- MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN LIKE,
IT'S BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE,
UP AND DOWN AS A WOMAN IN THE INDUSTRY,
'CAUSE JUST LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY.
ONCE THEY FIGURE OUT WHO I AM AND WHAT I'VE DONE,
THEY HAVE A LOT MORE RESPECT FOR ME AND IT'S COOLER.
I FEEL LIKE FEMALES ARE GONNA BE
TAKING OVER THIS YEAR AND FOR A WHILE.
I LEARNED HOW TO MAKE BEATS BY GOING ON YOUTUBE.
I LEARNED HOW TO ENGINEER THAT WAY TOO,
RECORD VOCALS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO YEAH, YOUTUBE IS THE BEST.
IT ALL STARTED FROM WHAT MY MOM USED TO LISTEN TO
BACK IN THE DAY FOR SURE.
A LOT OF LIKE BIGGIE AND TUPAC, AND THEN R. KELLY.
(LAUGHS)
MY GRANDMA BOUGHT ME THIS KEYBOARD AND I WAS JUST LIKE
MAKING DIFFERENT LITTLE SONGS AND IDEAS ON THAT.
MY AUNT BOUGHT ME A COMPUTER, STARTED MAKING BEATS ON THAT.
SO I GUESS IT'S MY FAMILY THAT KIND OF HELPED ME GET THERE.
- ALRIGHT, WONDAGURL.
- I ENTERED THE BEAT BATTLE WHEN I WAS ACTUALLY 14.
I GUESS LIKE I JUST WANTED TO SHOW MY BEATS TO PEOPLE
REALLY AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SHOW IT.
YOU KNOW I WAS ALREADY PUTTING IT ONLINE AND STUFF.
I WANTED TO LEAVE THE BEAT BATTLE ACTUALLY,
BECAUSE I WAS JUST OVERWHELMED.
THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING ME
AND I WAS JUST SUPER SCARED,
I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS GONNA WIN,
I STOPPED BELIEVING IN MYSELF, YOU KNOW.
JUST LIKE ANXIETY ATTACK BASICALLY,
AND THEN MY MOM, SHE BROUGHT ME OUTSIDE AND JUST SAID LIKE,
IF THIS IS WHAT YOU REALLY WANNA DO,
LIKE GO AND DO THIS RIGHT NOW,
AND STOP BEING SCARED RIGHT NOW,
'CAUSE, LIKE, WHAT'S THE POINT?
SO I WENT IN THERE AND I DID IT AND I WON.
- WONDAGURL, SHOW HER SOME LOVE TORONTO.
WHERE'S MOM DUKES?
COME ON AND HOLD YOUR DAUGHTER MAN.
- MY MOM RAISED ME WITHOUT A FATHER OR ANYTHING,
SO I ALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT, SHE'S A STRONG LADY.
IF IT WASN'T FOR HER SUPPORT, I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY,
FOR SURE.
THE NAME WONDAGURL CAME ABOUT,
I ACTUALLY TOOK BOI-1DA'S NAME AND JUST
SWITCHED IT AROUND AND ADDED GURL.
I LIKED HIS NAME.
I MET BOI-1DA AT THE BEAT BATTLE.
HE WAS LIKE, I LIKE YOUR NAME.
AND THEN I HAD HIM AS MY MENTOR AT THE REMIX PROJECT.
HE KINDA LIKE INFLUENCED A LOT OF MY NEWER BEATS, FOR SURE,
HE KINDA MADE ME CHANGE MY SOUND AND EVERYTHING, TOO.
IT'S COOL WORKING WITH TRAVIS SCOTT, YEAH,
LIKE, I JUST PLAY HIM A BUNCH OF BEATS
WHEN I GET IN THE STUDIO WITH HIM AND HE GOES ON
WHATEVER HE FEELS LIKE GOING ON.
HE WAS IN THE STUDIO WITH JAY-Z
WORKING ON THE MAGNA CARTA ALBUM,
IT WAS SUPER LIKE, ON THE LOW THOUGH,
HE WASN'T TELLING ME ANYTHING.
I SENT THIS BEAT AND HE WAS JUST TELLING ME,
OH WE HAVE SOMETHING CRAZY, AND LIKE, JUST GETTING ME HYPED.
AND THEN, ONE DAY HE CALLED ME AND THEN SAID
WE GOT ONE ON JAY-Z'S ALBUM, AND I WAS LIKE OKAY, SICK.
- MUSIC MOGUL JAY-Z DROPPED HIS NEW ALBUM TODAY,
THE MUCH HYPED MAGNA CARTA HOLY GRAIL,
AND IT INCLUDES SOME CROSS BORDER COLLABORATION.
A YOUNG TORONTO PRODUCER IS FEATURED ON ONE TRACK.
- EVERYBODY WAS SUPER, SUPER SURPRISED,
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GOT HYPED,
I DIDN'T REALLY GET HYPED, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE GOT
SUPER, SUPER HYPED ABOUT IT.
BEING A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHILE ALL OF THIS WAS GOING ON,
LUCKILY IT HAPPENED, LIKE, THE BIG STUFF HAPPENED
CLOSER TO THE END OF HIGH SCHOOL.
IT WAS PRETTY HARD JUST LIKE,
MAKING BEATS AND BEING IN SCHOOL,
'CAUSE LIKE, YOU HAD TO PICK YOUR FOCUS SORT OF,
AND MY FOCUS WAS MAKING BEATS, IT WASN'T SCHOOL,
SO MY MOM DIDN'T REALLY LIKE THAT THAT MUCH,
SO I MEAN, I JUST MADE SURE I PASSED
EVERY SINGLE CLASS IN THE END.
I FEEL LIKE BEING YOUNG KINDA HELPS A LITTLE BIT,
'CAUSE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, ONCE THEY HEAR MY BEATS
AND ALL THAT STUFF, THEY KINDA HAVE MORE RESPECT
AND, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT YEAH,
THAT HELPED ME FOR SURE.
I FEEL LIKE BEING A FEMALE HELPED TOO, IN A WAY.
ONCE PEOPLE JUST FIGURE OUT THAT
I'M THE ONE MAKING THIS STUFF,
THEY HAVE A CRAZY AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR ME AFTERWARDS,
AND IT'S DOPE TO SEE THAT TOO.
SO YEAH, IT STARTS OFF WITH THIS SAMPLE AND THEN,
THERE'S LIKE THIS LITTLE MUTE BASS THAT I PUT IN HERE,
SO I MEAN, I GUESS THE CREATIVE PROCESS IS,
I HAVE FL STUDIO ON MY LAPTOP,
LIKE THE KEYBOARD SOMETIMES I USE,
AND KINDA JUST OPEN UP MY LAPTOP AND MAKE A BEAT.
I DON'T KNOW, IT'S LIKE THIS OLD BEAT THAT I GAVE THIS GUY
A WHILE AGO, I LIKE THIS BEAT THOUGH.
I'M NERVOUS, LIKE ALWAYS, EVERY SINGLE TIME I MAKE A BEAT
IN FRONT OF ANY PRODUCER, WHATEVER, I DON'T KNOW WHY,
BUT I'M JUST BAD WITH PEOPLE I GUESS.
(LAUGHS) I GUESS IT GOES AWAY WHEN I GET, LIKE APPROVAL,
LIKE THIS IS HARD OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW,
AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY COOL, THAT WAS GOOD TO DO.
I NEED TO FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THE STUDIO,
IF THE STUDIO DOESN'T HAVE A SUB OR LOUD SPEAKERS,
OR SOMETHING, I DON'T REALLY LIKE BEING THERE,
AND I DON'T LIKE STUDIOS WITH WHITE LIGHTS,
AND ONLY WHITE LIGHTS, THAT SUCKS,
I LIKE COLORS AND STUFF WHEN I'M MAKING BEATS.
IT NEEDS TO HAVE A VIBE AND IT NEEDS TO BE COMFORTABLE.
USUALLY FOOD INSPIRES ME, OR LIKE, JUST MY FOOD,
I MEAN, SORRY, MY MOOD. (LAUGHS)
MY MOOD.
MY MOOD OR FOOD. (LAUGHS)
I'D LOVE TO SCORE MOVIES, FOR SURE,
AND GET MY STUFF IN GAMES AND COMMERCIALS,
YEAH, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S MORE FOR ME,
BECAUSE THE BEATS THAT I ACTUALLY LOVE,
THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON IN IT,
AND IT DOESN'T WORK FOR ARTISTS MOST OF THE TIME,
SO GETTING THEM IN MOVIES OR SOMETHING WOULD BE SUPER COOL.
I JUST WANNA CONTINUE TO INSPIRE FEMALES,
AND I JUST WANNA BASICALLY GET TO THIS LEVEL
THAT NO OTHER FEMALE PRODUCER HAS EVER GOT TO BEFORE,
JUST TO SHOW THAT IT'S POSSIBLE.