We are back with Season Three, episode one of 'I Am A Diva Podcast'.
With myself Edgy V, as your lovely host & Alicia Raye also known as Alicia Taqueilla, who is a singer songwriter and rapper from Drogheda Ireland . Alicia began her music career in 2016 releasing her own material on sound cloud.
In 2019 Alicia began working with Irish label Trust it Entertainment and has since released a voluminous amount of hits from smooth R&B soul and rap to Upbeat dance-pop and Afrobeat. In November 2020, she release the first ever collaborative mixtape with 40 Irish artist from various location in Ireland with over 300,000 streams on just Spotify alone.
The collaborative tape has 26 songs hence the name Alphabet. Following on from that success Alicia has appeared in multiple magazine and news paper articles such as Irish Times and The Sun where she talks proudly and openly about her music journey and childhood in direct provision.
Alicia’s latest single ‘Nobody 2.0’ featuring some of Ireland best male rappers premiered on popular UK platform GRM daily with over 60,000 streams on YouTube since the release 3 weeks ago.
With Alicia’s unapologetic lyrics and jazz infused vocals the rising star is soon to be a household name.
In this episode Alicia tells us all about:
*How she was discouraged, when she first started music & why?
*How her spark for music got reignited & a little bit about her music journey?
*She tells us about her transition from rapping to learning to sing?
*She shares the importance of a face & a brand, to build with your music career?
*How she deeply appreciates authenticity in music & other musicians expressing that & why & much, much more!
You can keep up with & connect with Alicia on:
IG: @aliciataquella
https://www.instagram.com/aliciataqueilla_
FB: @aliciarayemusic
https://www.facebook.com/Aliciarayemusic
Youtube: Alicia Raye
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeCRVOFmGS0yzpGoxownOrA
Song name played: - Nobody 2.0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhRnoaMvGM0
Spotify: @aliciaraye
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5JcE1g6GbiFOLEdxpM5nmZ?si=n_qVeizlRYW4wTWzrcD3uw&dl_branch=1
Email: aliciaraye99@gmail.com
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