One of NYC’s rising stars, Maiya The Don, attended the 2023 ENVSN Festival in Brooklyn over the weekend where she spoke on a new single of hers. Maiya chatted with journalist Ameenha Lee and revealed ...
Fifty years ago, the sisterhood of hip-hop did not yet exist. The genre was still an infant, and women were fighting to have their voices heard among the founding fathers, so competition between them ...
Hot Picks is a column in which fashion insiders reveal their latest obsessions–sharing their recent purchases and must-have pieces. Maiya The Don, a Brooklyn-bred rapper has an innate fashion sense ...
Editor’s Note: This story appears in the Winter 2023 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands in December. I don’t think anybody raps likes me. I think I’m very traditional and rugged in my style of music. I ...
Rising rhymer Maiya The Don is focused on the art of rapping and making an impact with her bars. The 22-year-old Brooklyn native creates songs for the girls, the "self-made brats" and "first-born ...
The presence of Maiya The Don, That Mexican OT, and LaNell Grant was felt during the 2023 BET Awards Digital Cypher. During the Hip-Hop commemoration, the trio spit some heat over Latto’s “Put It On ...
Maiya Sykes is a classically trained vocalist, producer, vocal arranger and entrepreneur. She studied independently with Nina Simone and Betty Carter. After graduating from Yale University, she went ...