Lava Lava – Maji [Mp3 Download]
Lava Lava – Maji Mp3 Download
Aiwa or Ava Laurel, better known by their stage name Lava La Rue, is a British-Jamaican musician and director from West London. They are the founder and creative director of NiNE8 collective.
== Early life ==
Laurel was born in Northwick Park Hospital in London, to a teenage Latvian migrant father and working-class Black British mother who met through London’s free party / rave scene in the late 90s. Laurel’s grandparents on their mother’s side directly came from the Windrush Generation whereas Laurel’s grandparents on their father’s side grew up in the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, which led to Laurel’s father migrating to London as a teenager to escape the aftermath of the Latvian SSR fall with hopes of leading a more hedonistic lifestyle in the UK.
Laurel’s parents’ relationship was brief; their father was never interested in getting a regular job to become a full-time father, leaving Laurel’s mother to look after their child as a single parent. As a result, Laurel was raised partly by their Jamaican grandmother and grew up around St Raphael’s Estate, Kensal Rise and Ladbroke Grove in West London. Lava quotes that being raised by their grandmother gave them the “Experience of being raised around 1st generation Caribbean Culture”
Laurel was always playing in bands growing up, and at age 13 they decided they wanted to be in an all-girl version of The Clash joining a Post-Punk tween trio called “The West Borns” who played local street fair gigs outside the Tabernacle, Notting Hill and on Golborne Road They entered foster care at the age of 14 whilst attending Queens Park Community School.
Laurel started creating music at the age of 16 while being in and out of foster care, sharing their songs online and with friends at Richmond upon Thames College. At college, Laurel befriended Mac Wetha, Biig Piig and other future collaborators — who not only helped shape the music Laurel was making themself – but also led to the formation of NiNE8, the London collective made up of musicians, artists, rappers and other creatives.
At age 19, Laurel was invited to Japan by a modelling agency, and decided to stay there until they ran out of money, DJing at local fashion parties and befriending members of the Tokyo underground music scene. They lived in the Shibuya district of Tokyo and at one point crashed in a spare apartment of Toshimi Ichiki, the head booker of Zucca Models Tokyo, from summer till late 2017.
Artist: Lava Lava
Released: 2024
Duration: 03:03
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