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Were you always singing and writing songs, or did that come to you a bit later?
Then when Amy Winehouse came out, she was a big influence as well.
My mom's a really big jazz fan-I'm actually named after Ella Fitzgerald, and my brother is named after Mark Davis-so she used to play jazz in the house, too. And then soul stuff, like Erykah Badu and R&B, like Alicia Keys. My mom's side of the family is Jamaican, so used to play a lot of reggae in the house. She always used to play The Miseducation of Lauryn HillĀ over and over and over again. My mom used to play a lot of music around the house, and I think that's where I get my inspiration from. What kind of music were you listening to growing up? Get more familiar with the R&B singer-songwriter in the interview, below. (She prefers not to hinder on her creative process with things like deadlines.) Mai is currently on tour with Kehlani, another breakout star on the rise to full-on music industry domination. Mai already has three EPs to her name, but she's hard at work on another project with no confirmed released date.
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Prior to being signed, Mai released a series of song covers on YouTube. Though she moved back to London after she graduated high school, Mai is now based in Los Angeles. The 22-year-old was raised by her mother in South London with her brother before they all moved to New York when she was in the eighth grade. So imagine how special Ella Mai must have felt when the producer scouted her to sign on his label 10 Summers Records. The producer has become infamous for the chorus of "hey hey hey" chants that are the backbone for some of the most popular songs that have charted in the aughts (think: Nicki Minaj, Tinashe, and Iggy Azalea). If you're an avid listener of Top 40 radio, you should be familiar with DJ Mustard.