Maya Maven Moon, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. At the ripe age of eight, her parents got a promotion. She was moved up north and dropped in Harlem. A beautiful three bedroom brownstone off 125th became her new home, if not for the five kids living there.
Maya is the absolute middle child, with two older siblings and two younger siblings. Her older siblings dominated the living room with nightly hangouts and loud music. Her younger siblings needed constant attention and to be babysat.
To keep her solitude, Maya retreated inward. The fire escape and a tiny corner of her shared bedroom became her sanctuary. Whilst the house became whirlwinds of chaos, Maya’s notebook became her world.
Using old composition books, cheap lavender incense from the corner store, and teaching herself to count bars, she made a heaven out of hell. Hip hop was everywhere. New York is its birthplace after all. But the aggressive chaotic nature of drill, rattled Maya’s sensitive soul.
When she was 16, she met a few community elders at a local block party. They invited her to a community garden where she would be introduced to the concept of sound healing. She discovered most music is tuned to 440 hz. Maya felt this created tension.
However, 432 hz was perfectly aligned to the universe’s natural vibration. Maya realized she didn’t want to make music that made people want to fight. She wanted to make music that made people breathe. Maya began downloading production tracks and tuning them precisely to 432 hz.
Over these dreamy, celestial landscapes, Maya can be heard layering her intricate, rhythmic spoken word poetry, along with sharp, protective bars. Growing up in such a tough environment, Maya isn’t naive. She is a pacifist by choice.
She treats words as a form of spiritual defense. If things get tense on the streets or her brothers bring negative energy home, she doesn’t yell. She speaks calm and concise, her tone doing all the heavy lifting. The neighborhood respects her because she is quite unfazed.
She moves through Harlem as a living contrast. She lives a princess lifestyle in a place built for war. She’s eccentrically spiritual in a place of the damned. Maya continuously and quietly proves that the softest frequencies can have the hardest impact.