SMOKE-E WAS BORN TANGELA EARLINE-JOY HILLMAN ON NOVEMBER 26, 1990 IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN. FROM THE TIME SHE WAS BORN UNTIL THE AGE OF 11, SHE ALWAYS SPENT HER TIME IN KENOSHA AND WITH FAMILY IN CHICAGO. SHE LOVED HIPHOP FOR AS LONG AS SHE COULD REMEMBER AND AT AGE 5 SHE DISCOVERED HER LOVE FOR JAZZ THROUGH HER GOD-PARENTS AND BY AGE 6 SHE DISCOVERED HER LOVE TO RAP. SHE WOULD RECORD HERSELF RAPPING AND SINGING ON HER BOOMBOX DAY AND NIGHT. IT WASN'T UNTIL AGE 10 THAT SHE RECORDED HER FIRST SON...
SMOKE-E WAS BORN TANGELA EARLINE-JOY HILLMAN ON NOVEMBER 26, 1990 IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN. FROM THE TIME SHE WAS BORN UNTIL THE AGE OF 11, SHE ALWAYS SPENT HER TIME IN KENOSHA AND WITH FAMILY IN CHICAGO. SHE LOVED HIPHOP FOR AS LONG AS SHE COULD REMEMBER AND AT AGE 5 SHE DISCOVERED HER LOVE FOR JAZZ THROUGH HER GOD-PARENTS AND BY AGE 6 SHE DISCOVERED HER LOVE TO RAP. SHE WOULD RECORD HERSELF RAPPING AND SINGING ON HER BOOMBOX DAY AND NIGHT. IT WASN'T UNTIL AGE 10 THAT SHE RECORDED HER FIRST SONG WHICH ONLY HAD ONE VERSE AND ONE CHORUS. SHE WENT TO VISIT HER TWO OLDER BROTHERS IN EAU CLAIRE WHEN IT HAPPENED. HER BROTHER MARIO HAD A RECORD COMPANY THAT HE HAD BEEN BUILDING FROM THE GROUND UP SINCE 1997. HER BROTHER HELPED HER WRITE HER FIRST SONG, SHE MADE THE BEAT FOR IT AND SHE WENT TO RECORD IT. WHEN SHE TURNED 11, SHE, HER MOM AND HER DAD MOVED TO EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN IN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFE. IN 6TH GRADE, SMOKE-E MET HER GOOD FRIEND AUGUST BKA BUDDHA VALENTINE. SHE HELPED HIM WRITE HIS FIRST SONG AND SHE MADE THE BEAT. TIME WENT BY AND IN 8TH GRADE, SMOKE-E DECIDED SHE WAS READY FOR THE STAGE. SHE, BUDDHA, HER COUSIN NAOMI AND OTHER GOOD FRIEND SOPHIA FORMED A GROUP FOR THE TALENT SHOW CALLED OTC(ONE TWISTED CREW). AFTER HER FIRST TIME ON STAGE, SHE WANTED TO STAY ON STAGE. THE GROUP WENT ON A LITTLE LONGER AND SOPHIA WAS EVENTUALLY OUT OF THE GROUP, BUT THEY STILL REMAINED LIKE SISTERS. IT WAS THEN THAT SMOKE-E'S COUSIN JAMES AKA MODUZ OPERANDI(BUT THEN M-80) JOINED THE GROUP. THEY WENT ON TO WRITE A FEW SONGS TOGETHER AND ENTERED A CONTEST AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. THEY CAME IN 2ND PLACE AND SOON AFTER THAT, DEPARTED. SMOKE-E WAS READY FOR A SOLO CAREER AND ENDED IT. THEN IN LATE 2005 EARLY 2006, SMOKE-E AND HER COUSIN MODUZ OPERANDI WANTED TO CREATE AN ALBUM TOGETHER, BUT NOT AS A GROUP, JUST A COLLABORATION. IN 2007, THE EP FOR THE ALBUM NEVER GOT CREATED BUT ALL THE SONGS WERE DONE. THEY DECIDED TO JUST CONTINUE ON GETTING THE FULL ALBUM DONE, WORKING EVERY WEEKEND AND EVERY SCHOOL DAY AS MUCH AS THEY COULD. MODUZ OPERANDI EVENTUALLY HAD TO RELOCATE BACK TO CHICAGO WITH HIS MOM AND HIS BROTHER. DURING THIS TIME, SMOKE-E WAS IN CHICAGO AND HAD RECORDED THREE NEW SONGS AND MADE A GOOD AMOUNT OF BEATS. SHE SOON CAME BACK TO WISCONSIN TO START SCHOOL AGAIN AND IS NOW STAYING IN A HOTEL ROOM WITH HER PARENTS UNTIL THEY HEAD TO BALTIMORE
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