Check Out MaiahBae’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to MaiahBae.

Hi MaiahBae, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
My love for music has always been strongly present since I was a child, but when I first started actually making music I was in the 12th grade. A producer in my city was having a rapping contest on Instagram, and the terms of the contest were basically that he was gonna drop a beat he made on youtube and put other rappers head to head to see who could rip the beat the worst. I personally did not participate, but I was heavily watching, along with a lot of my peers. It was a really big thing it went on for hours and then days. When the contest was finished, it inspired me to write a song!! So my two friends and I were like okay, we gonna make this song as a group and we just gonna diss everybody. I ended up being the only one to write my verse. The song was a complete joke and if you’d like, you can still search it up Today, on Soundcloud, it is titled MaiahBae – Intro. I had the song written for a while but then there was one day when one of my guy friends had a studio session and the last hour of his session he let me use the time to record the verse I wrote. Ever since then, I have completely fell in love with the studio and creating music, just as much as I love listening to it. When I talk to my aunts and old friends from my childhood, they tell me that when I was younger, I would be writing freestyles and making videos of myself rapping to Nicki Minaj, as if I was her and all of these things that warm my heart, which makes me happy because honestly it feels like I’ve been reconnected with my inner child, and I believe that that’s something that all of us need.

Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
My road definitely has NOT been smooth. I have been making music since 2019, today it is September 30th, 2021 but I have only started taking myself seriously this year in March. I have always been very passionate about my music, even in my beginning stages, but my Ex-boyfriend was in Jail and I felt like I had a responsibility to take care of him, which never could’ve left me enough to take care of myself. I’m only 19 years old, and I’m sure most of us know that love is blind, when you think that you’re in love a lot of stuff that is happening in front of you seems acceptable when it just isn’t. So I had to jump over that obstacle but even now, there are times when I feel like I want to quit and give up because of the music scene in my city.

In Oakland, Artists in the Music Industry look at this shit as a competition or a popularity contest. There is so much raw talent spewing out of my city. The talent is immaculate and if we all stood together collectively as a family? NOBODY would be able to stop us. Unfortunately though, things are the exact opposite, so if u imagine if all of the Avengers fighting against each other instead of helping one another? Then you should be able to understand the magnitude of the disconnect that I have with my Peers. Honestly, this is one of the things that bothers me the most when it comes to my uprising. I am a beginner and I’m only getting started, so I know that things won’t happen instantly for me, the fame that comes with being an amazing artist is the least of my concern. I’m just excited to share what I make with the world !!!

As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
My Name is Maiah Jacobs. I am from Oakland, California. I am a female artist, and I go by the name of MaiahBae. I specialize in Hip Hop and Rap music, which is also what I am known for. I am most proud of my versatility and my ability to be fluid in my word. I also allow myself to be vulnerable in my music and I am not afraid to tell my REAL story because I am not afraid to be ME. The fact that I can do this sets me apart from others. In my early stages of life, like around the ages of 6-12, I grew up listening to a lot of pop music. I was in love with Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Cher Lloyd, Lexii Alijai, just an abundance of different music and artists, and I’ve always loved all types of genres and I think the fact that I do love the music allows me to be different and versatile. I also play a lot with my sound. I like to try and sing, I like to use wordplay, oh my goodness I just love to do it all, like I love doing everything I can’t even begin to describe. A wise someone once said that “My superpower is being Me. There is only one Me”.

How do you think about happiness?
What makes me happy? This is a good question and I could go so deep into depth with it but I will try to make it short and sweet. Lately, I have been finding happiness in myself and learning to be me and love myself again. There are days I spend by myself when I cry and just sit there and feel like the world is crumbling but it’s way better than trying to fit in with the crowd. What A lot of people don’t realize is that most of the time, the people in the crowd don’t know themselves and that they’re following what they see everyone else doing. I was going through a sad time and my mom told me that you can’t go looking finding happiness anywhere else. Happiness is inside of you and you cannot find it anywhere other than that. There is nowhere else in this entire mystical, magical world that u will be able to find Happiness. Making my music and releasing my energies and sharing them, that shit makes me super happy! Spending time with my family makes me happy, and the little things make me happier than anything. When you take pride in yourself and what you believe in the flowers show themself to you, and you won’t ever have to feel like some other person should have to be the one to give them to you.

Contact Info:

• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maiahbae/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaiahBae
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCObnJPXUFB8Lw0Uh6ErPa5A

Image Credits:
Layeelah Muhammed