“They say I got the makings of a dope emcee, the blood in my veins of a Hip Hop Queen… so I’m striving everyday to achieve my dreams!”
This quote from TheSeKondElement’s “1:10 to San Diego” from her debut studio project “R.A.P.: Rhythm And Poetry EP” sums her up well.
A journalist, lyricist, poet, and emcee, TheSeKondElement, known to most by KAMMs, has been holding her own in the music and entertainment world since the age of 15 when she first began recording with indie label Youth Movement Records (YMR).
Before leaving her Bay Area hometown to pursue higher education in New Orleans she was featured on three compilation albums under YMR and garnered success in California under the name KAMILyn. Her first hit to receive radio play in the Bay Area, “Dedication,” was a dedication to her brother who had been gunned down by an Oakland Police Officer when KAMMs was only 10-years old. A collaborative effort between three other artists who all experienced similar tragedies—the loss of relatives or friends to gun violence—resonated loudly within the Bay Area community; a video for the song was shot only days before KAMMs left for college at the age of 17.
