Born on the Northside of "Da Burgh", moved to Beltzhoover at the age of 2 and left the hood at age 17. Carma is now residing on the East Side; she has been writing R&B since the age of 11 and Rap since the age of 15. Influenced by a child hood friend (n.k.a. Mr. Greedy) and the sounds of 80's - 90's music, Carma has always had a dream of becoming a star! Teaming up with a group f.k.a BlackOut in 2007, she got her chance to be heard on The "Lights Out Vol. 1” Compilation. Since then Carma has performed at many events all over the city. She has accomplished the making of three videos with one in the works. The first video "Baby Daddy's Blues", dropped 2007 when she was introduced to Howie D. Mac (producer of "Off Da Grill"), the second video produced by Xeno "Go Hard" 2008 and "Get Off Da Corner" produced by Prototype of Burghtown 2009, NOW PLAYING! The other is "Be Easy" produced by Xeno (Now in editing mode) so be on the lookout! She is also featured on the "On Tha Rize Radio The Mixtape Vol. 1 "hosted by Black Inc. Her first album "Step Into My Mind" (available on I-Tunes) dropped January 8th 2009 and the Album Release Party was successful. Her performance for a sold out crowd at The Shadow Lounge in East Liberty obtained her coverage in The Pittsburgh Courier, the event was also sponsored by Cricket and Boost Mobile. She completed her Sophomore Album months after titled "My Turn The EP", released July 10th 2009 and is also available for purchase now via Sound Station. Ready to take on any challenges ahead, she is excited to continue this adventure of ups and downs. Remaining a determined female artist, staying on the grind and never letting go off her dreams will eventually pay off! Collabin with many other great artists around the city, you are sure hear her or at least hear about her. Carma loves all her fans and will always respond, so don't be afraid to hit up the page with comments, suggestion or whatever. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT!
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Hi everyone, a little about me, my name is Crystal but I go by the rap name Carma. I have always been a child of God, but I have not always followed His ways. I am a local rap artist, and although most of my songs were positive, they were still not the message that The Lord wanted me to send out to people. Recently I have been working on a new mixtape and in the middle of it, I heard that Jay-Z worships the devil. So of course I used my human instinct to look these rumors up on Youtube and I ran into some pretty scary stuff. The things I saw changed my whole prospective on music and a lot of industry musicians. You all know how we do when we get scared, hurt, troubled etc., we run to God. The couple of nights I was frightened I slept with and read my bible every night before going to bed. The Lord knows that after we feel comfortable we go back to our old selves and forget about Him, but this time He didn't want me to go back my old ways and forget about Him, so while I was reading my Bible (the pages of this Bible were loose when it was given to me, the section that was loose was Hebrews through Revelations). That section of the Bible fell out and hit me right in my eye. I tried to sleep it off but when I woke in the morning I could barely open my eyes. So I went to the emergency room the next day and found out I had a cut on my cornea. The visit to the emergency room happened the first day of the 2010 Pittsburgh Blizzard and ever since my eyes have been opened. Now I will only rap for God. I am still working on the mixtape and the title will be called "Transformation", it will still feature the worldly songs I was working on because I want people to feel and see the impact that The Lord has on you! I want people to see what I used to be to what I have become now, right in the middle of working on a mixtape! I hope you will support me, hit me up with comments, suggestions or whatever and stay tuned for new upcoming music! Stay Blessed!