Kellee Maize

Kellee Maize is an American rapper , singer, and songwriter. Her first album, Age of Feminine , was released in 2007. Since then, she has released three more albums: Aligned Archetype (2010), Integration (2011) and Owl Time (2012). Maize has been involved in the music business just over a decade and has recorded and released three full albums leading to a handful of singles. As of 2011, her YouTube videos had combined for over 4 million views, and she had over 180,000 Twitter and Facebook fans. Her albums had been downloaded over 400,000 times, and she has been mentioned in various media outlets over 200 times. According to a news report in 2011, a Google search for “female rapper” displayed her website as the number 1 search result. Early life Maize was born in Reading, Pennsylvania and adopted by a family that lived in New Berlin, a small town in Central Pennsylvania. At the age of nine she started her first rap group, Thunder and Lightning. In her teens she moved to Pittsburgh and in the year 2000 she began rapping and singing on stage. She graduated college at the University of Pittsburgh, but financial instability led her to the workforce. Maize worked at the Pittsburgh City Paper company and began promoting various events around the city. During her time there, she helped launch multiple programs supporting and promoting local musicians and spoken word artists, as well as a local fashion show. She was soon promoted to the position of Events and Promotions Director. After experiencing her mother going through a near death bout with cancer and the sudden passing of her father, Maize again turned to music as a way to cope. Personal life In 2006 Maize founded Näkturnal, a guerrilla marketing firm, a leading marketing and events organization in the Pittsburgh area. The company has worked with many big name organizations, including the ONE Campaign, and EcoSMART. Maize is a strong activist on womens rights, environmentalism, and issues relating to poverty, and racism. She is also in touch with her spiritual side, which is greatly reflected in her music. She studies world and environmental issues, the power of intention, meditation, quantum physics, astrology, Tarot and indigenous wisdom. Maize feels her purpose in life is to make music that sends out good energy/good vibes and music that make people think. In 2013 Kelle performed at Zeitgeist Media festials in LA and NYC supporting The Zeitgeist Movement, the worlds largest peaceful social movement that advocates the replacement of the current global system with a highly technical sustainable society called a "Resource Based Economy." Kellee also apeared in TZM founder Peter Josephs short documentary "Culture in Decline 6: Take of Two Worlds."