Melisa Young, born and raised in the South suburbs of Chicago. She discusses issues on being "thick" her entire life due to her cultural background of African American, Caucasian, and Native American. She graduated with a degree in film from Columbia College in the heart of downtown Chicago.
She started her rap career in 2005 becoming a MC at monthly parties hosted by DJ Duo. She made URB's the NEXT 1000 cover in 2007. Immediately following she was signed to DJ A- Trak's label, Fool's Gold where her hit Pro Nails featuring Kanye West was produced. Which was then later re-released after she signed with Downtown Records.
Her single "Control" is featured in the 2009 music video game DJ Hero, combined with Rihanna's "Disturbia". The album's lead single was "Right Hand Hi", produced by Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso of house DJ group Swedish House Mafia.
In late 2010, Kid Sister released a mixtape titled Kiss Kiss Kiss. She has also been working on her second album with Scoop DeVille, who worked on Kiss Kiss Kiss, and The Neptunes are producing a large amount of the songs.
Some of her latest music can be found via her website http://kidsistermusic.com/ and you can follow her on twitter @KidSisterMelisa
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