FLYAH MAGAZINE

Joey Ofori is Smooth4Lyfe, an artist who puts as much energy in his music as he has in his personality. Born and raised in Silver Spring, MD, he always had a passion for all styles of music. He first created his first electronic album at 14 with a small DJ mixer set on a PC, and from that day on, he knew he had calling in this industry. His music ranges from house, to techno, to club, and even hip hop and r&b, with sounds and beats similar to those of David Guetta, Black Eyed Peas, Kaskade, Tiesto, and Diplo.  Smooth4Lyfe is also a gamer, and uses his talents to create remixes of video game music upon request for his fans. He has created remixes of video game music from Sonic the Hedgehog, Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, and others. His favorite video game icon is Sonic the Hedgehog, Smooth4Lyfe has had his music played all around the world, and has had many nominations for his songs, including one for the L.A. Music Awards Hip Hop Song of the Year in 2008, and top place...

Xodu$ started out with humble beginnings, grew up in poverty 20 minutes outside of Fayetteville, NC. X has family in Arizona as well as North Carolina and has been back and forth frequently from the South to the Southwest and is the exact reason why his flow is so different than most rappers. "I was influenced by different types of music since I was a youth, I would be hearing what the south offered as well as the west coast movement, I liked both styles and incorporated them both into my music. Xodu$  self produced/recorded his own album, Book of X, Vol. 1 which released on 7/7/17.  The album displayed Xodu$ songwriting skills, production and also his his ability to sonically produce a "cohesive feeling" album. Xodu$ intends to leave an imprint on the industry and feels he is one of the most versatile artists unknown to mainstream." Xodu$ is ready to make his name known to the world. Xodu$ helped to form Valley Music Worldwide a music group collective based in...

ANASTASIJA – the full name is Anastasija Ozueh, for everyone in casual life just Nastia.  D.O.B.  – 1986.06.27 I was born in Lithuania, Vilnius (Eastern Europe). I started to sing in kindergarten, and right after that I went to music school to learn how to play piano (7 years). Then I took some private vocal lessons but it didn’t work well for me because my vocals sounded too ordinary. One day I met a vocal coach who changed my life forever… It was 2 years of hard vocal training and developing, working and improving my vocals. Up until now, there was always something to learn. My stubbornness didn’t allow me to give up. After that training I took part in and won many international singing contests in 3 different countries. I sang in many languages: English, Lithuanian, Russian, French, Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese and etc. In 2008 I became a part of a band called AJ Project (which was renamed to AJ Elements) with my college mate Jurgis Mikalauskas. We wrote 9 songs t...

A Canadian electronic/rock singer, a Canadian drummer, and an American Jazz legend singing some Bossa Novas from Los Angeles to Ottawa over Skype? Lets start at the beginning... This project began as a small dream between friends Emily Florence, Allyson Rogers and Jelsa Palao.  Canadian singer/songwriter Emily Florence (of Los Angeles based Big Black Bugs) and Canadian musician Allyson Rogers had been childhood friends and had recently reconnected over possibly playing together on a project. At the same time, Los Angeles based grammy nominated singer and songwriter Jelsa Palao and Emily Florence had been discussing how wonderful it would be to sing together. Florence played Palao's "For the Love of Carmen" album for Rogers, and the path was set! All three artists connected on several Skype calls to figure out how they were going to work together, and discovered that they all shared a deep passion for the Brazilian Bossa Nova & Samba, and "Shades o...

Independent songwriter and recording artist, Deyvon aka Deyvon Songwriter was born as Derek Rawlings Jr. in Bronx, New York. Raised by a single mother, with the help of his grandmother, he quickly developed an appreciation for music that has carried him from what could have been a bleak future on the streets into a promising career. Falling in love with hip hop by the age of ten, Deyvon was influenced by such megastars as Biggie Smalls, Tupac Shakur, Michael Jackson, Ice Cube and DMX. It was this passion that drove him to take his passion to the next level. At the age of thirteen, he wrote his first rhyme, but it wasn’t until the year 2013 that he went into a studio to record his first official track. His journey from that first attempt at writing and an actual recording wasn’t without incident. He is forthright about the effects of growing up without a father in a tough neighborhood. Falling in with the wrong sorts, he found himself hustling at the age of fifteen, selling mar...

Jackson Michigan is a city many may not have heard of, about a two hour drive from Detroit the city is known for its prison and its hole in the wall food spots. Until now, Jackson has gone unmentioned in the hip hop world. Nave Noblique is changing that perception every day. Through his imprint GeTxUp Music, he`s been capturing the ears of listeners from all over the globe with witty lyricism, political awareness, and vivid storytelling. A student of the game, Nave has taken the time to create a sound all his own and has been at the forefront of the indy and DIY movements in his area. With a soundcloud full of songs and his Inhale album on digital outlets, Nave has worked to provide content that rivals that of top 100 stations. With talent like this, it is only a matter of time before listeners everywhere are playing his songs. Fresh off the release of his 15th project and first commercial album, Inhale, Jackson michigan artist Nave Noblique is back with a new sin...

Charismatic, honest and unassuming, TonAsh is the king of popular Hip Hop music in The Bahamas. Less than two years since seriously pursuing music as a career, he’s made it very clear that the throne is his.  Born Ashton Newbold, TonAsh, exudes a confidence on and off stage that comes from knowledge of self.  While he admits freely that his style is influenced by Fabolous that’s where the similarities end.  TonAsh’s music is carefully written with uncommon comparisons and a lyrical style reminiscent of the underground Hip Hop stages but with a commercial appeal.  Each release is a speech from the throne through which he paints a picture of the most ideal life, an attainable one, where he and his family, friends and supporters can enjoy the finer things. It’s extremely clear that TonAsh has been working, and at a consistent pace.  As an artist, very few individuals can match his steady growth with the publishing of music videos, multiple web, televisio...