By Michael W. Wilton

It comes as no surprise the meteoric rise of the artist known as Qween$Ching.

With her “thugirl” style and cutting-edge rhymes, a testament to her fame has been her inclusion on Snoop Dogg’s “Bosses Life” Volumes I and II and JT the Bigga Figga’s “Mandatory Business” soundtrack. Charismatic, blunt and refreshingly real, have been some of the adjectives used to describe Qween$Ching. 

She effectively rids herself of the stereotypes of female artists in this predominantly male-driven industry. The in-your-face songstress strives to be the first Latina to successfully take hip-hop back to its roots.

“Hip-hop isn’t dead! It just needs a rebirth,” says Qween$Ching. Tupac once said, “I might not change the world, but I will spark the brain that will change the world.” To which Qween$Ching answers, “I am that brain!”

Qween$Ching has the unique ability to be able to put out mainstream commercial music, flip the script and produce reality rap capable of making even the hardest “G” cry. Qween$Ching, who began rapping at the tender age of 14, is now 27 and has held onto her dream to reach out and touch the poverty stricken and gang-infested neighborhoods. “I am a voice for all of the thugs who do not matter to society,” she says.

The performer hails from Roswell, N.M., a town where the per capita drug violence in 1996 was worse than Los Angeles. “I cannot say that I would be alive today, if not by the grace of God and my music,” Qween$Ching emphatically states. She was recently signed to the label Bone Thugs, so look for her song “If the World Was Mine” by Qween$Ching and featuring D Powers. This song will be featured on the “MLK the Movie” soundtrack to be released in 2011.

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