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Ashley Barnes, better known under her stage name Crystal Ash and formerly A.J., is an underground rapper and producer from Texas. In her early days of getting into creating music, she was very inspired by the electronic duo Daft Punk, particularly their soundtrack to the 2010 motion picture Tron. Before her name change to Crystal Ash, she would release music and collaborations under A.J. Earlier in her music career, around the middle of to late 2020 she would mainly lend features and production to other artists like frequent collaborators WhoIsJordan, 905emerald, and skawt, all of whom she would collaborate with several times more later on. She also joined the Usagi Collective along with 905emerald. In December 2020, she announced the tracklist for her project "Neptune", which included features from 905emerald, skawt, xofilo,JThousand, and several others. The album was released on her birthday in February 2021 and was seen as a complete 180 in terms of style, but a welcomed one. Producers included mostly herself and close production collaborator Off Lyne, among a few more. Two months later, in April 2021, she released another album titled "Encore", which were songs that were recorded shortly after she finished working on Neptune. It once again included features from skawt, xofilo, and JThousand, and new guests like WhoIsJordan as well as additional production from producers such as xofilo, Off Lyne, and inci0. For the rest of spring 2021, she seemed to be slowing down on s