Exclusive Interview With/Maliyah Chance

Growing up, Maliyah was always singing before her own realization of her passion for entertainment. She always experimented vocally by pushing herself to the limits and fine tuning her voice to what encaptivates her sound. Her biggest inspirations throughout her childhood came from Adele, Rihanna, Amy Winehouse and Aaliyah. In conjunction with the artists that have had an impact on her musical inclination, their influences helped with structuring her style of singing. Listening to Adele at the age of 12 was the very beginning of Maliyah’s self-development as an artist; Adele being one of the very few artists she deeply connected to stylistically and emotionally. This progressing discovery of her sound and the capabilities of her voice enticed many local artists to collaborate with her in her city as well as gain traction from her Instagram account. In the year of 2017, Maliyah dedicated her varied posts to Instagram once a day and in the process, captivated the attention of Jaye, her current manager of Skye Jaye Entertainment, who linked up for several days of recording to complete various songs and my first single Too Late, which is set to release May15th 2019. Although jazz, soul and R&B have all played a role in Maliyah’s continual love and passion for singing, this stemmed from her mother’s influence in music. Her mother advocating for Maliyah’s goals and ambitions has pushed her beyond her minds content and through rough times of adversity; her mother’s phenomenal uplifting spirit was one that strengthened her assurance as an artis