Maria Isa

Maria Isa is an emcee, singer and songwriter recognized for her dedication toward celebrating her cultural diversity through music and political activism. Influenced by the traditional Afro-Boricua ritmos of Bomba and Plena, along with Soul and Funk of Motown and Fania’s fusion of Salsa and Bugaloo, Isa plants an organic blend of call and response with lyrical "Spanglish" rhymes through the various drumbeats and snares of hip-hop, reggae, dancehall and reggaeton. In 2002, she formed Raices with fellow students to conserve their ancestral Puerto Rican folkloric music. She joined Emetrece Productions in 2006 and released her first independent album, M.I. Split Personalities (Emetrece) in May 2007.