Siya

Siya was born in Barstow, California to an African American father and a Puerto Rican mother, and has three sisters. Due to her mother's drug abuse and her incarcerated father, Siya was sent to live with her grandmother who raised her in the Eleanor Roosevelt housing projects in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.^[8][9] Siya's childhood influence was the rap group called Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.^[10] She states: "What I loved about them was how melodic their music was and that they tried different shit."^[10]

While some in the industry were afraid of how an openly gay female rapper would fit into the genre, Siya remained determined and refused to compromise her identity and stayed true to her style.^[11][12][13]

R&B legend Tank soon found her and from there she was signed to Tank's label R&B Money LLC. Siya released her singles "I'm Gone", "Smoke Drink", and mixtape Elevator Dreams in 2011.

Siya released her singles "One Hunnid" and "Real MVP" in 2014.^[14] She released a mixtape titled Better Late Than Never, and What Never Happened in 2015. She went on to release her debut studio album SIYAvsSIYA, on December 9, 2016.^[15] The album included collaborations with artists such as Ashley Rose, Jake&Papa, Lyric Wright and Kreesha Turner with the debut single being "New York."

On February 6, 2017, Siya released a song titled "Front Door", in promotion for her six song extended play, Commitment.^[16] The EP was released on February 10, 2017, under Tank's label imprint, R&B Money LLC.^[17] The EP features the single "Don't You (Say Yes)" featuring Tank. In 2017 she released "Houston Girls" ft Kirko Bangz & "Hot Girl" with her EP 383- For Roosevelt. In 2018 she released "No Race" and "Circle Watching" as a preview for her next EP Mad Energy expected to drop fall 2018.

Albums

• SIYAvsSIYA (2016)
• 383 – for Roosevelt (2017)
• Mad Energy (2018)

Mixtapes

• Elevator Music (2011)
• Better Late Than Never (2015)
• What Never Happened (2015)
• Commitment (2017)