Real Name: Makaila R. Sackey

Current Location: Atlanta, GA

Hometown / Neighborhood: St.Croix..”Sackey from west”...Mon Bijou raised!!

Length of time involved in the music industry: 10+ years

Genre, Discography, Newest album release date: Reggae/R&B ...Lady Passion., EP...2006

Independent or Signed if so what Record Label: Independent

Tour/Concert Dates: 1997-2007, various locations, Born Jamericans @Insomnia(STT’97), Dawn Penn@Hondos’96or’97),Auburn Festival (ATL’99), Lady Saw @ Atrium (ATL’98),Sean Paul @ Flava (ATL’98), Bambu Station @ Asheville,TN (‘05), Vermont Rise Up Festival (06), Bambu Station @ Portland,OR (‘06), Culture Festival (STX’06), Various Artists @ Culture Lounge(STX’06), Bambu Station @ Club 54 (STX’06), Talkin’ Roots II Tour w/ Bambu Station band (WEST COAST’05), Massagana Tour ft. Ras Attitude, Ishi Dube, and Jah Sun(WEST COAST’06)

CORE: Which artists influence your music?

PASSION: I like different artists, for different reasons. I like love music, and I like real talk, I love gospel music because it takes me to where I come from. I like songs that take you back to your wilder days, and songs that let you know it’s time to grow up.....so the artists that speak on love, relationship, sorrow, happiness, and can still take it back to church, are the ones that I would say influence me......

CORE: What message do you try to advocate in your music?

PASSION: Truth...Life....Reality.....I speak on what I know, and what I go through because I am only human, and I know that somebody else out there is going through either what I am going through, or what I have been through, and need to know they are not alone......

CORE: Do you consider yourself a role model?

PASSION: A role model is usually someone you look up to, and I have not always been a good girl, but I’ll be honest, and I’ll be a friend. I’ll even be a big sister so to speak; someone who has gone through trials and tribulations, and can speak on real life experiences. I’ll let the youth know, I’ve had my share of mishaps, and I’ve had my share of falls, but I have always and will always get back up. I did what I had to do in school and finished like I know I was supposed to do, and I know that respect is the beginning point to every door you need to open in life. If you have respect for yourself and others, you’ll go very far in life. Respect the way you look, the way you talk, and the people in your life. Be a leader and not a follower, and never be afraid of being the odd one, if it means being odd is doing the right thing. Sometimes being odd....is being the new cool......

CORE: What advice you give to an up and coming artist?

PASSION:  It’s best to try and write your own songs, but if you don’t, then sing the ones your given like you wrote them......Don’t ever stop reaching for your dream....Follow your heart...........

CORE: Any thanks or shout-outs?

PASSION: Thanks to the Lord God Almighty for waking me up each and every morning.....He is the stability in my days.........I want to thank my family: Sackey, Barnes, Creighton, Maynard, and Gray...the love I know is there helps me face every day...My loving mother Rosemond Lawrence-Creighton....my rock..... My beautiful daughter Jaeden Alexis Gray...the light in my eyes......Angletta and Akilah...my aces...Carlina and Tramaine...my heart.. ..Amanda...my sanity...Karima, Kenya, Christina, and Tiffany.....my ATL crew...holding me down... my photographer Rafie Llanos.....my videographer Makhronico....a special thanks to Bambu Station, I Grade, Project Groundation, and Massagana Band.... you allowed me to grace stages with you, and you helped open doors for me....thank you.............to my Virgin Islanders......I Love You..........