KALA IS A MOTIVATOR. HER AMBITION IS ONE OF HER MOST OBVIOUS QUALITIES AND SHE ENERGETICALLY ENCOURAGES EVERYONE IN HER LIFE FROM FAMILY TO FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES TO VIRTUAL STRANGERS. SHE WAS RAISED IN A BROKEN HOUSEHOLD FROM THE TIME SHE WAS 5 YEARS OLD AND SPENT WEEKENDS WITH HER FATHER, AN EX DRUG TRAFFICKING CONVICT. AS A RESULT OF THE DIVIDED INCOMES SHE AND HER BROTHER WERE NOT SPOILED AND OFTEN RELIED ON EACH OTHER FOR ENTERTAINMENT; AMONGST HER FRIENDS AND RELATIVES KALA WAS KNOWN AS THE MOTHER HEN WHO WAS ALWAYS PUSHING HER BROTHER AND COUSINS TO ACHIEVE THEIR BEST AND STRAIGHTEN UP WHEN THEY WERE MISCHIEVIOUS. AT WORK KALA IS KNOWN FOR BEING A PERFECTIONIST AND A BIT BOSSY, SHE HAS A STRONG VISION AND DOES NOT ADAPT WELL WHEN HER COLLABORATERS FAIL TO EXPRESS THEIR SHARED VISION TO HER SATISFACTION.

IT ALL STARTED WHEN SHE WAS 18 YEARS OLD AND ATTENDING LA CITY COLLEGE PART TIME WHILE WORKING THE DOOR AT A CLUB IN WEST HOLLYWOOD. SHE SOON GOT A REPUTATION FOR CHARMING THE GUESTS AND WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST THE VIP TABLES, THAT ACCESS TO ELITE CLIENTS HELPED HER BEGIN TO FACILITATE THE MUSIC CAREER SHE'D BEE DREAMING OF SINCE CHILDHOOD. A NOTEBOOK FULL OF SONG LYRICS SHE'D BEEN COLLECTING SINCE SHE WAS 13 YEARS OLD SLOWLY TRANSFORMED INTO SONGS THAT SHE RECORDED WITH THE HELP OF A PRODUCER SHE'D MET AT THE CLUB. KALA WAS SIGNED AND DROPPED BY TWO INDEPENDENT LABEL AND TWO MAJOR LABELS BY THE TIME SHE WAS 24 BEFORE BEING PICKED UP BY HER CURRENT LABEL ARTIUM AND INKING A DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH DEF JAM, THE CONTRACT THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY MAKE HER MUSIC MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE, STARTING WITH THE RELEASE OF HER FIRST MIXTAPE IN 2011.

WHILE HER PROFESSIONAL LIFE WAS A STRUGGLE OF TRIAL AND ERRORS KALA'S PERSONAL LIFE SEEMED TO HAVE A STEADY END GAME IN SITE FROM THE TIME SHE WAS 19 AND BEGAN DATING A RECORDING ENGINEER 10 YEARS HER SENIOR NAMED CY GINSBERG. THEIR RELATIONSHIP WAS INTENSE, PASSIONATE AND VOLATILE FROM THE BEGINNING BUT DESPITE THE STRESS THAT CAME ALONG WITH THEIR LOVE KALA WAS DETERMINED TO BUILD A LIFE WITH HIM. HER PLANS WERE FAST-TRACKED IN THE SUMMER OF 2008 WHEN SHE LEARNED SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH THEIR FIRST CHILD AND GAVE BIRTH TO A DAUGHTER, ANI SERAI, ON JANUARY 4TH 2009. KALA STILL COUNTS ANI'S BIRTH AS THE BIGGEST BLESSING OF HER LIFE, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BOND BETWEEN MOTHER AND CHILD, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT HELPED HER COME TO TERMS WITH THE UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIP SHE WAS STILL DESPERATELY CLINGING TO WITH HER DAUGHTER'S FATHER FATHER. UNWILLING TO RAISE ANI LIKE SHE WAS RAISED, IN A HOUSEHOLD THAT COULD BE BOTH EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE, KALA LEFT CY AND WON SOLE CUSTODY OF THEIR DAUGHTR IN 2010. AS SHE AGED AND HIS AND KALA'S CAREERS BOTH BEGAN TO FLOURISH HIS VISITS GREW MORE INFREQUENT, HE NOW SEES ANI NO MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF TIMES A YEAR AND HAS NEVER SPENT A NIGHT WITH HIM, THOUGH HIS PARENTS REMAIN ACTIVE IN HER LIFE.

EVEN THOUGH KALA HAS A LARGE AND VIBRANT PERSONALITY IN FRONT OF A CROWD, IT'S HARD TO FEEL COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE UNLESS SHE'S AROUND TRUSTED FRIENDS. GROWING UP PRACTICALLY ATTACHED TO HER SIBLING AND LIVING WITH ROOMMATES OR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS ALMOST ALL OF HER ADULT LIFE UNTIL SHE ACHIEVED SOME SUCCESS AND HER DAUGHTER WAS BORN, KALA HAS SPENT VERY LITTLE TIME ALONE. IN LIGHT OF THOSE FACTS SHE FEELS MOST HERSELF AROUND HER INNERCIRCLE OF CLOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILY. SHE STILL ENJOYS BEING THE CENTER OF ATTENTION BUT ESPECIALLY LIKES IT WHEN THAT ATTENTION DOESN'T COME WITH THE UNFORTUNATE BACKLASH OF JUDGEMENT. WHEN SHE CAN MAKE HER LOVED ONES LAUGH, THAT'S WHEN SHE TRULY FEELS LIKE SHE'S MOST HERSELF, BECAUSE IT'S COMBINING HER BOISTROUS PERSONALITY WITH HER DESIRE TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE LITTLE BY LITTLE.

KALA IS AN EXTREMELY CONFIDENT PERSON, AND NOT EVEN IN A WAY WHERE SHE HARBORS ANY KIND OF DEBILITATING INSECURITIES DEEP DOWN. SHE WAS RAISED BY AN OPENLY FEMINIST MOTHER THAT, AFTER SPENDING YEARS AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ALWAYS EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF RESEPECT AND SELF WORTH. AS A RESULT OF THIS UPBRINGING KALA ALWAYS FELT LIKE SHE WAS CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING ANYTHING AND THAT SHE SHOULD LEARN TO LOVE HER FLAWS, BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY, BECAUSE THEY'RE WHAT MADE HER STAND OUT. IT WOULD BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BE AS EMOTIONALLY VULNERABLE AS SHE IS AT HER JOB IF SHE WEREN'T EXTREMELY COMFORTABLE IN HER OWN SKIN, AND THAT EASE IS WHAT MAKES KALA THANKFUL THAT SHE DOESN'T STRUGGLE WITH BEING SELF-CONCIOUS ON A REGULAR BASIS. SHE TRULY BELIEVES SHE IS SMART, BEAUTIFUL, CARING, GIVING, AND CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING SHE SETS HER MIND TO.