T
ese Fever erupted on Misfit
Tunes’ radar in November
2011 when Maria J’s hit
single ‘Cell Block Tango (HoodMix)’ featuring Mina Leon, The
Real Jay Mills, and of course Tese
Fever was released. All are talented up and coming female emcees
out of the DMV (D.C., Maryland,
and Virginia area). Each stood out
and captured my attention in their
own rights. However, it was Tese
Fever’s savagely slick delivery of
slicing her ni**a like a ninja that
forced me to get to know the pitbull on the mic.
Tese Fever started rapping at
an early age to escape the harsh
realities that many young girls
faced coming to age in Virginia.
She laid her first freestyle down
over a Bones Thugs N Harmony
instrumental at he young age of 8
years old proving she was a lyricist
well ahead of her age. The Virginia native moved to Maryland and
quickly began generating an undeniable buzz as not just a formidable rapper but also a true sneaker
junkie capturing both the attention
of the indie as well as sneaker communities. The attention allowed her
multiple opportunities to feature on
several of the areas heavy hitters
projects.
In 2008 Tese Fever released
her first mixtape, ‘Fever Day.’ The
mixtape was released with much
anticipation on Datpiff. It was built
with 16 tracks of raw Fever. She
masterfully crafted a couple of
tracks which pays homage to GoGo the music of the nation’s capital, Washington D.C. Fever gives
the listener many tracks that shows
off her willingness to decapitate
both mics and emcees for her mere
amusement. ‘Fever Day’ was a
solid first offering definitely worth
the listen. A couple of the stand out
tracks are: “Step Ya Game Up,”“9
to 5,”and “Back To The GoGo.”
In 2010 Tese Fever released
her second mixtape, ‘Stance Of
A Fallen’, also on Datpiff. Her
second offering is a verbal display
of her growth. On many of the
tracks you can hear her maturity. It
is built from 17 tracks of top level
production and lyricism. ‘Stance
Of a Fallen’ has an army of killer
lyricists that was featured on many
of the tracks. A few standout tracks
are: “Cocaine Music,” “Pretty Pic-
ture,” and “Put Ya’ Name Here.”
Tese Fever has received accolades from Graph of Black Hand
Records during her 2008 performance at Howard University
Homecoming. He was quoted saying, “Ma [Tese] you really be doing
your thing. I really enjoyed your
performance.” Armed with these
accolades and two strong offerings
Tese Fever rapidly became one of
the artist to know in the DMV.
In 2012 she was interviewed by
DMV Life. Then in 2013 Natasha
from Volume TV caught up with
Tese Fever at a charity Capitol City
Cipher host by Will Rap 4 Food.
Also in 2013 Hip Hop Since 1987
selected her for their 30 for Thirty.
And now in 2014 MTV’s Rap
Fix hosted by Sway selected Tese
Fever for its ‘Get in the Game’
segment during their Women in
Hip Hop episode whose guest included such industry heavy hitters
as Angie Martinez, Heather B, and
Mona Scott-Young. Mona was very
excited after watching Tese Fever’s
video “Massacre” and drowned her
with compliments and demanded
Tese Fever keep going because she
will go far in the music industry .
With Mona’s words ring in her
head Tese Fever took to the studio to lay down “Hope,” a thank
you to all of her supporters and an
inspiration to young artist. It was
devoured by her supporters and
serves as a beacon of inspiration
and hope to all. Having accomplished her mission of hope with
“Hope” (excuse the pun) Tese Fever teamed up with House Studio
DC producers A&R Vic and David
Knocks to create an inferno entitled
“Fever.” The House Studio DC
duo sampled Little Willie John’s
1956 hit “Fever” which lends itself
perfectly to Tese Fever’s aggressive
flow. Tese Fever savagely delivers
one liners aimed at those naysayers
that doubt her prolific skills as a
rapper. These same naysayers believe her obsession with sneakers is
a huge distraction sure to keep her
from reaching any real success. No
Stranger to naysayers Tese Fever
refuses to let them derail her movement. She also refuses to acknowledge the naysayers instead she lets
her success speak for itself. Such
success as being selected by Reesa
Renee, fellow DMV talent, for a
Sport Zone Elite national advertisement campaign.
Tese Fever was an excellent
choice for the Sports Zone campaign as she is an avid sneaker
connoisseur. She takes great pride
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