“I actually met Cardi B before she was famous,” Maya said. She also enjoyed working with fellow Bronx rapper Cardi B, whom Maya had met before. Maya plays the role of Angel, a crafty rookie stripper whose confidence blooms while under the veteran leadership of Ramona played by Lopez.Īcting in Hustlers was a full-circle moment, considering how stripping was Maya's escape from her dark past. Next month, she stars alongside Cardi B and Jennifer Lopez in the film Hustlers. But this year became a breakthrough for Maya as she appeared in season two of Netflix’s She’s Gotta Have It, playing the role of Mars’ girlfriend. Maya wanted to take on the acting world next, which led to roles in indie films and guest roles on TV shows. That’s why now, years later, I’m starting to see a lot of results - because of my hard work.” I felt like a superstar - and I stuck with it. It was the only time in my life where I felt like I wasn’t this poor little child who was unwanted. She appeared in music videos for artists like Fetty Wap and 50 Cent and she got her first big gig as a Playboy model when she was 19. “It was really crappy, and my escape from that whole process was being in the modeling industry at 16,” Maya said.Īfter being kicked out of foster care, Maya shared that she bounced around from homes of boyfriends she’d dated, which eventually led to a stripping career - in addition to modeling. For a very long time, I was so shameful of sex.” “I was very religious as a kid and very conservative and really scared of sex because I was always called 'whore' and stuff like that when I was a kid. “I wasn’t a bad kid at all, but throughout my childhood, I was constantly accused of having sex and other sexual things before I even did,” Maya said. Maya said she was consistently hyper-sexualized as a child, which made her ashamed of her sexuality as she matured. It took a long time for Maya to thoroughly embrace her sexuality, as she does in her music. So just because of that, my artistry has always been very pro-Black. When you add the word 'Black' onto things ,it isn’t as glorified. I don’t necessarily need to play the whole 'mixed' and 'light skinned' card, because it seems to me that that’s been glorified a little too long. "Everyone wants to be exotic, but I’m Black and I love being Black. “I’ve always identified as a Black woman, but when I went to school I was told I was 'light skinned' as if it’s different from being Black,” Maya said. Maya is biracial, and as someone who is both Black and white, she discussed having pride in her Black heritage. With songs like “ Conscious Coochie” the five-track EP captures Maya’s experiences of being a sex-positive Black woman highlighted by energetic prose that’s reminiscent of 90s hip-hop. The singer and rapper said hardship is what fueled her passion for her budding music career, which started taking form earlier this year with the release of her debut EP Body of Work. We were also dealing with homelessness, and I guess the stress faced from that made the abuse worse.” It just seemed like she thought I was going to have sex and get pregnant, and she started getting really aggressive with it. “I guess she was like really obsessed with me having sex. “The older I was getting, the abuse from my mom started to become worse,” Maya told Blavity. Maya said she was placed into foster care at 15 after suffering physical and emotional abuse from her mom. However, the hustle comes naturally for the 24-year-old Bronx native, who shared that she was forced into adulthood at a young age. In addition to starring in the upcoming film Hustlers and recently finishing a music video with Rick Ross and Drake, she is working on her debut album. Stormi Maya is the epitome of a triple threat. 19, 2019): This story has been updated to reflect that the abuse referred to in this article has not been confirmed by Blavity and is the account of rapper and actress Stormi Maya.
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