You know her as
Rocky Rivera.
Shoot, you might
even know her as Eyeasage.
I, met her as
Krishtine De Leon.
Queen bee from the
Bay, she's a force to be reckoned with, at least in my book.
Before I heard her
spitting rhymes
She was a Bay area
native in New York conducting interviews.
Winner of MTV's 2007 single season I'm From
Rolling Stone.
If you've ever
watched I'm From Rolling Stone, Krishtine was a raspy voice, short filipina who
was in love with Hip Hop.
There was an episode
that somewhat changed my life.
She went to
interview Snoop Dogg because a new album was going to drop.
During that
interview she asked him if he was going for a new sound because she gave the
album a listen and noticed the difference .
She was correct but
the thing that stayed with me was that not long after that episode I went to
give that album a listen and I, couldn't hear the difference.
Snoop Dogg was Snoop
Dogg.
On that show she was
such a hustler. She just did her thing. Believing that what she was doing was
good enough.
She never tried to
change to what they wanted her to be. And stood up for herself.
Fast forward to
2011, I'm youtubing Native Gun music videos and I come across a Rocky Rivera
video. Heart was the video. And I swear
to you I've seen her before. I listen to another video and another video. Still
not sure how I know her I google her. A
bunch of I'm from Rolling Stone blogs pop up and it brought me back.
She's a writer turnt
rapper.
And she's such a
dope femcee
Female emcees have
such a horrible image, eg. Nicki Minaj
Now I'm not saying I
haven't listened to Nicki Minaj it's just if you look at Minaj's image she has
to sell herself, has dumb lyrics and that whole devil outfit with the pope at
the Grammy's 2012 (I think) was just FUCKIN ridiculous!
If you check out
Rocky's lyrics she talks about real shit.
Shit YOU can relate
to and she doesn't have to sell herself by dressing like a prostitute.
Many people may
criticize the show and even roll their eyes at Krishtine, call the show a joke.
Call her ghetto, but the fact that after watching her on the show(5 years ago)
and to see what she maybe like and then seeing her now and she's still the same,
makes me see her as REAL.
Give her a listen.
The two video's
below are two songs I listen by her daily.
Daydream is such a fucking dope song.
So much meaning behind it along with a dope beat that you can listen anytime/anywhere..
I can't even explain my appreciation for this track. If you don't get it after hearing this track move on to the next blog.
My title is my 'favorite' artist, and Rocky isn't my FAVORITE she's not even on my top 10 list, but she is someone worth mentioning.
