Lady Te

Spitting sharp rhymes with sassy attitude, Lady Te initially made noise in her Detroit hometown as a teen with the club hit "I Know I Look Good (Ponytail)." Her music and personality reflect her profound respect for <a href="spotify:artist:0TImkz4nPqjegtVSMZnMRq">TLC</a>'s <a href="spotify:artist:64ccradw8gAQn9gMQZmEha">Left Eye</a>, but her hard swagger and dance-rap inclinations are modeled after other influential rappers <a href="spotify:artist:2ZbWlThDW0qSbI3hinpl0w">MC Lyte</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2wIVse2owClT7go1WT98tk">Missy Elliott</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:3ipn9JLAPI5GUEo4y4jcoi">Ludacris</a>. A loyal Detroiter since birth, Terra Twymon tried to start rapping around age ten. She was always a gifted student, and even had a poem published when she was in middle school. On top of her academic awards and other normal worries of a high-schooler, she offered her first full-length album, Terra-Fied, in 2006. Much like the "Ponytail" song, Terra-Fied contained many hard club tracks full of synths and lyrics imbued with her self-confidence. ~ Cyril Cordor, Rovi