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Melbourne born and raised, a country girl at heart, Scottish-Australian Shona McCoy is a pop/dance artist with a hip-hop/rap influence. Her music style is a unique blend of these genres and it is rare to see an artist mixing genres in this way. We don’t really see hip-hop or rap lyrics being placed over a track that has a pop/dance beat, particularly by a woman.Shona McCoy Influenced professionally by the likes of Lauryn Hill, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna and The Game, you can clearly see how this is reflected in her music and style. “Enrolling me in piano lessons at a young age, my Mum has always encouraged my musical gifts.” Music was somewhat unavoidable in the McCoy household, growing up in a home where her mum listened to 50 and 60’s rock and roll, she fell in love with music at a young age. “I loved the radio and I loved pop music. I heard rap music for the first time when my cousin purchased the Dangerous Minds soundtrack, instantly I was mesmerised and that made me want to learn to