Casper Lomayesva is a young Hopi singer who has created a sound that combines his native roots with the positive vibes of Reggae music. Casper’s music is filled with hope and power. The words are a reflection of his own philosophy on life, influenced not only by the sounds of crucial Reggae music, but of traditional Hopi culture. Yaiva has performed with Casper many times and has traveled to northern California and New Orleans to open for Casper. Look for the upcoming remix of “No Dibi Di” featuring Yaiva on the next Young Native Mix CD.
JayNez
The 1st Real Native R&B Vocalist!!! The slammin' new album from Dine's own soulful R&B sensation JayNez "My Family" is now available. Featuring Missy Elliot, Sisqo of Dru Hill and Justified. JayNez has been in the music scene for a minute working with many industry insiders such as E-40, LSOB and Kokane to name a few and is set to seriously blow up big with his 2005 Grammy nomination in the Native music category. JayNez and Yaiva have been in collaboration for the past year in live performances, business dealings and recordings. For more information and booking contact JayNez direct: E-mail jovanii_nez@yahoo.com or call (909) 559-7569
DJ Young Native
AKA Double M, Mattress, Groupie Love, What that smell on your fingers….This young brother is from Page AZ and has been spinning wax for years already. Young Native has graced us with his presence at many shows with Yaiva, Project X, JayNez, Lil' Dre, Richie Loco, Bullet to name a few. He has also release three mix CD’s, the latest of which is in collaboration with 4WENT. Also check out www.conspiracy.com where YM has a internet radio show broadcasted two a week. Visit the site for dates and times.
Project X
is the founder and owner of Studio X Productions. Studio X is a home studio that records, produces beats and mixes recording to the highest quality possible with the available resources. Many of the releases recorded and mixed at Studio X leave ready to be mastered, manufactured and distributed. The work produced meets industry standards much like Yaiva’s “Counting Coup”. Project X was featured on Yaiva’s “Straight Heat” album and Yaiva was featured on Project X’s “Sounds of the AZ”.
4SEEN
A young up and coming rapper from Prescott, AZ who traces his roots to Vallejo California is currently working on at least 5 tracks with Yaiva for an upcoming project. 4Seen & Mista Rush was his disbanded group, now on the solo creep he is looking to do big things with many artist from across the country and with 4WENT.
Bigg Trub
An explosive compilation within one artist. He is a dedicated, socially conscious writer of R&B and hip hop music. He combines his experiences with his love for blues and 70's funk music, allowing him to entertain various genres and tastes with his product. A ruthless self promoter, Trub is currently traveling the country setting up consignments and hand delivering his product to his target market. In 1989, this Canadian/American native began writing and doing shows throughout the northwest. Big Trub is currently in collaboration with Yaiva on a few tracks for an upcoming project.
Angel Deluna
Arizona's most talented singer, composer and vocal arranger. You can hear hear do her vocal magic on Yaiva's "Down For A Struggle" Remix on the Limited Edition album. Hear her sweet vocals and check out more of Angel by clicking on the link above and visting her site.
JSK
Warm springs own Native Hardcore. JSK has been on the scene for many years as a promoter and manager for the likes of Frost, Yukmouth of the Luniz, Mac Dre, N2Deep and many more. JSK is stepping to the forefront with his new album Smoke Signals coming soon with many hot features. A DVD and all star compilation is in the works of which 4WENT will be involved to some degree. Look for JSK on the upcoming Natural High compilation from 4WENT.
Ryan Craig
The Rezhogs, Ryan Craig has been on the scene for a minute. With many connect through out the Northwest, Southwest and Midwest the Rezhogs have been able to move more then 1000 units of their first album. Rezhog’s second album “True Stories” will be hitting the streets soon and will include a feature from Yaiva on a yet untitled track. Ryan Craig and Yaiva have collaborated on several other tracks including “True Life” and “Just Clowning” that will be featured on upcoming Rezhog and 4WENT releases.
Bullet
Bullet owns Eastside Records which is one of the Northwest's best independent labels. Bullet is not just a rap artist; he is a businessman, a songwriter, as well as a published poet. Bullet has done collaborations with Frost, N2Deep, Coolnuts, Mac Dre, Messy Marv, Baby Beesh and more recently with Yaiva. With more then 30,000 albums sold independently Bullet is making moves in the Northwest and has begun to make his name known in the Southwest more recently. Look for Bullet to be on the upcoming All Nations compilation from 4WENT.
Night Shield
Both an artist and C.E.O. of Night Shield Entertainment. Along with Cin'atra and Overflow, he is one-third of the group Triple Crown as well as a solo artist. Night Shield Entertainment has released 4 full-length albums The Nation, Hostile Takeover, The Savage Alliance and Kataztrophik that featured many artists from across the world that opened the doors to many other markets. Yaiva was featured on the title track of The Hostile Takeover, the album that Murderdog magazine named one of the “Best of 2003” and on the track “Cruelty”, the all star native posse track from Kataztrophik. Look for Night Shield on the upcoming Natural High compilation from 4WENT.
DJ Silent
A "Street DJ", Engineer, Producer and Promoter is a long time FAN of the Legendary DJ Screw, with over 200 Chopped and Screwed CD's of his favorite Texas Boys in his personal collection. Adopting this New, Popular and Underground style of music, DJ Silent has Chopped & Skrewed hundreds of underground mixes in the South West region and for 2 Down Entertainment. He has Chopped and Skrewed many tracks for artists including Yaiva, Project X, and Krom from Kromatic Productions in the Underground rap scene
L O B E
The funkiest white boys around. We put down dozens of shows together in Northern AZ in the early 2000's.
ALL Live jazz, hip-hop, funk band. Phil, Matt, Coner, Hannis, Sam and DJ SOE. Keep on the
lookout for collectable action figures! LOBE is a 7 piece acid jazz combo that operates from the original notion of hip-hop: respecting all styles of music, dance and art and combining it together in a way that is fresh and original. WIth a line-up that inlcudes upright bass, turntables, percussion, synths, kit, guitar and sax; and drawing from musical pallettes as diverse as jazz, hip-hop, experiemental rock, Cuban and Brazilian.Good lookin out for letting me touch the MIC. Nothing but love Brothers.
RAYN
www.emceearena.com
Tonya
Look for collaboration between Tonya and Yaiva in the near future. Tonya is a gifted signer,
songwriter and model from Miami Florida. Click on the link above to visit her personal website and learn more about Tonya.
Jam Nation
Native hip hop's newest talent on the scene. More info coming soon...
REZ
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