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rapper writer actress and activist raw Digga born Rashia Fisher is well known as a longtime member
of the flipmode squad A hip-hop Collective led by fellow rapper Busta Rhymes she parted
ways with the group after a nearly decade-long run to venture out on her own even though she's
been labeled one of rap's most prominent women MCS her professional Journey hasn't been an easy
one and her personal life has also had its share of trials and tribulations raw's love for music
came from her parents as she was taught at an early age by them to appreciate it and to pay
close attention to the words they were very militant people so analyzing music messages
was quintessential seeing Queen Latifah also a Jersey native do it made me feel like it was
an attainable goal not just something for New Yorkers born in Newark New Jersey or
Brick City as it's often referred raw began dabbling in Rob at the age of nine and made
the decision to start taking it more seriously at 11. she attended private school in Baltimore
where she graduated as salutatorian she then pursued higher education studying engineering
at the New Jersey Institute of Technology although she was highly skilled in the math
and sciences and was granted a full scholarship to MIT she deferred to pursue her real passion music
she learned how to rap by studying the likes of KRS Juan Rakim and Kool G Rap of the juice crew
her writing influence came from none other than Queen's bred female rapper Roxanne Shantae in a
2019 interview with Vlad TV she told the story of her first professional experience in the industry
as a member of the New York new jersey-based crew Flavor Unit while they're using the name
raw Diggity the chemistry she had with another female rapper LED them to combine forces in a duo
called twice the flavor after shopping around some demos one of them landed in the hands of
hip-hop Duo Das effects before they knew it they were severing their ties with Flavor Unit and
signing with DOs that Arrangement wouldn't last long and soon Not only was the duo out with us
but also with each other the main reason according to Raw was that she preferred
to surround herself with men while her groupmate liked hanging around other women something raw was
not into at all hey girls there's look there's a controversy rodriga hates girls girls suck
so who were all those dudes raw was running with none other than the outsiders another East Coast
hip-hop Collective she would join that experience led her to be a part of a major feature on the
track Cowboys From The Fugees multi-platinum second album The Score unfortunately her efforts
didn't result in raw making any money she as well as other Outsiders members did get writing credits
but no publishing what she did get was a lot of attention for being in the music video for the
track and her appearance would end up playing a key role in securing her record deal The Outsiders
wouldn't be the last Collective raw would join but the very next one would be the one she'd
stick with for the Long Haul she joined Busta Rhymes flipmode Squad after being hand-picked
by Q-tip from A Tribe Called Quest when he spotted her performing eight months pregnant at a Lyricist
Lounge showcase raw actually first signed with Q-Tip to a production deal but there was just
too much going on in his life with his group on the verge of splitting up his conver version to
Islam and a destructive house fire for him to be able to truly focus on anything or anyone else
after signing a record deal with Elektra Ra's debut solo album dirty Harriet was released in
April 2000 and if you're thinking that the title was a Twist on the 1971 film Dirty Harry you'd be
wrong she chose the name Harriet in reference to American abolitionist and social activist
Harriet Tubman raw's whole ideology was that she was this underground female rapper leading other
underground artists like herself to the mainstream in 2001 she was cast in her first real acting
role in the film 13 goes after filming wrapped in Vancouver for that movie she made her way over to
LA to appear alongside Beyonce in MTV's Carmen a hip hopperer then things between busta and Elektra
started to go left he decided he wasn't happy with them anymore and wanted to leave raw priding
herself in being a loyal ride or die decided she wanted to go as well they ended up being
very fortunate to leave with the Masters that they had already begun recording for the next flip mode
project to their new home J Records raw's second album everything as a story was due to be released
on the label in 2004 but was shelved instead due to some behind the scenes drama with Busta
apparently J Records got wind of him being in talks to sign with Dr Dre's aftermath label
they didn't appreciate that and decided to drop not only him but also anyone associated with him
by the time 2007 rolled around raw was also done with flip mode she told allhiphop.com we've been
together for damn near a decade and I haven't had any success you know coming out with a follow-up
album and I just felt like it was time to move on and make different decisions over the years
though raw has always maintained that there was never any beef between her and Busta or
anyone else associated with flip mode and she still has a lot of love for them eventually raw
would find her way back home to Newark to combine her first and second loves music and working with
kids she worked closely with the Newark schools lecturing performing at various community events
and acting as a HomeTown Mentor for at-risk Youth and Community programs to further her
commitment to the city in 2009 she founded the Feed Me Foundation which recruits youth in the
community to prepare and deliver food to the homeless as well as lyrics matter LLC founded in
2015 which teaches young adults music techniques and entrepreneur skills in the entertainment field
raw finally released her second album classic in 2010. it didn't produce any hits or chart as
well as her debut since then she's been releasing music independently through SoundCloud bandcamp
and iTunes raw has one daughter born in 1997 from her long-term relationship with rapper and fellow
Outsiders member Young Zee she told title.com in 2018 just how much of an influence motherhood has
had on her career whenever I was tired or wanted to give up she was the motivation to keep going
at first I was concerned with the timing like oh my goodness how am I possibly gonna launch
a rap career with a newborn baby thankfully she didn't have anything to worry about since
she had a great support system in her parents as well as her daughter's father who she says
was very instrumental in her life and played just as much of a role as she did currently Roz
found her way back to the big screen and will be starring in the film stars about a group of
home less women struggling to find Hope in their present circumstance now in post-production it's
expected to come out in 2022 she can also be heard every week as one-third of the podcast yonata mean
godcast with fellow rapper Lord Jamar and comedian Godfrey It's a one-hour hip-hop-based news and
variety show where the hosts give their unfiltered perspective on what's going on in the world
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