23 Dec 2009

Artist Spotlight: Rafiya


Rafiya is a singer/songwriter who hails from Philadelphia (although born in Los Angeles), a place where a large amount of other talented individuals come from too. There certainly seems to be something in the water in Philadelphia in order for it to keep churning talented artists out left, right and centre.

Due to her father’s career, Rafiya was forced to travel a great deal while growing up and lived in a variety of places, including Congo; the Cape Verde Islands; Senegal; Barbados; Ivory Coast and other places. But it was in 2001 that she moved to Philadelphia to pursue her interest in studying. It was during this time that Rafiya also found herself appreciating different ways of life, absorbing the various cultures from local artists and giving strength to her own belief that she would day find herself pursuing a career in music.

Rafiya writes and sings in both French and English, but regardless of whichever language she chooses to sing in, her music translates itself beautifully and no doubt this artist will be around for a very long time to come.

On the other hand, here is her latest music video for you to check out. This should give those who do not know of this very talented artist a little more insight into her.

Rafiya – Amazing


1 comments:

Michelle said...

Wow I love this song! Good luck to you Rafiya