August 04, 2020 - 09:54 BST Becky Donaldson Arlissa has been making a name in the music industry since the age of 19, but it wasn’t until she started writing her debut album The Broken Hearted upon moving to LA that everything truly fell into place. "Ahhh," she told HFM when they interviewed her for the September issue cover."I’m really excited."
"My music just isn’t urban. In fact, what really is urban music? At first, I found myself being put into a lot of sessions with hip hop producers. It was a route that I don’t know very well. I don’t have a favourite hip hop rapper. I feel this attitude lacks imagination." One of the musician’s first accolades came in. 2012, when a song she had written, Hard to Love Somebody, was picked up by American rapper, Nas, who then approached her to appear on it. It was chosen by Scott Mills for his record of the week on BBC Radio 1.