Known for her bouffant and red-stained lip, she is a singer-songwriter who first started to be discovered thanks to her covers on YouTube. Her cover of Eminem's hit song "Lose Yourself" went viral. She eventually signed with Warner Bros. Records. She attended San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts where she fell in love with artists such as Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Etta James, Lauryn Hill, and Janis Joplin.