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6+ albums
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With roots in Trinidad, W.I., Georgia, Portugal, Senegal, India, China, Scotland, and New York, Electro, Hip Hop, R&B singer Asia was exposed to everything fron Doo Wop to Hip Hop, Drum & Bass, Reggae and Punk Rock. She was born in Dorchester and raised in Lynn and Roxbury, MA. She states, "I want to make an impact with art, be provocative, and work hard at it everyday to make it speak for itself." “From a young age I had an emotional connection with music,” recalls singer, producer, audio engineer, and promoter Asia Lakay. “I knew that I wanted to be a singer when I was 5 but I was too shy to sing in front of anybody but my cousins. My classmates heard me singing on the schoolyard and they gave me a lot encouragement to sing in front of people other than my cousins. I had a girl group with my friends in junior high and we would practice harmonizing with each other after school.” Although the group broke up before the girls graduated high school, she kept singing for local musicals and for talent scholarships. On when she decided to become a music producer, she says “when I graduated from high school at 17, while visiting Europe, I was introduced to wider varieties of Electronic music and I decided that I wanted to be a music producer. My friend had a recording studio in his house and showed me some of the basics of how to record at home. We recorded my first demo. When I returned to the U.S. I started recording with my Aunt at her home studio.” This helped her to reveal
