starred in the gospel play/musical The Devil Didn’t Raise You, where she sang an original song selected from her catalog by the play’s author.
Recently, Katana Da Don became a part of the HECATOMB crew led by veteran MCEE/entertainer Carnage The Executioner and published a book of poetry - From the Bottom (Amazon). Musically, she's releasing her most eclectic album to date: Kut Throat – a mixture of Alternative Rock, Hip Hop and R&B, on which she produced the majority of the material. With her latest video Snow – a hardcore Hip Hop tongue twister – being premiered by two local publications in the same week (The City Pages, The Local Current) Katana Da Don is showing her range as an artist and on her way to being the first female music mogul.
