She’s a pint size doll spitting rhymes and singing
lines amid a crowd of music junkies at the height of SXSW. LA based
songstress/rapper Sirah took the stage of
the W Hotel Austin with the fury of a freight train and the delicacy of a
princess. “I feel like all those East Coast rappers raised me. Jay raised
me,” Sirah states pre-set in Austin. Though she left a mark on the music scene
with her collaboration with Skrillex on the Grammy Award winning
“Bangarang,” her love for music comes from the rawness of hip-hop. “Coming from
a hip-hop background… it’s a culture, it’s a lifestyle. No matter what kind of
music I’m making, that’s where I start from, “Sirah interjects passionately.
“Skrillex at the end of the day is a musician. Whether he’s making computer
songs or playing the guitar – he’s a musician. I’m a hip hop fan. That’s where
it all stems from.” Her zesty stage performance matches her zeal and forward
thinking lyrics as a songwriter. Subtlety is a far cry from Sirah’s reality and
mission.
